The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...

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[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Tomorrow we may come this way...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[RosieCotton]

Sorry.

I haven't had a 000 in awhile.

And it's quiet today.

[Corin Stormhands]

No need to apologize. Nicely spammed.

I was down the hall doing covert strategery...

[ecurbh]

Heh, keep us posted. On the job, not the septic system.

How about both? ;~D

[HairOfTheDog]

Why would you have been pinged here? ;-)

One person's POT story is another person's DOG story :~D

[Corin Stormhands]

I was just askin'...

[2Jedismom]

Our septic is acting up too...we're waiting to schedule a visit from the septic man though, till after our income tax comes in. My underestanding is that sometimes they have to empty 'em out.

But there is prep work to be done, and they charge less if you do it yourself...Steve uncovered our tank a couple of days ago.

[Corin Stormhands]

My underestanding is that sometimes they have to empty 'em out.

Not ~sometimes~. You need to have it pumped every 5-6 years or so.

[HairOfTheDog]

It took these guys about a minute and a half to find our tank and about 5 minutes to dig it out.

They pumped part of the tank and had to go empty his truck. He's coming back to finish. He thinks the drain field has failed.

[2Jedismom]

Yeah, it didn't take Steve very long either...but he said it saved us money. I don't know how much though.

"He thinks the drain field has failed"

Yikes...that's my biggest fear. We'll probably just hook on to the city, but it's gonna cost an ever-lovin' fortune...

[2Jedismom]

Well, there you go...hopefully no harm is done, it's been about 5 years since we moved here and it seems they got it done right before we moved in...

[Corin Stormhands]

You should be fine. The pumping out ~should~ have been part of your closing/selling agreement.

[2Jedismom]

Steve and I are looking at rigging something up that pumps our clothes wash water right out into the front yard to water the yard. We'd just use enviro-friendly soap and water our lawn at the same time! We hate the idea of all that laundry water going right into our septic.

[HairOfTheDog]

I am sure you just need pumped.

Our tank here is enormous... 12 feet long and almost that deep. We could use it as a bomb shelter if it didn't smell so bad in there. I wished I'd have taken pics while he still had the lids off, but it didn't seem appropriate. ;~D

It's out in the untamed back forty. If they do need to dig a new drain field, the good news is there is lots of land here. It would be more of a disaster at the beach house, where space is limited and it takes the approval of every greener at the Depts of Ecology, Shorelines, Fish and Wildlife and the Dept of Approvals Dept.

Ecologically/Politically, I like septics over city sewer systems.

[JenB]

That sounds like a great idea, if you can find soap that doesn't kill the lawn!

Yay, I finished the homework assignment of doom!

[2Jedismom]

You won't have to pay for it, either...will you? Landlord will?

[HairOfTheDog]

Right...

[HairOfTheDog]

I worry about stuff like this, because I fear expensive problems might inspire them to just sell the place rather than do a lot of repairs.

[2Jedismom]

Right now we're dumping it into a big trashcan and it fills that trashcan UP twice, once with wash water, once with rinse water. On the small cycle! Between, Steve hauls it out with a bucket into the yard. Just to ease the load on the septic for right now.

But really, that is a massive amount of water for just slightly soiled clothes that can be used for other purposes...

[2Jedismom]

I know...I would too. It's kinda like "Out of sight, out of mind" most the time and they just cash the rent checks. Then this makes them remember they gotta take care of it sometime and is it worth it to them?

[2Jedismom]

I know, because it happened to us...when Matthew was a baby, the landlord decided that instead of fixin' the house, he'd just sell it. It was a pain. We moved into a duplex and that's where we were living when Joshua was born. It was all right...just smaller than we were used to.