FMB,
I am please to announce that the quarter I squeezed with my bare hands, and leftover hot air, has become a faux nickel and I would like you to have it for writing such kind and sincere words the like I have never heard during the last 4 hours.... I know it must have been hard on you to reach deep like that. Enjoy your nickel as a symbol of my eternal gratitude.**
**I used to give $20 bills for support (AKA White Knighting) on Internet boards but times are tough and the price of hookers is skyrocketing here.
Time are so tough (how tough are they, you ask?) that I have had to stoop to fixing the leaky basket in my kitchen sink myself. (someone else's craftsmanship) I want to let you know that he securing ring (aluminum) is corroded to the SS basket.
I called the guy that advised the guy who installed it and he said that I should calibrate it. When I questioned him on why... he started doubting my skills to do the job. I started a thread to let others know how good he was.
I am currently deciding either to cut it out using a Dremel tool, take a chisel to it, or get the Oxy/Acetylene torch out if good old brut force doesn't jar it loose.
The more I contemplate doing work, that I can certainly afford others to do, I am looking at house plans just in case I get a little carried away with the torch thinga-ma-jiggy. Don't look at me. That's what the calibration guy called it!