As bad as I've always wanted a pond I knew that this one would not do.
This is the blocked drainage pipes that run under my driveway. Plugged up bad.
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It was really kinda cool. But, had to go.
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So I took out a big metal pole as a digging and pry stick so I could leverage the leaves out like the Jews did in Egypt....except they leveraged stones. It worked.
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Within minutes the level was dropping and the discharge was flowing on the other side.
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And that concludes our special report.
2 comments:
I really LIKE this kind of blogging stuff over gadgetry...you know?
No gadgets involved and you easily sorted out a problem man has had forever, mother nature.
I'm proud of you!
You are not unlike King Solomon.
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