Hot water

• I ran into a2andy in the hall yesterday and he said "You look perky...no, you look like you're going to kill somebody." I've been told that my moods are largely indistinguishable, but I think he was kidding. (It was the latter.)
• My water heater has forgotten how to stop heating my water. It's nearly 25 years old, so I suppose it's probably getting senile. My first instinct is to try to fix it, but really, I'm not even going to bother looking for a suitable control module. Unless - have they stayed the same for the past 25 years? Anyway, this is all very horrifying, because the basement is turning into an appliance graveyard. In fact, the old water heater that was replaced 25 years ago is still down there. You'd understand if you saw the "stairs".

  So I guess I need to figure out what kind to buy. I'm sort of wary of the tankless ones because I don't know if they last as long, and they cost more than twice as much, but they're 95% efficient as opposed to 92%. The difference seems small, but I'm sure it pleases mother nature nonetheless.

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On second thought

It looks like the control modules haven't changed much in the last 25 years! I guess that makes sense, they're pretty simple. And I'm not worried about anything being truly wrong with the rest of the water heater, it's basically all just metal and insulation. So I think I'm just gonna replace the thermostat. Am I crazy or dumb, or is it worth it to save the work, money, and waste?