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culprit, since water to refill the toilet bowl
entered via that mechanism.
“I bet this is clogged. If I could get it open
and clean it out, I think it’ll work again,” he
remarked. Problem was, neither of us could
figure out how to open it. Since it was made
of plastic, we couldn’t risk drastic measures,
like slamming the part against a countertop.
It took awhile, but I finally remembered
our past successes with Google. This time
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I typed, “toilet refills very slowly” into the heard about was all that simple to execute,
search bar. Thus we learned the part in ques- but eventually the valve was unclogged and
tion was called a fill valve and that it had to be resumed its rightful place in the tank.
cleaned of debris as my hubby had suspected. So, while I’d never claim to be high-tech
We still couldn’t get the darned thing apart, at anything, I must say I’ve become quite
however. Then YouTube came to the rescue. adept at asking for and receiving help from my
We found multiple videos showing people iPhone and laptop. Not only that, I’ve saved
disassembling fill valves and saw how the enough money in repair costs to splurge on
valves were constructed. I won’t say the something special. But you can bet it won’t
simple but necessary quarter turn that we require a download. MSN
Two other companies that offer low-cost
prepaid deals are TracFone and AT&T.
TracFone (TracFone.com, 800-867-7183)
has a 30-minute talk/text plan for $10 per
month, or an even cheaper a 60-minute talk/
text plan for $20 for three months, which
averages out to only $6.66 per month.
AT&T (ATT.com, 800-331-0500) has two,
low-cost prepaid plans, including the 25 cent
per minute call plan, and a $2 daily plan that
charges only when you place or receive a call
or send a text that day. The fees are deducted
from the prepaid balance on your account. But
to use AT&T Prepaid, you must prepay into © 88studio, Bigstock.com
your account either $10 per month, $25 for
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whether you need emergency services, direc-
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and a 5Star urgent response button that con- CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
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