Teflon Tape, and Other Widgets

Sometimes knowing what to do and how to do it don't mean something simple will be easy.  Replacing a corroded faucet falls into this category, because the faucet in question was plumbed through an ill-concieved plastic-like surround, which, while doing an admirable job of directing the last 30 years' worth of laundry seepage into the proper subterranean conduit, inconveniently rendered the fitting beneath inaccessible.

( If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. )

Still not king.
Beard status: Grizzled
Yard status: Shaggy (but not Scooby)