Comments on: Stuck in the Muck http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1892 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 21 May 2026 10:36:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sydney http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1892&cpage=1#comment-16450 Sydney Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:26:56 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1892#comment-16450 Funny you called dad, but NOT your husband... who could have shared the suggestion with you at that time... :) Funny you called dad, but NOT your husband… who could have shared the suggestion with you at that time… :)

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1892&cpage=1#comment-16431 girldetective Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:39:02 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1892#comment-16431 Yes, it was the latter I was trying to avoid, since the output was blocked. Imagine my frustration when G. came home, I told him about this, and he gently told me I probably could have just separated the pipe at the exterior wall, since it has a simple clamp. D'oh. That would have been treating the symptom, though. I fixed the whole thing. Ha! (Cue hollow laughter.) Yes, it was the latter I was trying to avoid, since the output was blocked.

Imagine my frustration when G. came home, I told him about this, and he gently told me I probably could have just separated the pipe at the exterior wall, since it has a simple clamp. D’oh.

That would have been treating the symptom, though. I fixed the whole thing. Ha! (Cue hollow laughter.)

]]> By: Grandpa http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1892&cpage=1#comment-16430 Grandpa Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:46:23 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1892#comment-16430 I hate sump pumps! Or, I hate needing a sump pump. We've had the pipe freeze only once. A couple of times the float got stuck so it never turned on. Another time the pipe came apart outside and the water ran right back into the sump so the motor ran continuously until it burned out. Yuk. I hate sump pumps! Or, I hate needing a sump pump. We’ve had the pipe freeze only once. A couple of times the float got stuck so it never turned on. Another time the pipe came apart outside and the water ran right back into the sump so the motor ran continuously until it burned out. Yuk.

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