# In which Sicks Ate does a thing that ends up costing him $12,500.

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**Created:** [April 28, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sicks-ate-does-a-thing-that-ends-up-costing-him-12-500/833177 "2019-04-28T17:11:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sicks-ate-does-a-thing-that-ends-up-costing-him-12-500/833177/21 "2019-05-02T21:52:50Z")

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My house is 81 years old. I’m dreading shit like this.

And then there’s my 20yo hot water heater.

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sicks-ate-does-a-thing-that-ends-up-costing-him-12-500/833177/22 "2019-05-03T00:02:22Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> My house is 81 years old. I’m dreading shit like this.

ISWYDT

> [@panache45](#):
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> And then there’s my 20yo hot water heater.

20 years?! I’m no plumber, but even I say you should probably get ahead of that one! Not to mention that a new one will be tons more efficient.

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