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A repair and a small upgrade to our plumbing

I’ve recently had to deal with a plumbing issue at our country house: the cold water pressure was very low. As it turned out, the bladder (or diaphragm) inside the well pump expansion tank had burst. I replaced the entire pump assembly with a spare one.

I then decided to install a Y filter after the filtration system, which may sound counterintuitive but isn’t. Adding a Y filter (also known as a Y strainer) Ă®n between your whole house filtration system and the house pipes is an easy way to ensure that no particulates from faulty filters ever enter the pipes, clumping inside them throughout the house, causing reduced water flow and clogging your faucets.

As long as I was recording video of the repairs, I thought I’d also talk about the way I use teflon tape on my brass fittings. I know most people prefer to use hemp fibers and pipe dope, but I like the ease of use and the serviceability of the tape.

I hope these videos are helpful to some of you.

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This marks (the end of?) a particularly prolonged pause in my posts. No guarantee of timely future posts though. I’ve been busy with other projects.

I was tempted to set an AI-generated featured image for this post. It’s getting so good it makes me feel superfluous. These three are my own photographs, for what it’s worth.

Also, no thanks to WordPress for continually changing the design and the options on the edit page. I wasted half an hour fiddling with the new nonsense till I finally switched to the classic editor. A word of advice to them: just because you can dazzle with more options, bells and whistles, it doesn’t mean they’re needed, particularly when the publish button is nowhere to be found. (I believe this is an issue that occurs on Firefox ESR.) When a longtime user has to check the forums just to publish a post on a platform that made its name for its simplicity and ease of use, that’s when you ought to know you’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere. I’ve been using WordPress since 2004, so my critique ought to hold some value.

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Repairing the severed power cord of my Makita planer

While working on a project, I accidentally cut through the power cord of my Makita planer with its own blade. This is how I fixed it.

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A Guide To A Good Life

A new video

After more than a year’s pause and in answer to your requests for a new video on the subjects discussed previously in the playlist entitled “A Guide to a Good Life“, here is a new video.

(Note: this post is published with a backdate that corresponds with the video’s publish date of 7/15/24, but it’s going out to the site subscribers on 2/19/25.)

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De Vorba cu Ligia

De Vorba cu Ligia – 1 May 2023

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Here’s the 21st episode of our talk show, De Vorba cu Ligia. In this episode, we talk about our current personal and professional endeavors after a hiatus in the show’s episodes, and we give an update on Raw Vegan Mall, our online store where we list quality products from our partner stores in Romania. Enjoy!

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Released 01.05.2023