How Did We Ever Function Before Google?
Jan. 8th, 2018 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribI wonder how we ever functioned before Google. Last night was a case in point.
I have a garbage disposal on my kitchen sink. Over the weekend, it got into a bind and wouldn't spin or drain water. This concerned me, as I had visions of plumbers in my future. On a whim, I Googled "clogged garbage disposal." One of the top results was a helpful video that explain that modern garbage disposals have a hex wrench socket in the bottom, which can be used to manually reverse the grinding mechanism, thus getting the device out of a bind.
Fortunately, the previous owners had left the hex wrench that came with the disposal in a logical place (under the sink close to the disposal) so I crawled under and went to work. Once I actually got the hex wrench in the socket, the grinder was easy to spin and as soon as I moved it the water drained. I was then able to get a flashlight and a set of kitchen tongs and go at it from the top to fish out the piece of plastic causing the problem. Plumbing crisis averted.
But had it not been for Google, I would have had no idea about the socket.
I have a garbage disposal on my kitchen sink. Over the weekend, it got into a bind and wouldn't spin or drain water. This concerned me, as I had visions of plumbers in my future. On a whim, I Googled "clogged garbage disposal." One of the top results was a helpful video that explain that modern garbage disposals have a hex wrench socket in the bottom, which can be used to manually reverse the grinding mechanism, thus getting the device out of a bind.
Fortunately, the previous owners had left the hex wrench that came with the disposal in a logical place (under the sink close to the disposal) so I crawled under and went to work. Once I actually got the hex wrench in the socket, the grinder was easy to spin and as soon as I moved it the water drained. I was then able to get a flashlight and a set of kitchen tongs and go at it from the top to fish out the piece of plastic causing the problem. Plumbing crisis averted.
But had it not been for Google, I would have had no idea about the socket.
