Good morning friends. House problems.

@marguicha (230350)
Chile
September 17, 2023 1:05pm CST
It is past noon but the sun did not come today so I´m mylotting in bed. I have the last artichoke for lunch and I am thawing ground meat for dinner to make a hamburguer. I was planning on pasta with mushroom sauce for lunch too but that was plan A. I had the TV off and I heard a sound of water coming from somewhere. I thought that it was upstairs. I called Mario. He told me that he´d come in a short while to check it as he would be in the neighborhood. And he also said that he had everything checked at the second floor so that could not be it. The second time it sounded, I called him again. After a terrible water bill 3 months ago I worry about that very much. And he came. It wasn´t at the second floor but then I thought that it might be at a small room with a bathroom my husband made for a maid´s room when he built the house. I asked him to check it. I learned then from Mario that water closets in the toilets have something called flappers And they "die" after a while just like everything else. I hadn´t changed the thingies ever and my husband died 23 years ago. So Mario (who changed the flapper in my toilette a week ago) said he´d change all of them. Nothing is more expensive than a water bill While Mario was looking around, I cooked some rice and now I´ll have some rice as dessert. I ate a piece of cake as lunch. See you latrter, friends.
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@MarieCoyle (59217)
17 Sep 23
It’s always a huge blessing to avoid a house flood. Glad that you have Mario to call when he is needed!
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 23
I met Mario only a couple of months ago,. Now I don´t know what I´d do without him.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Sep 23
@MarieCoyle I don´t think so. Not as long as I keep on bribing him with good food.
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@MarieCoyle (59217)
18 Sep 23
@marguicha A true Mr. Fix-it is a treasure, don't lose track of Mario!
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@AmbiePam (120738)
• United States
17 Sep 23
I am glad you know what the problem is.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 23
Mario is a blessing. Not many workers come on weekends.
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@AmbiePam (120738)
• United States
17 Sep 23
@marguicha That is very true. He is obviously a very nice man.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 23
@AmbiePam He is.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Sep 23
Thank goodness for Mario! Plumbing issues can be a pain . . . so wonderful to have a person around who knows exactly what to do.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Sep 23
He is a blessing. And today it was Sunday AND raining and he came.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Sep 23
@much2say Anita, my maid, told me about him and he was awesome.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Sep 23
@marguicha What a guy ! He goes above and beyond . . . you are most fortunate!
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 23
A lot of water can be lost if there is a failure of some sort.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Sep 23
Three months ago I had a big problem and the water bill was almost as big as my retirement check.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Sep 23
I’m so sorry. Hope it doesn’t run your water bill up.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Sep 23
It did 3 onths ago. And Marco just checked one bathroom
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
20 Sep 23
@marguicha I’m waiting to see the water bill after the flood in my kitchen.
@LindaOHio (222330)
• United States
17 Sep 23
I'm glad Mario was able to find the problem for you. Have a good week.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 23
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 23
Thank you so very much.
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@LindaOHio (222330)
• United States
17 Sep 23
@marguicha You're very welcome.
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@jstory07 (148734)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Sep 23
I like your lunch idea. Sometimes we eat pie as a meal and why not it is good.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 23
I eat now whaever suits me.
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
17 Sep 23
Glad that you had someone to help you,
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 23
So am it. He cut the main faucets of that part of the house until he can buy the replacements.
@wolfgirl569 (135744)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Sep 23
Glad it was something simple
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Sep 23
Simple things are hard to find if you don´t know where to look. Masrio fixed me a sink I had in bad condition in the garage because he put 2 and 2 together. I had paid a professional gasfitter to fix it a couple of years ago and he did nothing.
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@RasmaSandra (98005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Sep 23
I have to say brilliant minds think alike when it comes to food I also have unthawed some ground beef and will use that tomorrow,
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Sep 23
I finally did not make the meat. I´ll do it tomorrow. I did cook the rice and put it away though.
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