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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 06:52 PM Original message |
I dug up our septic tank today. Ask me anything. |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. OK........... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Only about 20 minutes.... |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Went through that a couple years ago. |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Not that bad really if you don't stick your head near the opening. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Or stand down wind from it. |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. What kind of septic? |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Drain field. We have an aerobic handling the other half of the house... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've done this lots of times. I actually spend a lot of time thinking about the design |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Is this an issue with aerobic systems too? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes. Your aerobic system has a drain field. Phosphorous and some of the nitrogen is carried |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. A building I worked at years ago just had a turd pond |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. There is a difference between the system I'm talking about and an open sewer. |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. What about eliminating the phosphorous? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Phosphorous is an essential nutrient and is commonly found in... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Mmmm. I remember pumping those out years ago on a ranch. We'd pump the sludge into an irrigation |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. OMG |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thirty five years later it's funny. But I bet there was a bunch of real sick bikers that week. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. eh - uness there was some particular disease organism present combined with |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Maybe. But enteric pathogens are ubiquitous, and I expect many people |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
18. Was the "Shawshank Redemption" theme playing in your head the whole time you were doing it? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. Did you use Winston Rothchild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Service? |
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ij7850 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Uuuughh |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Did it turn out to be |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. Was this in New Jersey and if so any sign of Jimmy Hoffa? |
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