When I was young and they first started putting the automatic water faucets in rest stops, my father went to the sink and said, "Hey Kyle, look." and then waved his hand under the sink and said, "Wha-taa" in the way a Jedi would command someone. This was quite amusing to me as I'd never seen the automatic faucets before and although I understood what was going on, with my dad's interest in Japanese movies (specifically poorly dubbed ones with lots of fighting), it was delivered well. I always remember that whenever I think of water. On to the real story.

Last night we finally got a plumber out to our house. He took one look at the water heater and basically said, "Yeah, so is Friday a good day to get a new water heater for you?" He explained that even if he was able to fix our current water heater (which they have to attempt before they can declare it dead and replace it) it would likely die again within a month or so and it wasn't up to code anyway. He explained that the current setup will cause the next water heater to become defective as well and that they would have to replace a few pipes and adapters.

Then he told me that the replacements they use can't be bought at a hardware store. They're special ordered with a 6 year warranty. Yes please.

Total cost for all of this (including the water heater)? $60. I love warranties especially when I don't have to pay for them.