Last year, I had my tank pumped. Ended up getting some guy, Bob was his name, he had retired from his old job (electrical engineer I kid you not) and had bought himself a brand new shiny, Red, pumper truck. I guess it was his son's idea. They were in the business together so to speak. The dad pumped tanks and the son did some repair work and new system installation. Bob was really nice and having a blast with his big new toy and charged a very reasonable rate so I let him have at it.
I was busy putting in fence posts so I went back to my work while he did his. My father was visiting, helping me put in fence posts and making sure my beer fridge did not become over-stocked. By the time Bob and the big red truck arrived, Dad was tired of fence posts, as was I, and so he decided to watch Bob work. I looked over at one point and saw these two elderly men humping some hose and both were smiling and I thought well as long as my tank gets empty it works for me.
About twenty minutes later, Dad comes walking up. I look up from my work and there he is, Polka-dotted. And, he isn't smelling so fresh. I stand there and stare and he stands there straight faced and tells me that Bob is still a little green when it comes to which controller on the rig does which function. Apparently this hole in Bob's knowledge occurred while Dad was looking over the rim of the tank to see how Bob was doing. I look up and notice that besides Dad being Polka-dotted, one side of my house has a bit of a new paint job as well.
In the end, Bob did learn which handle causes sucking and which handle reverses the flow and he did get my tank empty and we even got my dad and my house cleaned off. So, everything did turn out OK. Also, I've noticed that this year, the grass in that part of the yard seems to be particularly aggressive. I keep trying to tell my wife that this is just further proof of my RainBird theory. She keeps trying to remind me of what that side of the house smelled like for a couple weeks. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
yeah, yeah, details. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Mike
