Septic Update

Well, Larry dug about eighteen inches down along the south side of the "coffin-shaped" (his words) septic tank where he guessed the outtake pipe would be. He didn't find it. "That's ok, though," he said, "I remember that in the old days, sometimes the outtakes were put just inches above the bottom of the tank. I didn't find it near the top, so that must be the case with this one. That means I won't run into it when I replace the intake. Now I can move onto the replacement." So he went back to Lowe's to buy more four-inch PVC pipe and other supplies.

He wants to make sure that when he cuts the eight-foot length of pipe to the size he needs, he can cut it "square". So, he built a miter box out of old arsenic-pressure-treated boards we saved from renovating the dock. We can't burn that wood because of the potential noxious fumes, so he'll use it to build stuff as he thinks of useful things to make. Alkaline Copper is used in pressure-treated wood now-a-days.

It's raining today, so Larry gets a rest day from hard labor. He just laid those sturdy lattice panels that used to be a privacy screen for the outdoor shower over the hole to keep our very curious puppies out of it. Now he can get back to trying to make our new printer respond to this laptop.