When you open the tap and nothing comes out??
Oh we are so conditioned eh? And spoiled I suppose.
Even though you know you have a problem, and you know no one has fixed it, your routine of going to the tap is so strong that it takes some time to sink in. And the damn toilet don't work either! Well it works once actually....
But you finally figure it out.....
Nothing's coming out of the tap.
I remember the big power outage of 2003. Although I was the boss I had left work for the day because there was not a damn thing I could do. Back at home I went from pool pump. to water tap, to light switch, to furnace. to microwave, to television, to computer etc, etc. It took several hours to sink in.
And this morning.....nothing was coming out of the tap. And the source of the problem was more than 200 feet underground!
After a bit of investigation I narrowed it down to either the pump itself (200 ft down), or the capacitor that sits on the wall in the basement. Unfortunately I didn't have the tools or the know-how to go further.
So I call the man who's number is on the box, not for a second thinking he may still be in business. He drilled the well some 20 years ago.
His wife answered the phone!! John would call me right back!!
To make a long story short, John Wilson of JB Wilson and Sons Well Drilling remembered putting my well in in 1993!! He would be right out!!
It took him 10 minutes to figure out that it was the control box, not the pump. Phew!!
And although I admit I was relieved, I was pretty happy with the way I dealt with it. I stayed relaxed and already had a plan mapped out in my head as to how to manage for a few days without water.....Oh and did I mention....without heat? Yes indeed, our water system also supplies our furnace, and it felt a lot like November this morning!
Anyway thanks John for saving the day!
And the moral of the story? When things get old they stop working! And there ain't a damn thing you're gonna do about it!! Get used to it!
I had already forgotten the lesson when I went out for my short run after John left. I started out too fast trying to cope with the cold NW wind, and ended up needing a couple of walk breaks. Things stop working when they get old. Get used to it!!
run 7.3 kms
"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."---Lao Tzu
"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water."---W. H. Auden
Oh we are so conditioned eh? And spoiled I suppose.
Even though you know you have a problem, and you know no one has fixed it, your routine of going to the tap is so strong that it takes some time to sink in. And the damn toilet don't work either! Well it works once actually....
But you finally figure it out.....
Nothing's coming out of the tap.
I remember the big power outage of 2003. Although I was the boss I had left work for the day because there was not a damn thing I could do. Back at home I went from pool pump. to water tap, to light switch, to furnace. to microwave, to television, to computer etc, etc. It took several hours to sink in.
And this morning.....nothing was coming out of the tap. And the source of the problem was more than 200 feet underground!
After a bit of investigation I narrowed it down to either the pump itself (200 ft down), or the capacitor that sits on the wall in the basement. Unfortunately I didn't have the tools or the know-how to go further.
So I call the man who's number is on the box, not for a second thinking he may still be in business. He drilled the well some 20 years ago.
His wife answered the phone!! John would call me right back!!
To make a long story short, John Wilson of JB Wilson and Sons Well Drilling remembered putting my well in in 1993!! He would be right out!!
It took him 10 minutes to figure out that it was the control box, not the pump. Phew!!
And although I admit I was relieved, I was pretty happy with the way I dealt with it. I stayed relaxed and already had a plan mapped out in my head as to how to manage for a few days without water.....Oh and did I mention....without heat? Yes indeed, our water system also supplies our furnace, and it felt a lot like November this morning!
Anyway thanks John for saving the day!
And the moral of the story? When things get old they stop working! And there ain't a damn thing you're gonna do about it!! Get used to it!
I had already forgotten the lesson when I went out for my short run after John left. I started out too fast trying to cope with the cold NW wind, and ended up needing a couple of walk breaks. Things stop working when they get old. Get used to it!!
run 7.3 kms
"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."---Lao Tzu
"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water."---W. H. Auden
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Peter
Love this blog post story! Love how this John Wilson fellow was still around doing his thing! Pretty cool.
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Michael