I think I live in a perpetual state of "Being nibbled to death by ducks"...but some of the ducks are bigger than others...*wry grin*
3 days ago the clothes dryer finally quit...because the fuse will no longer make contact in the old, decrepit socket They no longer make the type of "fuse panels" I was using......the solution? a complete electrical service upgrade at about $2500. Then there are the pinhole leaks in copper piping that pop open occasionally, and the water heater that was installed with a plastic dip-tube that is deteriorating so that it allows little white particles to clog the faucet filters. (This was part of a class action lawsuit a couple years ago, but we never heard about it, and it has now expired...so, facing $200-$400 to repair/replace water heater. And one toilet that needs a $3 new internal part, but is an old off-brand that will require total change-over of it's workings, as they don't MAKE the part to fit this type......add to this the ever present drainage problems on one side of the house which perodically allow a little river in my workshop ...and the attic air conditioner which developed a leak a few years back and required new dry-wall and a plastic box under the leak , with a submersible pump from Sears to pump the leaking water out....(The leaking roof was finally replaced a few years ago..)
Those nibbling ducks? They may soon ne able to swim in our basement, if all the water issues are not resolved.