^^^"...put icing on the cupcakes and called it a day." ROFL SiberianDVM!!
Speaking of inlaws.....I posted this story in some other thread awhile back but it's totally relevant here...
A few years ago my then 55 yr old BIL B's hot water heater pilot light went out one cold Sunday evening in January. So what does he do?...In a panic he calls his 77 yr old mother for HELP!! She offers to call (and pay for
) a service call from an LNG technician.....off hours I believe it would have been about $200. Fortunately my other former BIL S, who was living with her at the time (it's a looong story...) takes the phone and tells B to check the water heater as it should have a decal that explains how to re-ignite the pilot light. B confirms with S that there is such a sticker however he's "just way too stressed out"
to deal with it at this time ..."Can you ask my mom to go ahead and call the tech?"
Thankfully S decides to drive out to B's place...about a 20 min drive...and it takes him all of about 30 seconds to get the pilot light lit.....wtf!