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Cake day: August 7th, 2023

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  • Not caring. When I was younger I used to stress out because I was concerned about peoples opinions, not fitting in, or doing something stupid and giving others the wrong impressions of me. As a result I came off as shy until I got comfortable around someone. (Then you couldn’t shut me up). Now as I’m getting older, I really don’t care much about some random persons opinion and will often talk to anyone I run into. (Even if it’s just a simple “Hello,” or “How’s it going?” It’s like we all have a little social egg shell around us sometimes that needs a tap or two to crack open. As an aside, you will meet some pretty interesting people too.)

    And at the end of the day, it’s what YOU think of you that matters, no one else. Just be the best you that you can be, and don’t fret the little things. If someone doesn’t like you for that, it’s their loss and they’re missing out on all your gloriousness.














  • It probably won’t be under the sink unless it’s really cold there, it’ll be further in towards where your hot water tank is.

    As far as the waiting goes… maybe? the outside temp will warm up faster than where your plumbing usually is as it shouldn’t be getting much outside airflow to help it warm up, so it may not get much of a chance to warm without assistance. I’m going to assume you don’t have a basement but just a crawlspace under the floor where the pipes are… is there somewhere you can put a fan blowing underneath to help push some heat under there?

    If the hot line running to your island runs close to another hot line, running hot water on your other taps may help warm things a bit down there too, but that’s really slow and not a very efficient method.

    Fortunately it’s not too cold out down there so it shouldn’t take too much heat to get things flowing, it’s just a matter of finding where the plug is.


  • Hard to say without seeing your setup (and my first coffee hasn’t hit my bloodstream yet) but ya, it’s probably a frozen spot in the line between your hot water tank and the tap that isn’t working.

    It happens to me once or twice every year… I live in Canada in a very old house where the weather has been into the -30c (-22f) lately. Open the tap, and You’ll need to pour some heat on that part of the line where it’s frozen to help it thaw using either a heatgun/ hair dryer or torch. (Careful if you’re using a torch or heatgun to not put too much heat on the plumbing joints where they’re soldered… assuming you have copper lines.) Tapping on the line while putting heat on it helps a bit to break up the ice, but be careful not to hit it too hard.

    If it’s in a crawlspace you might be able to stuff a space heater in there and let it warm things up too.