Hi, I'm Larry; this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl

Do you remember the old Newhart TV show?   Bob Newhart owned an inn in Vermont, Mary Framm was his wife and his handymen were named Larry, Darryl and Darryl.   I encountered Larry or at least Larry's twin on a recent plumbing job.

If you remember in earlier posts, I told you that most of the time Paul does the plumbing, electrical, etc., himself, but when he says to me, "we need to call somebody in," then as much as I hate forking over the cash, I listen and we do.

Take the case of our gas line.  In order to connect it to the meter, we decided to call our plumber Archie (yes that is his real name), however, Archie couldn't help us out so he recommended his friend David.  So Paul calls David to come out and take a look at the job and give us a bid.   He does, gives us a quote and sets a time for the installation.  When I got home from work that evening,  Paul tells me, "I have met Darryl, Darryl and Darryl."  Not remembering  of course that the first guy's name is Larry. Of course it would have been a better story if it was Darryl, Darryl, and Darryl, but you take what you get in this life.   Of course, I had to google it to make sure before I wrote about it.   Now my husband has a very dry sense of humor and likes to "yank my chain" on occasion, so I really didn't believe him.

HOWEVER, Paul had to work the day David was coming so I decided to work at home so we could get the gas line in, so the insulation and sheet rock could go up.  I open our front door and my mouth fell open.   It was Larry, not blonde, but it could have been Larry's twin.   Now he didn't have two Darryl's but he did have one that never spoke, while he was there.

But the guy was efficient.  An hour and half later, my gas line was in and up to code.  Here's a picture of my $350.00 gas line.

Now did I nearly have a heart attack over paying $350.00 for this?  Almost, but then I put it in perspective.

Those two pictures represent about $65.00 to $75.00 to move the plumbing for my sink and then add the plumbing for the pot filler.  Things you can do DIYers do - things you can't - well you just have take a breath and pony up the cash.