Set screw

Handle came off the kitchen faucet.
Ms Donna was cooking and grabbed the thingy and it just came right off in her hand. Ms Donna isn't always calm and happy when faucets come off in her hand.

Well that's my department. Anything that can be classified as hardware, or anything outside or anything dirty are mine. Those are all "men's" chores. Women don't do "men's" chores. But of course, dishes and vacuuming and cleaning the tub aren't "women's" chores. That's just another one of the many mysteries of love.

The set screw was missing. So I went to Walmart. No help. Went to Lowe's and Home Depot. They keep set screws in tiny little packages so you can't see if they fit in the faucet that you carried in. So I bought a range of set screws that all looked like they might fit. None of 'em did. Next day they let my mother leave the hospital so I picked her up after scrambling to get all the junk out of the front seat of the car. When I stopped at the hardware store afterwards to look for that elusive set screw I couldn't find the dangit faucet that I was sure I put in the car. So I couldn't find the correct screw. I bought another handful of them praying that one would fit.

I got home and tried all the screws that I brought home from the hardware store. None of them fit. I then found that I did have the faucet in my car after all. When I scooped up things and threw them in the back seat, the faucet got stuck into my gym bag.

So this morning, on my way to work, I brought the faucet again. At lunch I went to a hardware store that has a bunch of loose set screws in drawers so you can mess with them to see what one you need. A young guy was there and he offered to help. I showed him the faucet and explained my prediciment. He looked at the faucet. Looked at the screw hole. "Well there's a set screw in there".

Shit.

So I bought a new set screw and a new Allen wrench thinking that somehow that would cover up my overt stupidity. I used the excuse that I'm an old man who can't really see very well but when I look at the faucet now I see the set screw down in there. I guess bad eyes is not the real excuse. Maybe it has something to do with bad brain.

I'm using a pretty old one now you know.

So anyway. This can certainly help my retirement. I can open up a used set screw store.