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Jessie Cochran
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Panama City Realty Group

Really? Is that a relative to the "Petcock'?

Aug 26, 2016 12:22 AM
Rainmaker
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Oh how the mind can wonder! I will avoid the overflow today! Thanks Jose!

Aug 25, 2016 10:49 PM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

Im not going to go there. 

Aug 26, 2016 02:29 PM
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers No toilet should be without one.

Aug 26, 2016 10:17 AM
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

In Britain, I believe the phrase is twig and berries.

Aug 26, 2016 12:25 AM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Oh my *tsk tsk* - do you kiss your wife with that mouth?

Aug 26, 2016 12:05 AM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Antiquated item no longer manufactured.  It was invented in Mexico by a priest with a level attached to a floating valve used as water level control device inside the toilet.  George Washington did not have the chance to use it as America did not have running water then.

Today it was replaced by an el cheapo styroform found in Fluid Master. The kit is NG as the valves are often defective. It leaks. Go back to the Ballcock design. 

Aug 25, 2016 10:50 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Where are you heading with a question like this?   

Aug 25, 2016 10:41 PM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I'm not going there!  

Aug 26, 2016 10:05 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Potty part and potty talk!  

Aug 26, 2016 12:56 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Something Tidybowl man relied on to maintain proper water levels.Image result for Tidy Bowl man

Aug 26, 2016 04:35 AM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

prevents a toilet from running....

Aug 26, 2016 02:02 AM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

This is pure bathroom talk. My toilet has one, does yours?

Aug 26, 2016 12:42 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I'm not even going there with you Tony.  Just. Not. Going. To. Go. There. 

Aug 26, 2016 12:17 AM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

If it isn't in your toilet tank you might have a problem.

Aug 26, 2016 12:16 AM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Into the toilet goes the answer ....

Aug 25, 2016 11:01 PM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

I'm sure you're looking for provocative wise-guy responses here.

Aug 27, 2016 04:12 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

They're placed on the roof top and anytime kids hit baseballs near the house or windows it says "cock-a-doodle-do" to warn you about the incoming ball.

Aug 27, 2016 03:18 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Does this have to do with plumbing, on a toilet?

 

Aug 27, 2016 01:52 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I know this one.

Aug 26, 2016 10:29 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers - is that two words or just one?

Aug 26, 2016 03:31 PM
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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

I've had to replace a few in the toilet.

Aug 26, 2016 01:50 PM
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Indoor plumbing!

Aug 26, 2016 01:29 PM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

There are going to be some very funny answers to this one. 

Aug 26, 2016 01:19 PM
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Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Uh Oh...

Aug 26, 2016 11:35 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Toilet part

Aug 26, 2016 08:42 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

You know what they say about a 'Bird in the hand'!

Aug 26, 2016 03:44 AM
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Marco Giancola
Beachfront Realty - Miami Beach, FL
Realtor (305)608-1922, Miami Beach Florida

Ah yes, every home has at least one!

Aug 25, 2016 11:44 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

A vital item for many households.

Aug 25, 2016 11:38 PM
Rainmaker
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FN LN
Toronto, ON

Have you looked in your toilet tank?

Aug 25, 2016 11:16 PM
Rainmaker
913,568
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Have you been consulting with Barbara Todaro on ideas for questions to ask?

Aug 25, 2016 11:04 PM
Rainmaker
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

I'm flushing!

 

Aug 25, 2016 10:51 PM
Rainmaker
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

A ballcock (also balltap or float valve) is a mechanism or machine for filling water tanks, such as those found in flush toilets, while avoiding overflow and (in the event of low water pressure) backflow. The modern ballcock was invented by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, a Mexican priest and scientist, who described the device in 1790 in the Gaceta de Literatura Méxicana.[1] It consists of a valve connected to a hollow sealed float by means of a lever, mounted near the top of the tank. The float is often ball-shaped, hence the name ballcock. The valve is connected to the incoming water supply, and is opened and closed by the lever which has the float mounted on the end. When the water level rises, the float rises with it; once it rises to a pre-set level, the mechanism forces the lever to close the valve and shut off the water flow. This is an example of negative feedback and of proportional control.

 

Aug 26, 2016 10:36 PM
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