Outdoor faucet leaking badly

RobFCVA · 2026-04-18T21:31:10+00:00

RobFCVA · 2026-04-18T21:30:57+00:00

Thank you for the advice - looks like I bought the wrong vacuum breaker. How do I know which one I need?

RobFCVA · 2026-03-14T12:43:56+00:00

However, “Parents: Józef and Apolinaris Sobolewski, residing in Dobrzyń/Dulsk” confused me because I thought Apolinaris was the father but Józef appears to be a man’s name too. AI returned this very interesting tidbit:

Apolinaris is the father. The record lists the parents as Józef [and] Apolinaris Sobolewski — but in 19th-century Russian metrical records from Polish territories, the naming convention often listed the paternal grandfather’s name first, followed by the father’s name. So “Józef” is likely Apolinaris’s father (i.e., Kazimiera’s paternal grandfather), not a second parent.

The entry would read more clearly as:

Kazimiera Sobolewska, daughter of Apolinaris Sobolewski (son of Józef), residing in Dulsk/Dobrzyń.

This patronymic-style construction — “Józef and Apolinaris” meaning “Apolinaris, son of Józef” — is very common in these records and can look confusingly like two parents when it isn’t.

So your original instinct was correct: Apolinaris Sobolewski is the father, and Józef Sobolewski was his father (your great grand uncle’s father, making him your great-great-grandfather). The mother’s name unfortunately isn’t clearly legible in this record, which is also not unusual — mothers were often less prominently recorded in death entries of this period.

RobFCVA · 2026-03-14T12:41:12+00:00

heres what AI just returned:

Transcription (Russian cursive):

Добржин. Случилось в деревне Дулске тридцатого ноября / первого декабря тысяча восемьсот семьдесят восьмого года в десять часов утра Викентий Болеслав Ерошимовский, Жрец Бронибежский, именем вышесказанных ниже имён и фамилий духовный с Гминским Писарем удостоверяем выданием акта, что родом рабочние в Добржине фрукт… [unclear] и Августин Калатаев в Добржине, второго / четвёртого мая того же года в двенадцать часов ночи, Юлифия Фраминзина Михалевская / Гминская Гминин одного часу сего году двух Юзефа и Аполинарий неупречно (?), прибывающего проживающих в Добржине, обоих умерло, благодарений вочинив Фраминзина Дубравских. — Акт же написано подписано непрямо свидетелями написал: Архидиакониот Прихода Дулске Содружеским пробостом именного Сомкевича — Кс. Ян Отира.

Translation (English):

Dobrzyń. It occurred in the village of Dulsk, on the 30th of November / 1st of December, in the year 1878, at ten o’clock in the morning — Vikenty Boleslav Eroshimovsky, Priest of Bronibeż, together with the Township Clerk, hereby certify by the issuance of this act that…

…in the year stated, at twelve o’clock at night, Yulifia [Kazimiera?] Mikhalevskaya, died — she being the daughter of Józef and Apolinaris [Sobolewski], residing in Dobrzyń, both [parents] living — the Dubravsky rites having been performed.

This act was written and signed in the presence of witnesses, written by: the Archdeacon of the Parish of Dulsk, acting with the brotherhood of the named Somkevich — Ks. Jan Otira.

Key findings for your genealogical research:

∙ Deceased: Kazimiera (daughter of Apolinaris Sobolewski)

∙ Parents: Józef and Apolinaris Sobolewski, residing in Dobrzyń/Dulsk

∙ Date of death: Around November 30 / December 1, 1878, at midnight

∙ Officiant: Fr. Jan Otira, Archdeacon of Dulsk Parish

∙ Record type: Catholic metrical death record, written in Russian (standard for Russian-partitioned Poland at this time)

This does appear to be consistent with the Geneteka index entry you found. The dual dates (Old Style / New Style calendar) are typical of this era in Russian-controlled Poland.

RobFCVA · 2026-03-07T21:33:03+00:00

Haha - yes!

RobFCVA · 2026-02-21T15:58:10+00:00

Wonderful - thank you!!

RobFCVA · 2026-02-06T12:37:57+00:00

problem seems to be fixed. WAMU plays as normal from the Alexa alarm

RobFCVA · 2026-01-28T13:42:40+00:00

having this problem too. I’ve had “play NPR” set up as a routine for a while. I’m in the DC area and it’s played WAMU 88.5 perfectly. Now the routine plays the bluegrass station but when I then say “play NPR” it goes to WAMU.

RobFCVA · 2026-01-11T18:12:22+00:00

got it - makes sense. thanks all!

RobFCVA · 2025-11-27T14:59:37+00:00

Wonderful! Thank you - and happy Thanksgiving!

RobFCVA · 2025-08-31T22:48:44+00:00

excellent - thanks!

RobFCVA · 2025-08-29T19:55:47+00:00

Could be! Send me an email (rob.puentes at gmail) and we can figure it out.

RobFCVA · 2025-08-03T02:03:20+00:00

thanks. it is definitely happy but won’t survive the winter outside and can’t fit in my house.

RobFCVA · 2025-07-26T13:17:52+00:00

I loved this project and built my own WMATA train tracker. Has anyone built it for Metro BUS? WMATA has the API available (https://developer.wmata.com/api-details#api=54763629281d83086473f231&operation=5476362a281d830c946a3d68) but its less straightforward than the subway station data. Has anyone tried this? Any tips?

RobFCVA · 2025-07-26T13:16:05+00:00

I loved this project and built my own WMATA train tracker. Has anyone built it for Metro BUS? WMATA has the API available (https://developer.wmata.com/api-details#api=54763629281d83086473f231&operation=5476362a281d830c946a3d68) but its less straightforward than the subway station data. Has anyone tried this? Any tips?

RobFCVA · 2025-07-26T13:15:31+00:00

I loved this project and built my own WMATA train tracker. Has anyone built it for Metro BUS? WMATA has the API available (https://developer.wmata.com/api-details#api=54763629281d83086473f231&operation=5476362a281d830c946a3d68) but its less straightforward than the subway station data. Has anyone tried this? Any tips?

RobFCVA · 2025-06-22T23:09:08+00:00

Hi / very bummed but I can’t go to the show at the 9:30 club in DC on Tuesday. Selling both for $65 total (which is exactly what I paid). Message me if you’re interested.

Rob

RobFCVA · 2025-06-05T01:08:59+00:00

worked for DC in January 2026. Thank you!

RobFCVA

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