Betsey, by jove you might have something there. . If we might find a
simple or basic pattern to spray these sewer pipes . someone else
might want a go at them. or just painting them sort of green to be
enviormentally friendly. grins. Lee
On
Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at
07:44:26AM
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> I love creative solutions, especially when they are economical. Maybe
> when those sighted folks are driving bby to go to the store to buy
> sandbags for their flooding homes, they'll figure out how brilliant
> you are. Perhaps you could start a new trend, grin...
> Betsy
> At 04:23 AM 9/9/2008, you wrote:
>
>
>
> >Many of you have heard me discuss on this list about my use of sump
> >pumps in my house. Well I finally got real smart just before that Hanna
> >storm showed up. the O D of my downspouts is 3 1/2 inches so I
> >bought 3 teen foot four inch" I D " of sewer pipe. I have a 30 stretch
> >of gutter across the back of the house and two shorter ones in the
> >front. well now each of the three down spouts has a ten foot section of
> >sewer pipe connected, thus dumping all this ongoing rain out ten
> >more feet from the house. and of course away from the foundation.. Today
> >it has been raining since very early this morning and under previous
> >circumstances at least one if not two of my pumps would be pumping. the
> >moral of this story is that I am saving on electricity and saving on
> >pump activity. What do I care how it looks to have three sections of
> >sewer pipe for sighted folks to see as they drive by. however, in a dry
> >spell I can simply slide these pipe sections off and put them in the
> >back yard.. Oh, and all three of these pieces of pipe cost less than
> >$30 . Lee
> >
> >--
> >1/2 oz. gin
> >1/2 oz. vodka
> >1/2 oz. rum (preferably dark)
> >3/4 oz. tequilla
> >1/2 oz. triple sec
> >1/2 oz. orange juice
> >3/4 oz. sour mix
> >1/2 oz. cola
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