My plumber replaced the old shutoffs (only one worked) in the bathroom last spring with ball valves. Thank God! Otherwise Wednesday would have been a disaster and I'd not had any water at all available in the house.

He knows that I'd like to replace all the shutoffs in the cellar either today or soon. It depends on how much time he has after fixing the broken pipes.

Gotta go schlep some more stuff out of his way in the closet area.

I drove up the driveway to get yesterday's mail and then turned around just up the road. Glad I didn't attempt the 50+ mile round trip yesterday to The Press Room...

Linn