It sounds like you’d have to replace the whole stack, but that’s only about $15-20 at Home Depot.

There should be some sort of threaded seal around the hole on the bottom of the tank where the water flows in, and the hardware all attaches to that.

I’ve never seen anything like your situation, you might need a plumber to sort that out.

Maybe try a different model. I’ve got a simple one from Amazon that was only about $30. Now that yours is already installed on the tank, it should be easy to swap out a new one.

It attaches to the float mechanism, so it’s pretty easy to install. Only about 15 minutes, and the results are so worth it.

It would be worth it even if you had to pay a plumber to install it. Now that I’ve lived with one, I’d pay $200 to have one installed.

I’m not a big fan either (a few exceptions), but this is definitely his best performance. He’s The Duke all the way, but it is a character that he nearly invented, so he’s perfect in it.

When my mom got her first smartphone, she had such a hard time with buttons. She would either poke at the quickly and tentatively (she thought she’d get a shock), or push really hard. She finally figured it out, but it took far too long.

They Might Be Giants probably wrote more than one.

Another really great, and highly underrated film about the end of the Old West, is The Shootist.

It’s John Wayne’s last movie, and it serves as a metaphor for his acting career. He plays a legendary, but aging, dying gunfighter who is determined to go down shooting, and other gunfighters come to town to test him. It also features late performances by Lauren Bacall and Jimmy Stewart, and an early film performance by Ron Howard.

A truly great, quiet film, that most people have never heard of.

Yeah, I remember seeing it titled A New Hope, and asking “When did that happen? That wasn’t there from the start, right? I couldn’t have missed that.”

Turns out I was right, it was some later interpolation. Lucas doesn’t know to leave well enough alone.

Nah, I’m good. Their advice has always been more about how I should live my life to please them. They would never give me advice that would improve MY life, only theirs.

Bidet. $30 game changer. Don’t ask questions, just hook it up (it’s easy), and try it.

You’re welcome.

Right, the new ones are so overbuilt it takes a lot of the thrill out of them. Nobody else in my family will go on them, and they always try to talk me out of them, saying I’ll have a heart attack. They don’t understand that I don’t get scared on them, at least not any more.

In the old days, you had those wooden coasters, and while you were standing in line, you’d see it come around the curve, and it would creak and sway, and looked like it was going to come apart any second. THOSE were scary.

I’ve been a frugal audiophile for my entire life. I learned long ago that you can find gear with excellent specs, without spending thousands.

These days, I’m mostly into guitars, and I’ve found the same thing to be true - there is no correlation between quality and price. I’ve seen great guitars that are dirt cheap, and I’ve seen expensive guitars that are mediocre. I put together an entire home studio, with 2 electrics, an acoustic, a bass, and a keyboard, a new computer, interface, mic, etc., all for less than $1500, and it all sounds amazing.

I was just trying to explain to my 26 year old son how a 30 minute power nap can buy you several hours at the end of your night. I discovered that about the same age, when I got a girlfriend who didn’t get off work until midnite, while I had a normal 9-5. A post work power nap could keep me awake later to hang out with her.

Cocaine. Lots of cocaine.

They are all evil, so just choose the cheapest one.

Start reading about business, and start thinking about a micro business you can start with very little money, and start doing it. Never forget that the ONLY goal is to make a profit, because that is your income.

If you’re going to work that hard to make some rich guy richer, why wouldn’t you do that for yourself?

I had that revelation 30 years ago, and I’ve been mostly self-employed since. Even in those times when I wasn’t, I was still working for my own benefit, not anyone else’s. Those jobs didn’t last long. I can only work for myself. I’m a good boss, I get away with everything.

I’d consider it for:

• The right job
• The right money

But it’s going to have to be the kind of job I would put in those kinds of hours for free, and get paid at least triple what is reasonably expected.

Good, keep those freaks away from the rest of us.

Prices always rise, that’s life. But when I can get equal service at half the price, I’m taking the cheaper option. I need the money more than some evil transnational corporation.