Plumbs Away
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About 10 years ago, I found a brand new, still in the box, 1980 Kohler Wellworth elongated in Fresh Green which, of course, I had to have. I also ordered an expensive Bemis plastic seat to match. Until now, I was never able to put it into service. I recently moved into a home built in 1968, that came originally equipped with Gerber Mount Vernons, round bowl, standard height. The previous owner had replaced the main bath toilet with a Right Height elongated American Standard Cadet Pro 1.6 GPF. My master bath, however, still had the original Gerber. After a thorough muriatic acid soak and flush, and a tank rebuild, it was as good as new. I could not justify 5 GPF under any circumstances, so I replaced it with my Fresh Green 1980 Kohler. As many in the know will know, this Wellworth was the first generation of government-mandated 3.5 GPFs and as many as I can remember seeing in use back in the day, having never owned one, I wasn't aware that it was definitely not ready for prime time. I honestly could not remember the last time I needed to plunge a toilet and had no intention of making it a regular part of my routine. I happened to have in my archives a late model 1.6 GPF Kohler Wellworth Highline, which now resides in my master bath where the Fresh Green Wellworth was in service for about 2 weeks.
Knowing Kohler fan The Universal Dave's love/obsession with all things Wellworth, I private messaged him and offered to give him the Fresh Green Wellworth if he would come pick it up. We live approximately 240 miles apart -- he in Alabama and I in Tennessee. Instead of thanking me and politely declining, he whined that he was tired and broke because he went to Atlanta, and wasn't going to drive "all the way to Tennessee for a toilet." Keep in mind that Tennessee and Alabama are next-door neighbors. I'm calling him out on this because, apparently, manners aren't taught in his household. I can understand that he might not want/need it, or whatever the reason is, but he acted like I was burdening him to take it off my hands. NEVER kick a gift horse in the mouth!
Knowing Kohler fan The Universal Dave's love/obsession with all things Wellworth, I private messaged him and offered to give him the Fresh Green Wellworth if he would come pick it up. We live approximately 240 miles apart -- he in Alabama and I in Tennessee. Instead of thanking me and politely declining, he whined that he was tired and broke because he went to Atlanta, and wasn't going to drive "all the way to Tennessee for a toilet." Keep in mind that Tennessee and Alabama are next-door neighbors. I'm calling him out on this because, apparently, manners aren't taught in his household. I can understand that he might not want/need it, or whatever the reason is, but he acted like I was burdening him to take it off my hands. NEVER kick a gift horse in the mouth!