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Worked on our full hook up rv site(for visitors) today.
The freeze proof faucets go 2 feet into the ground. They're operated by a rod and the guts are two feet below the surface.
There's a single screw, it rusts, pops off, and the valve is stuck closed.
So guess what?
It's stuck closed.
It's attached to damn pvc pipe so I'll have to cut it off and build the joint then glue it back on.
Three nipples, a tee and a leg and a cap because they had no elbow, a fence post holding it ridgid because the pvc is flexxy. A hundred bucks from now it should be done. If not, I'll bury it all and you'll get the hose when you visit.. And love it.
The kids I hired had never been in a trench before.
I told them the thing you chant in your head while in there is:
'How do I get to be guy with his hands in his pockets telling me what to do?'
And when you get to be that guy you chant :
'How do I get to be a backhoe operator?'
And then
'How do I get a crew of my own?'
None of this:
You can be anything you want to be stuff.
It was
This is what you'll be if you damn well don't pay attention.
I was a good mucker(someone who cleans and finishes the ditch) when I was a kid.
Because I went the added metaphorical distance.
I was a go farther mucker like no other.(for almost 3 days in the ditch and four days of overseeing before I was on that backhoe)
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