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BRENDA: Have no idea. I found it draining after I got home today from my walk. All I thought at the time is finally with relief.

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BRENDA ... they didn't access your bathroom to unclog it, did they? If they DIDN'T, then they might have snaked it out from the cleanout located somewhere outside your apartment.

If that's the case, the problem might still be in the "u" shaped piece of pipe right under the sink ... possibly soap or hair or both. If you haven't already, you might want to try liquid Drano or Liquid Plumber.

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IIRC Signy had that problem at home. It was corroded waste pipes that were really narrow due to corrosion plus it made them very, very rough inside, and they caught everything that wasn't water (soap scum, grease, hair, lint etc).

IDK if you're allowed to do this there, but you might want to try replacing the p-trap with a cheap flexible (accordioned) plastic version to see if that helps. The other thing I wonder about is who you're sharing the waste-stack and vent with on the other side of the wall. In one apartment I was in, when the neighbors - who either had installed some kind of dishwasher or small washing machine - did their whatevers, and it drained - bubbles and dirty water kept coming up out of our kitchen sink drain. Your stack-mates might be putting in grease, linty water (say, from a portable washing machine), or other stuff. If cleaning out/ replacing the p-trap doesn't do it, it may be further down than you can clean, due to either bad pipes or careless neighbors, or both.

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Well, the plumbers got the sink to drain but I can't use it as I tried to run a little water and it just wanted to fill up again. So the sink maybe empty but not usable.

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Do you know what they tried?

They probably just need to rod it out.

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Have no idea. I found it draining after I got home today from my walk. All I thought at the time is finally with relief.

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Hey Brenda - how does your mail system work? Here in the US, if you file a card with your local post office with your new and old address, they'll forward any first-class mail on for I think 6 months. Does your PO not do that?

Aside from having to deal with your ex-landlady's bitchiness, it sounds like you had a good time getting back with some people you knew!

Here, my old restaurant place that I've been going to for decades is totally shut down. They're not even doing take-out. Otherwise, I would have been getting meals from there to keep them in business. I hope they reopen! OTOH the owner is getting on in years. Maybe he'll just sell it and retire and relax for a change.

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Wow. You must really dislike the question, which you obviously can't answer! Otherwise, why would you resort to threats of trolling just because you can't answer a simple question?

And btw - spreading around a question that might make people think even more badly about you than they already do, AND being even more of an asshole at the same time ... isn't the best tactic in the world. It's not going to make people think worse of ME, that's for sure!

For the record, the question is:


Meanwhile, I care not one bit about Putin or Russia, because I'm a born-and-raised US citizen. I care about my country. The USA.

But you have nothing to say about the USA, and obsessively track everything to do with Russia because ...

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JACK: No worries and my manager suggested draino for the bathtub to keep it from clogging up.

As I said it does drain but slowly. I am hoping that it will clear the rest of the way itself. When I snaked it after a couple of times I couldn't feel anything in the way. So I guess time will tell.

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JACK: No worries and my manager suggested draino for the bathtub to keep it from clogging up.

As I said it does drain but slowly. I am hoping that it will clear the rest of the way itself. When I snaked it after a couple of times I couldn't feel anything in the way. So I guess time will tell.

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Admittedly, I don't know much about plumbing other than rodding things out and installing toilets and toilet kits. The Draino ruins pipes thing might just be an old wives tale, but there's probably some truth to it considering how caustic it is.

Cool that your landlord doesn't care. I know that I had at least two leases in my life that specifically said that I was to let the management know if there were any drainage issues and I was not to attempt using Draino or any other similar products on my own.

Hope it works out.

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How's the sink, BRENDA? I suppose one of the things you COULD try is a gallon of steaming water down the sink?

Oh, your former landlady! Passive aggressive as heck, isn't she? It's a good thing you don't have to deal wih her anymore, what a ...

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IMHO Drano or Liquid Plumber really shouldn't be damaging to metal pipes, since acid dissolves metal but these solution are the opposite of acidic, they're basic (caustic). Well, strong base (lye, caustic) and bleach, basically. Nothing in there harmful to metal pipes, altho I can imagine it degrading the newer-style ABS. I remember the old-style crystal Drano had flakes of magnesium in it. I THINK the idea was that the magnesium would react in the water and heat up, helping to melt and saponify any grease and accelerating the hair-dissolving action.

Maybe landlords don't like Drano/Liquid Plumber because if they work with the plumbing afterward and it hasn't been fully flushed they might wind up with an eyeful of caustic liquid??? Not sure of the issue, but nice to know that your current landlord doesn't seem to mind.

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Wow. You must really dislike the question, which you obviously can't answer! Otherwise, why would you resort to threats of trolling just because you can't answer a simple question?

And btw - spreading around a question that might make people think even more badly about you than they already do, AND being even more of an asshole at the same time ... isn't the best tactic in the world. It's not going to make people think worse of ME, that's for sure!

