Crap!!! part II
Back in the front yard, Mr. Plumber has set up his 'tunnel cam'.
I stopped to watch.
"There's your line. It's cast iron. Looks good."
"It's about 33 years old, how long will they last?"
"Oh, I'd say this one is in good shape and will last another 40 years."
"See there", the cast iron had changed to an orange color and we could see the connection, "that's the city line, it's clay pipe. Somethings wrong here. Uh oh, it's holding water, it should be a constant pitch". He backed it up to get a better look.
At the point where the city line connected, there was a small bit of root and the pipe obviously pitched down wards and into "that's some goo on the lense. Bud, go in and flush the toilet a couple of times. It will clean it off".
And it did. We continued our spelunk into our sewer.
The clay pipes continued in 3 foot sections disapearing into some water, which should not be there.
Finally it cleared and we again could see the line.
And at last we saw the culpret, a mass of white stringy tree roots blocked our path.
"Let me mark that".
He located the camera across the street at the curb and about 6'-0" down.
"X" marked the spot. "Tell them, that's where they will find their problem. But the City's going to have to repair that".
"That's the city's line, it's their responsibility. No plumber would touch that because it's the city's line. That, as they say, 'is the rest of the story'."
"I'll take a polaroid and you can give it to the city and tell them that's the problem."
He began to back his camera out of the sewer, wiping it down with a rag as it came up.
***
Remember those "blue gloved technicians" in part one?
***
Mr. Plumber wasn't wearing gloves...
Simply wiped his hands down...
Makes me question what
the Truth
actually is regarding sewers.
"Maybe he's buit up imunity over the years?, said Zelda...
Anyway...
Zelda and I packed up the cat children and headed over to the "Pets welcome!" Holiday Inn.
Gaea is freaking out... but she did snuggle last night...
Maybe we could take the cat children with us on vacation...
um... no.
***
The polaroid didn't come out well.
I stopped to watch.
"There's your line. It's cast iron. Looks good."
"It's about 33 years old, how long will they last?"
"Oh, I'd say this one is in good shape and will last another 40 years."
"See there", the cast iron had changed to an orange color and we could see the connection, "that's the city line, it's clay pipe. Somethings wrong here. Uh oh, it's holding water, it should be a constant pitch". He backed it up to get a better look.
At the point where the city line connected, there was a small bit of root and the pipe obviously pitched down wards and into "that's some goo on the lense. Bud, go in and flush the toilet a couple of times. It will clean it off".
And it did. We continued our spelunk into our sewer.
The clay pipes continued in 3 foot sections disapearing into some water, which should not be there.
Finally it cleared and we again could see the line.
And at last we saw the culpret, a mass of white stringy tree roots blocked our path.
"Let me mark that".
He located the camera across the street at the curb and about 6'-0" down.
"X" marked the spot. "Tell them, that's where they will find their problem. But the City's going to have to repair that".
"That's the city's line, it's their responsibility. No plumber would touch that because it's the city's line. That, as they say, 'is the rest of the story'."
"I'll take a polaroid and you can give it to the city and tell them that's the problem."
He began to back his camera out of the sewer, wiping it down with a rag as it came up.
***
Remember those "blue gloved technicians" in part one?
***
Mr. Plumber wasn't wearing gloves...
Simply wiped his hands down...
Makes me question what
the Truth
actually is regarding sewers.
"Maybe he's buit up imunity over the years?, said Zelda...
Anyway...
Zelda and I packed up the cat children and headed over to the "Pets welcome!" Holiday Inn.
Gaea is freaking out... but she did snuggle last night...
Maybe we could take the cat children with us on vacation...
um... no.
***
The polaroid didn't come out well.
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