Septic adventures
We had our septic tank pumped yesterday.
Rusty had seen the guy at Ike's on Friday and made the appointment for Monday, as we've been here almost three years and not had it done. That meant I had to find the lids. We knew where the tanks were, sort of...the places where the grass was dead. I only moved 3 times more heavy clay than I needed to, and even got some help from Sara, who is not known for her work ethic. She gets to fill them in today.
He showed up Sunday, wanting to do the job then as he had a doctor's appointment on Monday. That was fine with us. The first tank was no problem, except for not having been done in awhile. But the previous owner had been in the habit of flushing hog manure into his septic system, and it was all in the second tank, so getting that cleared out was a time-consuming challenge. Meanwhile, I got good gossip, like the tale of the woman who called him in because she had accidentally flushed her false teeth (they were found in the toilet trap). And the Hopkins Rd. property that burned was sold by the sheriff at auction Saturday for $39,000... 15 acres (5 wetlands), well, septic and a house that needs torn down.
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