For the record, the question is:


Meanwhile, I care not one bit about Putin or Russia, because I'm a born-and-raised US citizen. I care about my country. The USA.

But you have nothing to say about the USA, and obsessively track everything to do with Russia because ...

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Seriously. Ya'all need to figure out how to divert the rain here over by you.

5 years of far too much of it already here, and from the looks of it outside the last few days, that's going to be 6 in a row.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Seriously. Ya'all need to figure out how to divert the rain here over by you.

5 years of far too much of it already here, and from the looks of it outside the last few days, that's going to be 6 in a row.

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Really though... this is the longest cold I can remember having.
No fever. No loss of appetite. No fatigue. Just a runny nose, blockage and some sneezing. Not sure what day I got it, but I probably could look back through the threads and find out. Probably going on about 10 days now if I had to guess.

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Really though... this is the longest cold I can remember having.
No fever. No loss of appetite. No fatigue. Just a runny nose, blockage and some sneezing. Not sure what day I got it, but I probably could look back through the threads and find out. Probably going on about 10 days now if I had to guess.

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If it's been going on that long and hasn't gotten worse, or better, it's probably seasonal allergies.

For me, at least I got control of my breathing. I had been doing so well that I stopped rinsing and spraying my nose and taking my Advair inhaler. I had to re-institute treatments in order to breathe/sleep better. I noticed I was using my "accesory muscles" ... lifting my shoulders, bending over .... in order to draw a full breath, very characteristic of asthma. Even with the restarted treatments it's not 100% (but then it never was) but better than before.

So yeah drippy nose ... not, they say. a symptom of Covid-19. Along those thoughts ... how did that itchy rash resolve, SIX? I wonder if maybe you developed several allergies that you did't have before. That can happen, at least it did woth someone I know. In addition to her face swelling up with fish. she developed allergies to their poodle.

Maybe you have a squirrel-dander allergy???

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Bring your umbrella.

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I didn't realize that you needed to take the bus to do laundry before.

Without even taking your old landlord into consideration, that right there must have been a huge improvement on your life.

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Jeez... I can only imagine.

Think back to what that was like back when you were doing it and imagine how it is right now with half the folk in there or more wearing masks.

I'm glad for you that you're not in that situation anymore. Especially right now. Really puts a slow draining kitchen sink into perspective.



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You should get yourself two of those little drain catches that are made of a metal mesh. They're really a pain to clean out, but they really don't let anything down there. At least until you get it draining proper, it might keep it good enough.

You'd want two though because they're really hard to clean out without running water and if you don't have another one down there catching the stuff that you're cleaning out of the first one than it kind of defeats the purpose. (The loose stuff that you just cleaned out shakes off pretty easy from the 2nd one).

Then again, you'd probably get away with just the one in the kitchen if you dump it after every use. I use mine in the bathroom because the sink plunger was busted out and trying to get built up hair from shaving out of it is a nightmare.

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Luckily for me laundry now no longer includes bus rides. Laundry room in apartment building.

But I did get in my half hour to hour walk and I did take my umbrella. Though I didn't need to use it.

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No fever. No loss of appetite. No fatigue. Just a runny nose, blockage and some sneezing. Not sure what day I got it, but I probably could look back through the threads and find out. Probably going on about 10 days now if I had to guess.

SIGNY: If it's been going on that long and hasn't gotten worse, or better, it's probably seasonal allergies...
So yeah drippy nose ... not, they say. a symptom of Covid-19. Along those thoughts ... how did that itchy rash resolve, SIX? I wonder if maybe you developed several allergies that you did't have before. That can happen, at least it did woth someone I know. In addition to her face swelling up with fish. she developed allergies to their poodle.
Maybe you have a squirrel-dander allergy???

SIX: I can't rule out the possibility. To my knowledge, I've never been allergic to anything before. Although, I frequently do have some mild congestion from time to time at really any point of the year. Sneezing is a rarity for me though however, unless I have a cold, and I probably have sneezed about once or twice per day since I got whatever this was. Copious amounts of flem like I have right now is also extremely out of the ordinary too unless I'm really sick... usually after the flu when the fever breaks. The only difference this time is that everything is remaining clear and flavorless/odorless unlike the gross stuff I won't go into detail about when you're getting over something particularly nasty.

The nose isn't "drippy" or "runny". Just clogged up. The phlegm is thick. And not so much of it that it's constant either. Not much of a bother when I'm awake and able to clear it out good from time to time. In fact, I don't even really think about it during the day, but only really when I wake up in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning.

I'd have to be allergic to something in my house though. Not only haven't I gone out in the last 2 1/2 weeks other than to go to the grocery store 3 times, but I've rarely even gone outside since the weather has been so lousy. It's getting a bit warmer now, but remember I had around 5 inches of snow not that long ago.

