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Oct 22, 2012, 08:44 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,120
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paraphrasing Hank Williams.... This country girl survived, even if it was her own idiocy she survived. Feel free to laugh if you want.
Yesterday I started to chop down a tree that's in the way of a new fence I want to put up on the farm. Got about halfway through the tree and got the bright idea to pull it down. I figured it was cut in half it should just break off right?
Uh no.
Hooked a tow chain around the tree and wrapped the other end around the axel of the truck. Tree did not break off, instead the roots started to pull out of the ground. Well, dang! Figured all I'd have to do then was chop of the exposed roots. That was fine for dealing with the tree. The problem was that the roots were wrapped around the water main going to my house! Snapped the danged pipe in two.
OK, shut the water off at the pump and see how to go about solving the problem. I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening digging to expose the broken pipe and chopping away at the roots. By 7:30 last night I couldn't see what I was doing and was being eaten alive by mosquitos.
Came home from work tonight and finished the job. I did the happy dance when I turned the water back on and discovered that the pipe is holding.
Next time I decide to get "smart" about something like this I'm gonna remind myself how much extra work my "short cut" cost me! 
Now that I not only have water, but also have HOT water I am going to go soak my poor aching body in a hot shower!
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