Flood Season

 
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CoalHeat
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Post by CoalHeat » Mon. Apr. 05, 2010 8:37 pm

Pumps still running!!! Wet spots on the floor are drying up.

 
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Post by SMITTY » Mon. Apr. 05, 2010 11:10 pm

freetown fred wrote:SMITTY,we were worried about you w/ this new flooding--thought maybe you & your family were stranded in a jon boat headed down the Charles
Hambden Bob wrote:I doubt it Fred...That damned Jimmy of Smitty's may have finally served a higher purpose. 1.) As an Anchor if chained to the garage floor. 2.) As a Life Raft if Gm didn't blow it on all the seals....
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I think the Jimmy would make a better anchor, now that you mention it .... And I wouldn't get within 40 miles of the Charles ... if I did, that would mean I would be closer to Boston! I want no part of that! :sick: If I somehow found myself in that sewer they call the Charles, I would make it a point to bring my smokey 2-stroke outboard & run it wide open through Cambridge! :D

Swamp in the yard has disappeared, & the river in the basement is slowing. My basement will still be wet for the next month and a half, at least. With the stove ice cold it takes many weeks to dry out. The coal shovel & poker always have surface rust at the beginning of the winter.


 
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Post by CoalHeat » Tue. Apr. 06, 2010 7:54 am

If I somehow found myself in that sewer they call the Charles,
At least the Charles never caught fire, as far as I know... :shock:

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1642

 
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Post by samhill » Tue. Apr. 06, 2010 8:54 am

That was only what was floating on top that caught fire, you can only imagine whats mixed in with the mud on the bottom. Thats the only one that I know of that caught fire but most near any type of manufacturing plant were all used as dumping grounds.

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