This "cold" I've had has pretty much stayed the same. It hasn't gotten better or worse, other than the daily fluctuation. Like with most illnesses I've ever had, the congestion is worse when I wake up in the morning before I clear it all out and hardly even noticeable all day long until I'm getting ready for bed and I realize that I can't breathe that well out of my nose.

The rash has been a non-issue since I stopped eating that spice. I've re-introduced everything else besides the spice back into my diet so far other than the brown rice and the canola oil. So until I eat both of those I still can't say 100% that it was the Cajun Seasoning that caused it.

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No fever. No loss of appetite. No fatigue. Just a runny nose, blockage and some sneezing. Not sure what day I got it, but I probably could look back through the threads and find out. Probably going on about 10 days now if I had to guess.

SIGNY: If it's been going on that long and hasn't gotten worse, or better, it's probably seasonal allergies...
So yeah drippy nose ... not, they say. a symptom of Covid-19. Along those thoughts ... how did that itchy rash resolve, SIX? I wonder if maybe you developed several allergies that you did't have before. That can happen, at least it did woth someone I know. In addition to her face swelling up with fish. she developed allergies to their poodle.
Maybe you have a squirrel-dander allergy???

SIX: I can't rule out the possibility. To my knowledge, I've never been allergic to anything before. Although, I frequently do have some mild congestion from time to time at really any point of the year. Sneezing is a rarity for me though however, unless I have a cold, and I probably have sneezed about once or twice per day since I got whatever this was. Copious amounts of flem like I have right now is also extremely out of the ordinary too unless I'm really sick... usually after the flu when the fever breaks. The only difference this time is that everything is remaining clear and flavorless/odorless unlike the gross stuff I won't go into detail about when you're getting over something particularly nasty.

The nose isn't "drippy" or "runny". Just clogged up. The phlegm is thick. And not so much of it that it's constant either. Not much of a bother when I'm awake and able to clear it out good from time to time. In fact, I don't even really think about it during the day, but only really when I wake up in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning.

I'd have to be allergic to something in my house though. Not only haven't I gone out in the last 2 1/2 weeks other than to go to the grocery store 3 times, but I've rarely even gone outside since the weather has been so lousy. It's getting a bit warmer now, but remember I had around 5 inches of snow not that long ago.

This "cold" I've had has pretty much stayed the same. It hasn't gotten better or worse, other than the daily fluctuation. Like with most illnesses I've ever had, the congestion is worse when I wake up in the morning before I clear it all out and hardly even noticeable all day long until I'm getting ready for bed and I realize that I can't breathe that well out of my nose.

The rash has been a non-issue since I stopped eating that spice. I've re-introduced everything else besides the spice back into my diet so far other than the brown rice and the canola oil. So until I eat both of those I still can't say 100% that it was the Cajun Seasoning that caused it.

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Well, for MOST people who have an active infection, whether viral or bacterial, they usually feel worst around 8PM. Fever is higher, pain is more intense, symptoms are just worse overall. I think altho not sure that it's related to your internal steroid levels, which act (among other things) as anti-inflammatories and really start dropping around 8PM and don't start coming back up until around 3AM.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475279/figure/fig1-20420
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Anyway, if you feel worst in the AM it's either an allergy (you may have developed a mold allergy) or an indolent sinus infection which is causing just enough irritation to stuff up your nose.

AFA the itchy rash ... I think you really need to know whether it was the 'cillin or something else. I'd tell you to try the Cajun spice again, but if you get an out-of-control reaction that might be something you WON'T live to regret.

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Luckily for me laundry now no longer includes bus rides. Laundry room in apartment building.

But I did get in my half hour to hour walk and I did take my umbrella. Though I didn't need to use it.

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Wow, a bus ride to do laundry. THAT would put a kink in anyone's day.

So glad for you that's in the past. Altho thinking about your former landlady still makes me grit my teeth.

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Luckily for me laundry now no longer includes bus rides. Laundry room in apartment building.

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Wow, a bus ride to do laundry. THAT would put a kink in anyone's day.

So glad for you that's in the past. Altho thinking about your former landlady still makes me grit my teeth.

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It was a walk down hill to the bus stop and on the bus then when my laundry was finished, the bus back and walking up hill to get to that dump. It was more than a kink.

S'alright SIG. I think about her too much and it makes me grit my teeth.

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I'm still SO happy for you, that you are where you are!

I know everyone else was counting the various blessings, so I'll add mine. For me I still think the best ones are being warm and dry.

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Hey Brenda - out of curiosity - what's going on over by Vancouver-way? Is your area doing stay-at-home? Did it close all non-essential businesses, forbid gatherings, and so forth?

ETA: I did try to look it up, but all I got were 2-week out-of-date articles. I know you mentioned dine-in restaurants are closed, and malls were empty, but if you posted anything else, I missed it.

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