Good luck getting it fixed.. Enjoyed the conversation..
Thank you very much for your kind words :-)
It's almost done....just a bit more tomorrow (it seems I need to replace the kitchen faucet as well)
I don't know, there seems to the battle of the "ists", the Idealists versus the Realists. I think I'm a Realist. Unless I am a delusional Idealist who thinks she is a realist.
That's always a possibility I suppose, so, given that reality, it's probably best to just go with your 'best guess', since whatever reality you are perceiving may in fact be a delusion, and so then nothing is verifiable. If that's the case, then your best guess is the best you can do :-)
If someone asks you to verify something, you can just tell them that they are part of your delusion and so you are not obligated to give information to the product of a delusion. That should cause the person to either walk away shaking their head or call the police. If the police arrive, it's never a good idea to assume that they are a delusion, so just be nice and courteous and answer their questions with your best guess, as in the previous paragraph :-)