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The zebra is probably blending in too well to be tracked down easily, especially considering it’s wearing black and white stripes like all the other convicts runnin around down there.

Last night, as we finished preparing a dinner of Poor Man's Lobster, sweet potato rounds, and home-grown broccolini, a high pitched alarm sounded in the kitchen. It wasn't the smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector, or anything else obvious, but I finally figured out it was my flood sensor under the kitchen sink. I'd poured the hot water from boiling the frozen tilapia for Poor Man's Lobster down the sink and it had flooded the undercabinet. I spent hours today tearing apart my garbage disposal plumbing and sink flángé and re-applying the plumbers putty on the flángé to prevent further leaks, along with a bit of cleaning. I was looking for a replacement flángé as mine still says Sears Kenmore on it and I'd started to strip the three screws trying to remove the flángé before I found the retaining ring, but I ended up reusing the old flángé. As I surveyed my work I noticed a brand new Moen flángé in the pile of things I pulled out from under the sink that I could have used.

Job done, I'm really glad I picked up the Flood Buzz Pro sensors, they're not wireless or smart or anything, but they do send out a high pitched tone when they detect water along with a fitted Xtreme Mats Waterproof Under Sink Mat which protects the wood from flooding.

Edited: seriously, you can't say ****?

Replaced the rollers on a patio screen because they were not rolling while smoking the XO. Great flavor in this one, paired with silicone spray lube, almost as nice as WD-40.