Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GonePlaid]

In the first hour that the stuff was legal 35000 orders were placed on line in Ontario. The first Weed impaired driving charge was laid in Winnipeg.

Here in the U.S., we sometimes would say 'much grass' instead of 'Muchos Gracias'. Has a whole different meaning up your way.

 

[lowplaces]

I found a kit with syringes and bags of scag in it in my back yard. Cops said if I had touched it, I could OD from a chemical they cut it with. If you're gunna, don't ride the white horse. If you're gunna ride, ride the white pony. White pony.

I never see the hookers out here, except when daddy takes them out shopping, or in the arrests section. They live here in da hood, but I guess they do biz online or the other side of town.

I remain here for the same reasons. Cost of living in my rat shack is probably about $1000/mo. plus food. All bills, gas, everything. No idea what I spend on food. Don't care. If I want to eat it, I buy and eat it. That's about 1000 unless something breaks, like my 19 year old grand cherokee, house, wife, or one of the dogs.

This is a small town. All this escalated when Chicago shut down welfare housing and paid the refugees $2000 to move here. Its not racial, its locational. Most are decent people. Some a friends and neighbors. And like most of the world, those from the city did not bring in the meth, which is the bigger problem. It's our fault for being such good customers.

Yep, I never handle anything I find without putting nitrile gloves on. I keep a box of them and hand sanitizer in the truck.

Wonder how that wound up in your backyard ?

Is there an alley ? Somebody could have tossed it while they were running from the cops or something.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Getting laid in Winnipeg is on my bucket list.

Dirty old Man!

 

[sharkbait130]

Condolances Ken.

 

[GonePlaid]

After some research-and thinking back-I lost 140 lbs.(+ 65 lbs. for the 'Blue Line' head.) late 70s SVT

 

[sharkbait130]

About weight loss. I recently went from an SVT Classic head (85 lbs.) to a PF 500 (11 lbs.) A 74 lb. weight loss. Last night I went from an 8 10 (165 lbs.) to a 2 12 AV (65 lbs.) A 100 lb. weight loss. That's a total of 174 lbs. Egads......I'm disapearing.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Did you mount a neighborhood group flush in protest just before they break for lunch?

My concern was the drains somehow backing up into my place through the toilet. I had a plunger on hand just in case the level started swelling. Tuned out that nothing bad happened.

The city talked about possible smells.

There were sewer issues on the lowest level in the parking garage where I keep my car. There are eight levels underground. There was water and it smelled chokingly bad but it was gone by today. My car is parked higher.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Damn that disease. Some day there will be a cure.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Getting laid in Winnipeg is on my bucket list.

They have a zoo with some cute bears. You never know....

BTW, Winnie the Pooh was named after Winnipeg.

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I remember seeing polar bears as a kid. They used to stand up on their hind legs and beg for people food. People would throw them bread.

Those bears are always depicted as cute in all the fundraising campaigns. They can push a small car over kill you in a heartbeat.

 

[sharkbait130]

OK , I've been a bit busy the last couple of days and really haven't had time to address this but I am offering my services or advice to anyone in here. I am a licensed journeyman plumber with over 40 years experience in the field. I have worked on residential , both light and heavy commercial and light industrial projects with the residential stuff being my primary source of income over the years. If any of you have any plumbing questions or problems that I might be of assistance for , please feel free to post them in here or send me a PM about them. I'll be glad to help out in any way I can. If it gets too technical to deal with it in here , I'll PM you my phone number. I check in on this thread at least once a day. The really good news is that I wear suspenders , so no plumbers crack to deal with.
And to Beans , if that sewer had backed up from the street , that plunger wouldn't have helped a bit. Stuffing the toilet with rags might have slowed down the influx but basically , when a sewer backs up from the street , you're doomed. I've seen apartment buildings with two feet of water on the entire basement level.

 

[Al Kraft]

And to Beans , if that sewer had backed up from the street , that plunger wouldn't have helped a bit. Stuffing the toilet with rags might have slowed down the influx but basically , when a sewer backs up from the street , you're doomed. I've seen apartment buildings with two feet of water on the entire basement level.

+1...and there is a special, added insurance coverage one needs to have for this unfortunate situation. Most basic homeowners/renters policies do not cover this.

 

[beans-on-toast]

And to Beans , if that sewer had backed up from the street , that plunger wouldn't have helped a bit. Stuffing the toilet with rags might have slowed down the influx but basically , when a sewer backs up from the street , you're doomed. I've seen apartment buildings with two feet of water on the entire basement level.

I feared this happening. Thankfully it didn’t come to that. The parking garage took care of the problem quickly.

 

[beans-on-toast]

+1...and there is a special, added insurance coverage one needs to have for this unfortunate situation. Most basic homeowners/renters policies do not cover this.

I’ve heard of flood insurance but not for this type of flooding.

I checked this morning and found that I do have an all perils home insurance that includes water damage. You never know till you file a claim though.

 

[Relsom]

 

[Al Kraft]

I’ve heard of flood insurance but not for this type of flooding.

I checked this morning and found that I do have an all perils home insurance that includes water damage. You never know till you file a claim though.

I'm sure every insurance company and each state has its own approach. but here in Virginia the added endorsement is usually referred to as "Water Back-up Through Sewers and Drains". Flood insurance is a separate thing altogether from a coverage standpoint, although flood water is quite likely to contain similar types of contaminants, as well as a host of others.

 

[BassmanPaul]

@Ken Morgan I too would like to add my sincere condolences. It’s hard to lose a good friend. Sadly though, it’s a part of our getting older.

 

[BassmanPaul]

As for sewer backups there is a device called a Back Flow Valve that can be installed on the sewer line in the basement that closes to prevent such happenings.

 

[SoulReflection]

Happy Soul Sunday...

 

[beans-on-toast]

I'm sure every insurance company and each state has its own approach. but here in Virginia the added endorsement is usually referred to as "Water Back-up Through Sewers and Drains". Flood insurance is a separate thing altogether from a coverage standpoint, although flood water is quite likely to contain similar types of contaminants, as well as a host of others.

The good news is that I checked and, according to the insurance company, we would have been covered against sewer water backup.

The bad news is that when I showed the images to my wife, she said that no amount of coverage could make that right. She said the we wouldn’t live in a place that had that sort of sewage infiltration.

 

[beans-on-toast]

As for sewer backups there is a device called a Back Flow Valve that can be installed on the sewer line in the basement that closes to prevent such happenings.

There is often a global one for the building that prevents sewer line infiltration, both liquid/sludge and gas.

In a mulit-floor building, unless you have one installed in every bathroom, there is the possibility that if the stack is full because it is blocked at the street and someone above your place flushes, their duty can exit through your toilet.