01-11-2011, 04:19 PM
Regarding Needy Females. I had a housemate who was one. She would never even take out the trash on trash day because that was man's work, and we should pay the neighbor kid to do it...
Yeah right.
Then yet another needy housemate story...Came home one day from an overnight getaway to a frantic housemate..she was all in a twist because the pilot on the water heater had blown out..the day before!! And she did not know what to do...we needed to call a plumber or the guy next door to relight it. I asked why she did not relight it..response was she did not know how because that was a man's job. OK, this was back when I had just gotten my house, had always lived in apartments. I really did not know the procedure for lighting a pilot, but figured, if a man could do it, it was not that hard. So I armed myself with a match, hunkered down on the floor..read the instructions on the front of the heater, and had the damn thing lit in a couple minutes.
NOW..I have a man in the house and I am still the one relighting pilots when needed. I just happen to be less arthritic .
Yeah right.Then yet another needy housemate story...Came home one day from an overnight getaway to a frantic housemate..she was all in a twist because the pilot on the water heater had blown out..the day before!! And she did not know what to do...we needed to call a plumber or the guy next door to relight it. I asked why she did not relight it..response was she did not know how because that was a man's job. OK, this was back when I had just gotten my house, had always lived in apartments. I really did not know the procedure for lighting a pilot, but figured, if a man could do it, it was not that hard. So I armed myself with a match, hunkered down on the floor..read the instructions on the front of the heater, and had the damn thing lit in a couple minutes.
NOW..I have a man in the house and I am still the one relighting pilots when needed. I just happen to be less arthritic .