214. Water Under the Sink (Part Two)
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Ed came home from his errands and put
groceries into the cupboard and the refrigerator. He
a flathead screwdriver and a pair of pliers
his toolbox. In the kitchen, he got down
his hands and knees and turned on the
. After a couple of minutes of looking, he
what to do. He had never opened up
disposal before, but there is a first time
everything.
The cylindrical disposal was about 7 inches
diameter and had a horizontal seam dividing the
half from the bottom half. The halves were
together by three screws. Ed jiggled the bottom
of the disposal; it was loose because two
the three screws were corroded. Only one screw
still doing its duty. Ed unscrewed it.
The
half of the disposal was now lying on
cabinet floor. Ed thought for sure that it
be full of months-old food, but there was
food, only a hardened, torn, useless gasket. The
day Ed went to the hardware store to
some screws and a new gasket. The employee
him that they did not carry those gaskets
suggested that he write to the manufacturer. Ed
home. He created his own gasket by using
sealant that comes in a tube. He applied
sealant, screwed the two halves back together, and
his fingers.
The next day he turned on
water and switched on the disposal. When he
the water pouring out of the seam, Ed
one thing: it was time to buy a
disposal. The good thing was that new disposals
at $79. The bad thing was that it
have to be installed by a plumber. Plumber
started at about $80 an hour. Ed decided
since the disposal used a lot of energy
the world needed to use less energy, from
on he would put his scraps into the
garbage bag. He reminded himself to tell everyone
work tomorrow about how he was now helping
solve the world’s energy problems.
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