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The day my garden pump died at the worst possible time
I was out watering my vegetable patch last July around noon when my old well pump just quit. It was 92 degrees and I had 30 tomato plants that hadn't been watered in two days. I ended up hauling buckets from the kitchen sink for three hours straight until I got a neighbor to loan me a spare pump. Anyone else have a piece of gear fail right when you needed it most?
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anthony76313d ago
My buddy Dave had his water heater blow out on Christmas morning a few years back. He was getting ready to host dinner for like 12 people and walked into his basement to grab wrapping paper and found three inches of water on the floor. He spent the whole day with a shop vac and calling plumbers while his wife had to finish cooking everything on her own.
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paul_ramirez13d ago
Blame Dave for not having a backup plan with a holiday dinner coming up. His wife ended up paying for it.
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phoenixk6413d ago
Man, I gotta push back on this @anthony763. Yeah that sucks for Dave, but appliances break all the time, especially water heaters during the holidays when nobody's checking them. Three inches of water isn't that bad if you act fast, he could've called a 24/7 plumber and had it fixed by noon if he didn't waste time shop-vacing. His wife handling the cooking solo for one day isn't some tragedy, that's just how emergencies work in a marriage.
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ward.anna13d ago
...and honestly I gotta wonder if this is really something worth losing sleep over. Buckets from the kitchen sink for three hours sounds annoying but not like life or death. I mean you had a neighbor with a spare pump so it worked out. A lot of people would call that a minor hassle not a tragedy. Tomato plants can handle a rough day or two anyway they're tougher than folks give them credit for.
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