I was close to finishing the installation of a new bidet toilet seat when I realize that the water supply line from the wall to my toilet tank is not a flexible hose like I’ve worked with before, but a rigid one. Now the T connector won’t fit.
The internet seems split on the idea of me successfully replacing this with a new flexible hose line. What do you guys think? Am I biting off more than I can chew? Photos of the mismatch below.
I am pretty sure the fittings are the same. The flex hoses do come with different size connectors on the ends so you’ll want to know correct size or buy several
You double your chances of a connection leaking. Otherwise, it’s nbd.
Flex and rigid hoses can be swapped out without a problem.
I agree, I got one of those for “free” at one of their cooking classes, and I’m pretty sure it was a cake cutter.
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Can I use oil to treat ear mites on my cat just like I would for ear mites in my rabbits?
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You can use an oil + water flush as a cleansing agent. You will still want a miticide to actually kill the buggers (unless you’re lucky and it’s such a mild case that a little cleansing does it).
With rabbits, you smear oil on and leave it. It smothers the mites to death.
Cornell Vet suggests that a few drops of baby oil could be used as a smothering agent after the ear’s been cleaned, so maybe worth trying.
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I’m going to be filmed in the next couple of weeks for a talk I’m giving for a virtual conference.
Do I wear solids? pattern? colour? neutrals?
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Definitely solids. Patterns can look wonky on film.
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+1 on solids. Color- whatever looks good on you and isn’t the color of a green screen.
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Solids or a large (but not busy) print, nothing small since it can play weird on the screen. Also consider (if possible) what the background will be that you’re filming against and choose colors based on that + the colors you like most on yourself.
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Do you use distilled water in your humidifier?
I know it will help the filter last longer, but it’s quite expensive and hard to get enough on a regularly basis, especially in today’s world of weird shopping trips. Mine goes through about a half a gallon of water a night on the lowest setting so that’s several gallons a week!
Are there any health risks to using hard tap water, or just lifetime of the machine risks?
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I don’t know, we use tap water. Didn’t occur to me to do anything else 
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When things call for distilled water I just leave water out in an open container overnight so the chlorine can evaporate. It doesn’t eliminate all the things that clog humidifiers/ steam cleaners, but it helps.
I refuse to pay for water.
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Worth noting that if your utility chlorinates with chloramines, it does not off-gas like that. To remove it you need some sort of filtration system
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The filter on the humidifiers I’ve seen has nothing to do with water, it filters dust out of the air intake.
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Lifetime of the machine usually
Run tap water through a drip coffeemaker first if you have one; most of the hard water deposits will precipitate into the coffeemaker, which is much cheaper than the humidifier in addition to being worlds easier to descale.
Alternately, fill from the hot water tap if you have a tank hot water heater. A lot of the hard water deposits will be left behind in the bottom of the tank. Hot water heaters aren’t cheap, of course, but the volume you’re adding to its load will not be significant given how much water goes through there.
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