What do you fear the most?

[EricHiggin]

SvennoJ said:

Apart from something happening to my wife or kids it's water. (yes it is a chemical change in your body when you get kids, more so in women than men. The anxiety can sometimes be overwhelming as well as the fear of having passed genetic 'problems' on to your kids)

Not the fear of drowning, plumbing problems. Incidentally we have one right now again. (kitchen sink firmly blocked, over 30-40 feet down the pipe, auger so far unsuccessful) I'm just taking a break atm to get some food while my wife is trying not to panic :/ She doesn't handle these home emergencies well. Her biggest fear is having to have people come into the house (to fix things / deliver things).

So I've tried plunging until the water started coming up out the dishwasher :/ Ran out to get a 25ft drain snake, not long enough. Now trying with a 50ft drain snake (ran back to the store) which gets firmly stuck on a corner I assume. Trying again in a bit.

I guess my actual biggest fear is my wife not surviving a panic attack. (She had one at her mom's house with the ambulance having to come) And when she had Covid was the worst, listening at night if she was still breathing. Tears me up thinking about it.


As for 'mundane' things, I have mild claustrophobia so the idea of spelunking / crawling into tight tunnels I'll leave that to VR. No way irl. 

Had a similar kitchen plumbing problem earlier this year.

Take the drain snake out of the rotator and shove the smaller end down the drain pipe. It will go around the corner easier and will punch a hole through the clog easier. My clog was just prior to the corner and stretched into the corner. I think I pushed some of the clog into the corner making it a bit worse initially as I tried to twist and pull it out.

After some pushing a twisting, I poked a hole through the clog. Did that over and over, stopping to try some water down the drain and it kept getting a bit better, until it didn't anymore, and could tell it was still clogged some. Ended up getting the garden hose and nozzle and stuck it down the kitchen sink, clogged the gaps with rags, then opened the nozzle. Only took maybe 10-15 seconds and the pressure let loose and the clog was gone.

If you can't use a hose or put pressure on the pipe (air pressure can work too), maybe try switching back to the regular auger end and try to twist and pull out what's left. Once you've punched some holes and loosened the clog up it should be easier to auger and remove.