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Garbage disposal went out. Replaced it with a new one. Didn't do dishes for a couple of days due eating out and also replacing piping with PEX in same general time frame. Starting doing dishes and dish washer would not drain water after completing a cycle. Fiddled with it a couple of days. Finally went to buy a new dish washer, connected it, same problem with not draining. Realized i forgot to remove the plug on the garbage disposal when connecting the dish washer drain line.

Many more to list but as they say, they are life lessons you won't forget.

Garbage disposal quit working, went bought a new one hooked it up had it running and everything. Felt so proud of myself, first home repair I ever did, the wife thought I was awesome. Even made the comment that her dad could never fix stuff around the house when she was growing up and it always pissed her mom off, part of the reason they got divorced. Anyway, while taking the old one out to the garbage and I noticed a small red button looking thing on the bottom, googled it, sure enough a reset button. Went ahead and plugged the disposal in pushed the reset, disposal came right on.

Went ahead and proceeded with disposing of the disposal, never mentioned it to the wife. just pretended like I never made the discovery.

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Posted by DiamondDog

Louisiana

Member since Nov 2019

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Posted on 8/6/21 at 9:27 am to Emteein

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Even made the comment that her dad could never fix stuff around the house when she was growing up and it always pissed her mom off

Poor and unskilled is no way to go through life.

You can be rich and unskilled. Skilled and poor. But never both at the same time.

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Posted by CatfishJohn

Member since Jun 2020

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Posted on 8/12/21 at 10:39 am to Emteein

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Garbage disposal quit working, went bought a new one hooked it up had it running and everything. Felt so proud of myself, first home repair I ever did, the wife thought I was awesome. Even made the comment that her dad could never fix stuff around the house when she was growing up and it always pissed her mom off, part of the reason they got divorced. Anyway, while taking the old one out to the garbage and I noticed a small red button looking thing on the bottom, googled it, sure enough a reset button. Went ahead and plugged the disposal in pushed the reset, disposal came right on.

Went ahead and proceeded with disposing of the disposal, never mentioned it to the wife. just pretended like I never made the discovery.

This is fantastic and so relatable. I would've done the exact same thing