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Plumbing Problem at The White House
The American Thinker ^ | April 27, 2009 | Harold Witkov

Posted on 04/27/2009 2:13:04 AM PDT by Scanian

Many years ago, my wife and I purchased our first home. It was an older house, and I was not very handy then. Whenever something needed fixing, a tradesman was required. Our first plumber was selected by chance, just someone in the phonebook. He seemed competent enough but he always did something that never sat well with me. Whenever he repaired something, he always seemed to have something bad to say about the previous craftsman. He might tell me, "This wouldn't have happened if the stupid guy used Kohler faucets," "Whoever did this didn't properly caulk inside the wall," or, "I can't believe he installed the wrong main shutoff valves."

One nightmarish day sewage backed up through the drain in the utility room and our toilets overran when flushed. In a panic, we called our plumber. He began by rodding out the utility floor drain. Eventually, he managed to fix the problem, we thought, but then he had to come back two days later for the same thing. This time the sewer rodd snake, he explained, "hit a wall," could not penetrate any farther, and then he convinced me the sewer tile was broken. He never did rodd out the main sewer line behind the clothes dryer.

The replacement of a sewer tile is a quite an ordeal. Permits have to be obtained, sidewalks broken up and eventually replaced, a digging crew hired (including two men who just stand above the trench in case it collapses), and a small Caterpillar tractor utilized. The digging began in my front yard. The problem was I live on a corner lot and the sewer line does nut run through the front of my house but through the side of the house.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bushbashing; economy; obama; wallstreetbashing

1 posted on 04/27/2009 2:13:06 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Sums up many out there who voted for this moron. They were brain washed by the Cult of personality thinking that one man can read off a teleprompter one well prepared speech written by someone else and think he’ll fix everything.

Evolution should be amended that sometimes we evolve backwards because that’s what Obama is. Backwards evolution in thinking.


2 posted on 04/27/2009 3:04:35 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: Scanian

White House sewer pipes are overloaded with communist B.S.


3 posted on 04/27/2009 3:28:05 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (Trust unto God and He shall direct your path)
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To: Scanian

Too bad articles like this are limited to FR and “The American Thinker”. Feels like only a hand full of people pay attention to monumental issues.


4 posted on 04/27/2009 3:45:20 AM PDT by albie
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To: albie

I don’t know about you but I email them to everyone I know. Whether they read them or not is their choice. But at least the articles are getting around more that way.


5 posted on 04/27/2009 3:47:29 AM PDT by Scanian (i)
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To: MAD-AS-HELL
Evolution should be amended that sometimes we evolve backwards...

It has never stated that it has to carry in any definite direction, even forward.

A cockroach would survive a nuclear holocaust, while humans most likely wouldn't. The next generation of life would be cockroach-based.

:^)

6 posted on 04/27/2009 4:40:47 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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