Update: we has gushy sinks!

[desperance]

I found my plunger; you may call me the plongeur. Whatever was blocking my sink, no longer is. I now have the cleanest tubes in the west.

Also, I have made pickle, and jam. Which boiled over out of the jars I ladled it into, which was new. Much stickiness, for washing. Is okay. I can wash! I has water that sinks in sink!

Also I have done a modicum of work, but only a modicum. But am going to stop regardless, and cook cauliflower-mac-and-cheese. With bacon. Because I can. I am a kitchen god, and plug-holes gurgle as I pass.

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[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

I'm doing drains again today. For reasons which escape me but which doubtless made sense to the house-builders (I think we spell this 'cheap') the kitchen sink drains into my neighbour's main drain, not into ours. Unfortunately, my neighbour seems a lot less cautious about putting fat down the drain than I am, and the drain blocks three or four times a year, at which point I plunge it (made my own heavy-duty plunger) and then pour a bucket of caustic soda/water down it and all is well for a while.

The drain blocked just before Christmas, so I did the caustic soda thing, but it blocked again over Christmas and I cleared it on Boxing Day (lucky me!)and I've just got round to doing the caustic soda thing again. However, judging from the intermittent trickles of water emerging from under her garden wall I think something else is going on, which is technically Not My Problem, but I fear I will have to take the initiative as my neighbour is not very good at this sort of thing.