I have no wine

[Nathan_Smyth]

The wine did not get wet… There is no evidence to suggest that their employees are idiots. Quite the contrary.

Then why the hell did you even start this thread?

[David_Glasser]

The wine did not get wet… There is no evidence to suggest that their employees are idiots. Quite the contrary.

Then why the hell did you even start this thread?

Seriously?

He really doesn’t have any wine. For how long, who knows?
It’s a major PITA even if completely recoverable.

Why not go to your WB buddies for a little sympathy and commiseration?

[Ron_F_r_e_e_d]

Sounds like it’s time for a “Philip on tour” trip ala Mike Grammar! Come on down we will open plenty of bottles for you

That being said I hope everything works out for the best.

I’ll second that. As if we needed another reason to fire up your pizza oven anyways

Hope it all works out, Phil!

Wait…Scott has a pizza oven?!? You never told us THAT Scott!

[Philip_N_Jones]

David understands. Some of the rest of you, not so much.

[Robert_Grenley]

So sorry to hear about the home disaster. When I switched from Chubb to Pure, they suggested and offer a premium discount if we install an automatic water shutoff valve, plus they discount the cost of the hardware from the company they recommend, Leak Defense System. I have been procrastinating for the past several months, but your story just might have pushed me to finally act on it. They say that it is the most common major home claim, averaging about $55,000 per claim if I remember correctly. They also recommend a plumber change all water supply lines to washing machines, toilets, etc. from plastic valves and rubber or plastic hoses to stainless steel. Now that I am retired and spending more time at a vacation home, it sounds like a good idea for me to move ahead. Just passing on the info in case it is of benefit to anyone.

[Philip_N_Jones]

Funny you mention plastic. The thing that broke was the plastic coupling on the $5 flexible supply line to a toilet.

[Jay_Miller]

Sadly and tragically, we had a major catastrophe at Stately Jones Manor when a water supply line broke and flooded much of the house, including our bedroom, our living room, my library, and my wine cellar. The insurance company has now boxed up the contents of six capacious rooms and hauled them off to some faceless warehouse, to be returned at the turn of the next century. I came home to find my entire 600-bottle wine collection boxed up and inventoried, along with all of my darkroom and negatives, plus my entire library. The heartless bastards. I have been left entirely adrift and marooned, bewitched, bothered, and bewildered. All I have to show for a life of obsessive collecting is a wife and two children. Not much of a consolation prize. I would drink to my sorrows, but . . . . .
Perhaps ( . . . I shudder at the thought . . . ) I should embrace sobriety.
A very dry Phil Jones

Simple solution. Send the wife and kids out to buy some wine and take pictures of the wine store while doing so. While they are out you can order a Kindle on Amazon. Problem solved.

[Robert_Grenley]

Funny you mention plastic. The thing that broke was the plastic coupling on the $5 flexible supply line to a toilet.

Oh, shit.
I”m calling a plumber.

[Alan_Rath]

That’s a $5 part, and easily replaced by almost anyone with little plumbing skills

[Robert_Grenley]

That’s a $5 part, and easily replaced by almost anyone with little plumbing skills

yes, but I have less than little plumbing skills.

[Alan_Rath]

That’s a $5 part, and easily replaced by almost anyone with little plumbing skills

yes, but I have less than little plumbing skills.

Figured, which is fine. Let the plumber go through the house and check things out