Follow Up To Recuperare

Guess where I get to go today? To the hardware store. This is actually a fascinating adventure - imagine a Home Depot shrunk to the size of a small Dilworth house. They have everything Home Depot has except there is only one, there is no order to anything, and you have to sign a waiver that you won’t sue anyone when one of the 6 foot stacks of hoses, hammers, paint cans, and light fixtures fall on you. Guess what I get to buy? The metal spiral-phone-cord-type thing that connects the removable shower head to the bathtub water tap. They don’t have shower heads in the wall like we do, they have a hand held shower head connected to the bathtub faucet that you can use with your hand or attach to a hook on the wall for a shower. Guess why I have to buy a new one? Because the one I have is shooting water. Why? Because they lined the inside of the metal spiral-phone-cord type thing with a plastic tube and it now has holes in it. Why does it have holes? Because the hot water comes out so hot – you guessed it – it melted the plastic. What did my Italian friend tell me when he explained what I needed to buy – “Don’t worry. They’ll know what you need. It happens all the time.” No shit….