Well, Ping proved her mettle last night if there was anything left to prove.

Let me ask you this:  What percentage of the ladies in America could figure out how to shut off the main water intake line to a house in an emergency in the middle of the night?  Now let's suppose they figured out how to do that.  How many of those ladies would think to open a faucet and drain the pipes in order to immediately stop a leak in the attic?  And one more.  How many of them would have captured the water that they drained from the faucet so there would be enough water available the next day to flush the toilets until a plumber could come and fix the problem?

Score three out of three for the beautiful lady from China who lives in this house.  Because of her quick thinking a disaster was averted and the plumber who came today was able to repair the guilty pipe without us having to call someone to repair a fallen ceiling and worse.

For Ping's reward we went to Lowes this afternoon and bought a new toilet for the master bathroom.  It needed to be replaced, unrelated to the leak in the pipe in the attic, so while I had plumbing problems on my mind we decided to address the second problem.  Cici laughed when I asked her if she wanted to go toilet shopping with us.  I think I will stay here, she said.  Enjoy your toilet shopping with Mama, she said.

We learned that a five star rated toilet has the strongest flush.  According to the advertising for the toilet we bought it can flush a basket of golf balls like you would find on a driving range.  You won't find one of these toilets in China I would bet.