It should come up with only a bit of effort. But if you’re like everyone else and never use the thing the stopper could be stuck. WD40 might help, but I’ve had luck with CLR too (since the mineral deposits can stick it in place. Remember to pull upwards, and make sure you’re not hitting the top of the overflow, since the linkage does tip outward.

This past summer I helped my dad remove the plumbing off a drain and we beat it out with a hammer.. thankfully the drain assembly was still good and we could replace it. Helps to have an unfinished basement sometimes :)

That deer chose the red pill.

Agreed. They work, but the image is usually soft (even compared to other projectors), and not bright at all. They’re fun to play with, but the image just isn’t there. A teensy display will like a LOT better.

Yeah, this bugs the bejesus out of me too. I can only assume it’s because “it’s all gigs”, but you’d think that eventually people would figure out the nomenclature of memory vs drive space or disk space or storage of F’n whatever.

Is there a crawl space or basement directly below? It’s remarkably easy to run cable like that into the wall, through the basement and up the other wall, with a small investment in tools ($10-20 for a saw and drill bit) and some plates (another $10–20 or so) you can make a very clean install.