The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XVIII

[Quackers]

..and how are you gonna get sodium hydroxide brah?

 

[shadowplay]

Caustic drain cleaners will damage the pipes over time. Be careful and rinse it out really well afterwards if you do use one.

The ideal way to remove a hair clog is with one of those mini-snakes with the velcro strap at the end. It should get around the cross-bar no problem. You should be able to get one for a dollar or two at any hardware.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Why do people get angry when I mention something called "the game"? Im just trying to figure out what it is.

 

[Farm Boy]

Why do people get angry when I mention something called "the game"? Im just trying to figure out what it is.

Are you referring to the "mating game?" I think you lost me.

i.e. "Don't hate the playa, hate the game?"

 

[Synobun]

Why do people get angry when I mention something called "the game"? Im just trying to figure out what it is.

Know Your Meme

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Know Your Meme

That is ... a rather stupid game.

 

[Farm Boy]

Agreed.

 

[Cutlass]

What is the best way to clean out a clogged drain if you aren't able to use one of those snake-things to get to the drain trap because of a plastic crossbar in the drain? The clog in question is just hair.

Just what kind of a drain is this? Like others said, for some drains you can use a piece of wire instead of a snake up to a point. Where the clog is matters for that. For the standard modern American bath tub, taking off the overflow/plug lever cover gives you good access to where tubs often tend to clog.

 

[Leoreth]

Why do people get angry when I mention something called "the game"? Im just trying to figure out what it is.

It's a Michael Douglas film with a twist so contrived that people snap when reminded of it.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

That is ... a rather stupid game.

Good god, girl.

Get off your high horse and stop calling everything that isn't TP "stupid."

 

[Farm Boy]

Good god, girl.

Get off your high horse and stop calling everything that isn't TP "stupid."

I think she's justified in this regard!

 

[Arakhor]

Get off your high horse and stop calling everything that isn't TP "stupid."

And if nobody had unsociable posting habits, we'd all do much better.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Good god, girl.

Get off your high horse and stop calling everything that isn't TP "stupid."

Well the game is stupid. What is even the point of it.

 

[NickyJ]

Well the game is stupid. What is even the point of it.

So true. The stupid "game" is stupid, and it would be stupid to not call the stupid "game" stupid.

 

[mayor]

Why do people get angry when I mention something called "the game"? Im just trying to figure out what it is.

May I have the permission to be angry now

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well I didnt mean to do that.

 

[Ajidica]

Just what kind of a drain is this? Like others said, for some drains you can use a piece of wire instead of a snake up to a point. Where the clog is matters for that. For the standard modern American bath tub, taking off the overflow/plug lever cover gives you good access to where tubs often tend to clog.

It is a sink drain. I have lots of extra coathangers from getting my suit dry cleaned so I'll try that.

 

[mayor]

Well I didnt mean to do that.

I know that unfortunately The game doesn't make a distinction for that.

I don't blame you though

 

[Cutlass]

It is a sink drain. I have lots of extra coathangers from getting my suit dry cleaned so I'll try that.

On most sinks the trap comes off pretty easy for access if you can't clear it any other way.

 

[Farm Boy]

If it's a sink rather than a tub it's likely just crap in the pea trap. Take off the trap after you put a bucket under it. Probably don't need a coat hanger. Will want rubber gloves.

If pipes are metal rather than plastic you may need a roll of teflon plumbers tape to get it to reseal when you put it back together. It costs like a buck or two.