[GH85Carrera]

I forgot to tell about the typical for me trip to the plumbing store.

The builders grade toilets that were in the house were lousy. I would say crappy, but they did not work very well for that. You could almost stop them up by blowing your nose into a tissue and throwing it in the toilet. I was tasked with replacement. So I did the research and came up with the American Standard Champion Elongated bowl, with the "Select Right Height" so you don't feel like your knees are in your ears if you are 6 foot tall. They are basically un-stoppable-uppable, so the plunger was banished to the garage.

The one in our master bathroom had a bad flush valve, and they are not available at the local big box store. The tank has to come off, and it has a HUGE plastic nut to remove and the new valve comes with a wrench.

Off I went to the real professional supply store. Normally it is the typical work counter and several helpers and one or two other customers. Today it looked like they were handing out free beer and hot dogs. I bet there were 15 different professional plumbers there before me. They called all the help from the phone salesmen up front and after 30 minutes I got to the counter. I got my parts, and of course there was not one other customer in the place. Typical of my luck.

I bought a second valve for the other toilet and have it on hand for the day it is needed. The toilet in the garage is still the original builder grade one, but I am too cheap and lazy to change it out.