Many people don’t realize why plumbers get paid so much. Try working on a sewer pipe under someone’s home. That is the worst smell you will ever face. I can handle death and decay easier than that.
We bought this place and the owner had told us that a plumber had not quite put the correct amount of drop on one of the lines and it might stop up every few months needing to be cleared. We have been here almost 2 years and no problems. Apparently the house shifted and a couple of joints in the waste line opened. This is when I got to see the “plumbers” work. It turns out from the neighbors that the elderly man who lived here simply sent his 12-year-old “plumber” grandson under there to piece pipes together and shore them up on blocks (that can settle). There was not a glued joint in the whole system.
The job took us about 2 hours counting 45 mins of slowly crawling through and removing what one might mistake as cotton candy. It was actually Spider webs, I hate Spiders. I was fortunate that last month I had the exterminator come out and treat the underside with something to kill them so they were few and far between but their handiwork was there.
Hopefully my repair will stand the test of time since I did it what we like to call “The right way” using glue and tying the pipes up with hangers to the underside of the home.
At least the job is done.
slowly past the park and holding the device open. They are on a level grade and they keep it in a high gear and low-speed to keep the sound going as long as possible. There is absolutely no reason to cause the noise other than “look at me” factor. Of course when you look at them they usually have bald tires and ropes or cables hanging mysteriously from the truck.
relabel things that once were not desirable to aspire to as something else to make them more palatable. What once was a Garbage Man is now a Sanitation Engineer. Sounds better so that even our kids who drop out of school won’t be ashamed to haul Garbage since they can have a job with a decent title.
was getting fuel. These are the guys that can get no other jobs other than digging ditches or just plain heavy labor. Their T-Shirts proudly proclaimed them as “Urban Maintenance”. Mom used to tell me if I didn’t study and get a good education that I would wind up without a good job and be a ditch digger. That sounded horrible and I saw those people sometimes in dirty work clothes digging ditches or working on the side of the road. Somehow Urban Management Personnel just doesn’t strike the same note of dread I don’t think.
used to call Porn. It makes you wonder if maybe one day we will see the title of Con-Man or Professional Burglar as a form of career and start taking their word a something to believe in. I have seen some media interviewing Burglars that label themselves as “Professional”. They thought it was newsworthy to put them on the air and let people know how to protect themselves. Why even give a professed Criminal 5 minutes of air time. Just put safety tips out. Of course that wouldn’t draw audiences like a real life “Professional” Burglar.