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2012/05/10 09:05:51 (permalink)

I have some time so...

I thought I may bore you with a story.
Birthday wishes brought this about...
 
Right at 13 years ago my wife and I had life dictate that we were to raise
our beautiful grand daughter, she was almost 2 at that time.
 
I eventually assembled a big swingset with the play area/fort on top of slide...way overboard
and a set really suit for a park.
 
My In-lays were visiting one summer and usually stayed for a month or so.
I had fell a large oak and while sitting on the patio talking with my father-in-law he
asked what I was going to, and how I was going to remove 3-4 large sections of the trunk
that were left.
I replied that I wished I had a big hole to roll them off into.
 
He took a nap everyday around noon and all the family had gone shopping so I was kicking around
in the back yard and found I needed to put more dirt and level the area at the bottom of the slide.
While getting a barrel of dirt it dawned on me that it was strange...where was the dirt going? So
I hit the ground hard with the shovel and an circular area about 3-4 ft dropped and the grass was
the only thing holding it....I jumped back freaking....another hit and the ground went out of sight followed by a big splash.
 
It turned out that many years ago the house had a septic system and when the sewer tied to city
they didn't fill or remove a large steel septic tank and the top rusted through...directly at the bottom
of the slide.
 
Well I had a large hole for the stumps and saved a potentially horrible incident from taking place.
 
 
 
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    Karyn
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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 09:18:45 (permalink)
    Wow !!

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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 10:24:50 (permalink)
    Scary

      
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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 10:30:15 (permalink)
    That could have ended up real messy

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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 10:38:45 (permalink)
    ok I'll say it...



    If you'd been standing any closer when it caved in you'd realy be in the ....

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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 10:42:04 (permalink)
    ouch!  glad you didn't fall in!

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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 10:44:28 (permalink)
    Karyn


    ok I'll say it...



    If you'd been standing any closer when it caved in you'd realy be in the ....
    Karyn I'm not complaining but that part...I've been there.
    Then I had to pay somebody to bring in a load of dirt! 
    Sure gave the family something weird to talk about and I know the family
    that had the house built and left that trap. I did tell them the story too.
     
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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 11:13:32 (permalink)
    [Note to self: Build a better Spacey trap.  He may be aware of our plans now.]

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    Re:I have some time so... 2012/05/10 11:18:05 (permalink)
    Some  old sage once said, "You can't always get what you want, but you get what you need.  " 

    Interesting story, Spacey. 

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