"He mentions, as he has in previous interviews, that he likes to fix his property’s aging sprinkler system. L.A.’s gurgly water pressure - which varies from 105 to 155 pounds per square inch, he says - strains the system’s old rubber diaphragms. Trebek talks about the sprinklers like Lennie talks about the rabbits or Norman Thayer talks about the loons on Golden Pond."
Alex Trebek: Master of Trivia & Tending Studio City Sprinklers
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