Anti-Septic

Once again the septic system has reared it's ugly head....things not really flowing so much from the toilet these days. Some of you may recall our previous septic issues that arose during the very first "Rawk the Coop"....well, the tank should not fill again in less than two years....that is, unless there are other problems with piping and tiling and drainage so forth.

So dig we did, in an effort to unearth the source of our discomfort. In the meantime, thank Somebody for the outhouses 2 km down the road at the Two Creeks park which luckily I must pass by each morning on the way to the office.

We're having the tank pumped out as an interim solution, which should at least get things, er, flowing again. Otherwise, we continue to dig and reveal a rather unconventional septic setup, likely a homemade farmer's remedy from days gone by.

Here we are standing atop our concrete "coffin style" septic tank - yep, that's it there, the one with the several hundred pound cement lid that is nigh on the definition of "immovable object". With all due respect to Archimedes, I'm sure the lever he claimed he could move the world with was slightly more professional grade than a stock tire iron, two shovels, and a random steel pipe.

Like effluent through the sand filter, er, hourglass, tune in tomorrow.....As the Stomach Turns.....