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Meh. They've been replacing the water mains around here since last fall. They finally made it down to our neighborhood, and were hanging door hangers on everyone's doors, saying they may be brief interruptions in water service on the 7th and 8th. Well, they didn't do anything until yesterday. About 2 or 3, I noticed a sound like a toilet tank was filling in the hall bathroom and it was even louder in the master bath. Then I noticed the water pressure was only about 1/3 of what it should have been. It took almost half an hour to shower properly. Well, Connie got home, and started nosing around, and located the source coming from under the house. Apparently, when they turned the water main back on up the road, the pressure blew our main line coming in to our water meter, and it runs under the house. The only way to get to the sucker is by going in through the crawlspace door in back, and around the living room wall (it's a sunken living room), to shimmy commando style to the source of the leak. And God knows what they'll find under there. I certainly can't do it; fire and rescue would have to come in and pull me out. Actually, we just went out, pulled a vent over off the foundation at that end, and Connie was able to semi-see the source of the leak - looks like it may have been a weak PVC coupling. We've been leaving our water main into house off unless it's for something like a shower to prevent a $500 water bill. We have jugs of water to fill the tank of the one toilet we're using, for flushing purposes. Dishes go in the dishwasher for now. I'll be on the phone bright and early tomorrow to find a plumber who can get out here ASAP and fix it. The homeowner's insurance covers it, but it's a $1,000 deductible, and I'm hoping it won't be that much.