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Septic Tank Pumping -- Do you need to
TomG,
The system for prioitizing problems in Canada seems very familiar here in the U.S. as well.
I live in a rural area, and am Chairman of our county Soil and Water Conservation District.(Please be forthcomeing with the applause, it's the only pay that job provides)so I am pretty well versed in septic systems, and the elusive funding required to meet regulations.
It's a numbers issue, the larger the population of an area, the more money they will recieve. There are many reasons for this type of dispersment of funds, and I gotta say I agree with most of them when I look at the big picture. I also have no reason to believe things will change in that arrangment.
At this writing, I am currently mired in a situation in which a small town, which currently has no waste treatment facility. Now and in the past each dwelling had a septic system. Following up on a complaint, the authorities found raw sewage in a local stream that came from a main drain line from the town. There has been plenty of funding available to build a public system, the big problem is, once the system is up and running, the costs of maintinance are more than the townfolk can afford to pay. There is no assitance for maintinance available.
The old "Catch 22" as we live and breath.
Just thought you would like to know, the motto's painted on our local pumper's equipment state:
"No Turd Too Tuff!!!!"
"I have seen the enima, and they are mine!"
This is by far the best topic on the board!!!!!
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Yes, I know these are tough issues. Spelling is my toughest issue and I corrected hurst (a low sandy hillock) with hearse in a previous post. More spell check dependence at the expense of thought. Our pumper has more choice slogans and maybe I'll notice some more.
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Yes big pictures are hard to see. Country people provide many of their own utility systems and maintenance and also pay zip property tax. Big government 'infrastructure projects' that pop up every time the economy tanks are justified as needed for economic stimulation rather than as directly related to the costs of providing utilities. Guess I'd just like to see my country household share of this economic stimulation in the form of some help upgrading our septic system. Might be nice to see a little economic stimulation around here too.
Of course, I should keep in mind that there is a grant available that pays 2/3rd the costs of installing pitless adapters on old drilled wells and converting to submersible pumps. I guess that not too many city people would benefit from these grants. Big pictures are indeed very hard to see sometimes.
My dad was retired in Lake Havasu AZ. I think the city was around 50,000 population when I visited. I don't believe there were any municipal treatment facilities. Everybody had their own septic systems and most were on standard 1/4 or 1/3 acre lots. Even though the city is built on desert sand, I wonder what will happen when these thousands of leech fields start failing? I believe that Chicago never had that problem. Far as I know even into the '60's the city had sewers but didn't bother with treatment. It all went into a canal and on to the Mississippi. There probably was a lot of federal and state tax money that went into fixing the problem.
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Our man's says "You Dump it, We Pump it".
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Yikes! Maybe we should start collecting these. Maybe publish them and divide the proceeds with half to Dennis for running the site and half to a member elected by all symbolically in recognition of the quality of their posts. I might win that one hands down. Maybe I should think about my choice of language considering the context.
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Yes good idea Tom. One never knows if or how he/she will achieve fame in this lifetime. If nothing else you might get into the Guinnes Book for glorifying the occupation of honey sucking, a thankless job unless you are the one in dire need of the service! I like the idea of giving Dennis half of the book profit as well.
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Well I would argue with Tom as to the taxes mean more services. I lived in Sturbridge MA. Paid 2700$ per year tax, no water and no sewer, no garbage pickup.
I know we had some good slogans on the pump truck, but can no recall all. I am sure some are less than printable. Something like the fishing boat in Sechelt, "Master Baiter".
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Oh yes, we have our share of charter boats around here. Happy Hooker, Wet Dreams etc..
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I like the idea of a contest, but again, how could it be funded? Maybe Dennis could publish the compilation.
"Uncle Dennis's Big Bathroom Reader" would be a good title.
The pages could be .......uh.....um...torn out and used for another purpose, thus making the entire book recycleable.
This would make the book un-loanable. And it would have a shorter,let's say, shelf life, and it wouldn't be a book you would particularly want to check out of the library.
All these features would generate more sales!
Better yet, we could market Rolls of T.P. with all of the slogans in print.
Lord!!! Somebody stop me!!
We could sell this stuff to anybody, even deeply religous people have a sense of humor. It could be marketed in 10 packs as "The Dead Sea Rolls"
I guess for the people on the CTB board it would be "Compact Contact Paper"
Make the rolls wide enough and they could be used as Gift wrapping paper during the holiday season!
Then we could start marketing x-tra wide holders to mount in the bathroom!!!!
I told you guys to stop me!!!!!
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Geez, I take a couple of weeks off and the whole thing goes in the 'crapper'....
Seriously!!!
Not to 'dump' on anyone for their posts, but....
Tom, all kidding aside, if your telephone directory goes as far as Apsley or Bancroft look up a crazy old coot by the name of McGinn, he has a 'honey wagon' business and the 1-800 number is prominantly advertised as ending with '7448', or in Alpha, "SH_T". The back of his trucks proudly announce "My work sucks... thankfully" and "We're # 1 in the # 2 business!".
I don't suppose it's the sort of work I would like to go "in to".
Man, this is easier than picking on ex-wives........
Best of luck, from a well rested boater.......
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