"How long is a cubit?"

[jhetley]

(Ancient Bill Cosby routine)

Well, the remains of Hurricane Frances have arrived up here in the Great North Woods, and here I am with a hole in my cellar wall you could drive a truck through. A low-rider truck mind you, as I can't stand upright in most areas of the cellar, but the hole 'tis wide enough, 'twill do.

And the contractor is sitting around and waiting for the concrete truck. This is a required element of any concrete work -- the truck may be up to two hours late, depending on the number of hourly workers you have waiting on material....

We shall see how well the floor drain works, I guess.


****NEWS FLASH****

Concrete truck has arrived! Shall we hope he doesn't back in to deceased neighbor's driveway far enough to collapse the excavation? (That's sorta kinda what caused this problem in the first place, a loaded oil truck backing into that driveway during Mud Season, a period in the annual Maine cycle where the soil thaws and universally turns to Jello.)

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[rhaniha.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I shall look. Thank you.