Subj : Re: Bird on air conditioner To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Jul 01 2019 16:30:52 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Jun-2019 11:37 <=- BM>>> Some joke. The good news is you weren't hurt; cars can be replaced; BM>>> dental appointments can be remade. NB>>> The car was fixed, the appointment rescheduled... and I still have a NB>>> scar on my shin from the ice scraper scraping it..but I wasn't badly NB>>> hurt, and lived to tell the tale... BM>> Scars add character! NB>> And memory... :) BM> Like when holding an ice scaper or other item in one's hand in a BM> relaxed position try not to let the item flail too much and rub against BM> one's body? No... the scraper got me as part of that accident... I generally store it beside the gear shifter... The scar reminds me of the accident... BM>>> Yes, if the water table is so high it is at the edge of the hole that BM>>> was made for the basement the water extracted by the sump pump just BM>>> overflows the previously existing water, right into the hole the BM>>> basement is in, for the sump pump to pump that water out and ad BM>>> infinitum. NB>>> Sisyphus pushing the ball endlessly up the hill.... ;) BM>> And for some reason that got me thinking: put a small turbine in the BM>> sump pit: have the water coming in turn the blades, self-powering the BM>> sump...! NB>> Rube Goldberg to the rescue again.... :) BM> I have the feeling that specific project might need a lot of detail BM> work! Probably... and probably more detail than likely to be expended on that in any case..... :) BM>>> The good news is the water must be back down to a more normal level as BM>>> haven't heard/seen the sump pump do it's thing in a couple of days. BM>>> Seems odd as in the past more of a tapering off and this was more a BM>>> sudden end. And no, no 'indoor swimming pool' in the basement! NB>>> Good that it wasn't just the sump giving up.... ;) Maybe the NB>>> water table dropped more quickly than expected....? BM>> Something. Put in a few more of the summer plants around the house: BM>> very top layer is dry and starting to crack but the bottom of the BM>> almost foot-deep hole is moist. so still a lot of water in the ground. NB>> Just have to add in more water-retaining soil/mulch into the upper NB>> layers of soil... Or mulch well once the plants are in.... :) BM> Well there are a few areas where I've suggested placing or adding BM> mulch and so far no. Maybe I'm in for a huge landscaping project next BM> year??!! Maybe you can just surreptitiously mix some into the soil... call it soil-enrichment... :) Hopefully next year's spring will be more conducive to early lawn work... :) ttyl neb .... I'm not old: I'm "Chronologically Gifted". --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .