Last night just before I went to bed, John Man told me that we didn't have any hot water. This morning John Man and I opened up the water heater. The upper thermostat was burned out due to water damage arising from a leak in a copper pipe above the water heater.
We - mostly John Man - replaced the thermostat, used a blow dryer to dry everything out, reconnected the wires, put a patch on the overhead copper pipe, and flipped the switch on the circuit breaker.
We can bathe again - the community rejoices!
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)