Thursday, January 8, 2009 - It's a different world
Last Saturday, we woke up to a cold house. A trip out into the garden led to the discovery that there was no gas left in the tank; we thought that we were on an automatic top-up plan, but apparently not. After I had made numerous calls to the gas company, a sweet bloke delivered two canisters at 7pm on Tuesday night, and emptied them into the tank. This tided us over until Wednesday morning, when the tanker came to do a proper refill. In the mean time, we were very thankful for our small copse - which provides fuel and kindling for the wood stove - and the electric shower. Otherwise, we would have become very cold and smelly.
At about the same time that the gas went out, we started catching whiffs from the vicinity of the septic tank. It suddenly occurred to me that I had been doing a lot of washing since we moved in, because all our clothes and bedding had become musty in storage. Had I overwhelmed the septic tank? We decided to have it emptied, just in case, so a local farmer/septic tank emptier came over with a tank pulled by a tractor. He stopped on the road and walked up to our door to announce that the turn was too tight for him to come up the drive. On previous visits he had gone across the neighbour's pasture, but the field had now been ploughed and planted, so he couldn't cross it at present. He left suggesting that I call him in September, after the harvest. Today, the whiff has gone, so I have my fingers crossed that the septic tank has recovered its equanimity.
As husband said, 'These are not problems that one has on the 67th floor of a Hong Kong tower block.'
Comments
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by PuddleJumpers
Aaahhhh, country life heh? I live in a rural part of Michigan in the US and right now our biggest crisis is frozen pipes! Makes for an interesting way to do the dishes till they thaw! Hang in there! I loved looking at all your pictures in Scotland. It is one place my hubby hopes to visit someday. Thanks for sharing.
Friday, January 9, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Lorna
September, yikes!
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by squeeli
I can completely relate. We use a propane heater to heat our house at night and recently discovered that we were completely out of gas. Not fun. We decided to hold on on filling up, to the tune of $400, and try to work with our electric heaters at night. It's beginning to warm up here anyway,so we're making it.
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