Mom asked for some ammonia to help clean the dough out of the Bosch, and I had to move some other things out from under the sink to reach it.
When I pulled out a large bottle of floor cleaner, I discovered -- much to my surprise -- that that bottle was the only thing holding the pipes together. As soon as it was displaced, a large chunk of the pipe fell off, sending water gushing everywhere.
How there was no leaking before is a mystery! The pipe was completely eroded away.
How fortuitous that we had a handyman visiting! (Can you imagine having to call a plumber to come out on Christmas Eve?)Dad said it was the Christmas syndrome. Last year the furnace, this year the pipe. I have only two things to say about that.
1. I sincerely hope that the Christmas syndrome does not continue beyond two years.
2. I sincerely hope that my dad is here should the Christmas syndrome ever manifest itself again.
