the toilet burbles and runs

the toilets continue to make burbling noises and run on.
wasting tremendous amounts of water.
by the looks of it, its simple to fix - get a kit with new flapper and fill valves, but this requires some assembly and dissassembly and I worry that water will leak all around and it won't get properly fixed, and I could be toiletless. sort of like my furnace humidifier project that remains half done.
it also means I have to wander the local home depot store, amongst all the happy families busily renovating their nests so they can remain insulated from the cold and the world in general.
remember when the learning channel used to show programs about science, plane crashes, and ufo's and stuff, instead of 8 different programs about fixing somebody else's house?
i want to get out of the house today but don't feel like getting out of the house.
i yawn alot.

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