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Post by NigeL on Mar 13, 2007 21:20:03 GMT 1
Yep - its rebed the bog outlet valve time ... so a new pair of marigolds ... disinfectant etc. at ready ...
It's a blakes job ... so will need grinding back in place etc.
Been putting it off for ages .....
S'pose could order one of my Surveyors to do it ... but that's cruel !!
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Post by malcb on Mar 14, 2007 0:28:36 GMT 1
Yep - its rebed the bog outlet valve time ... so a new pair of marigolds ... disinfectant etc. at ready ...
It's a blakes job ... so will need grinding back in place etc.
Been putting it off for ages .....
Why? Is there anything still in there? It's not that bad a job. Especially when compared to an overflowing septic tank, like what I had in France, now that is a sh***y job ;D |
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Post by NigeL on Mar 14, 2007 9:08:06 GMT 1
Yep - its rebed the bog outlet valve time ... so a new pair of marigolds ... disinfectant etc. at ready ...
It's a blakes job ... so will need grinding back in place etc.
Been putting it off for ages .....
Why? Is there anything still in there? It's not that bad a job. Especially when compared to an overflowing septic tank, like what I had in France, now that is a sh***y job ;D I think it's the thought more than the doing !! Don't mention septic tanks ... I have 3 of them on cascade system at the house ....  |
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Post by Badger Birch on Mar 14, 2007 11:32:40 GMT 1
Had an electric toilet in Dad's Colvic Watson, rules state he who breaks the toilet cleans it. Sailing into Palermo (Scicily) in 35 degrees C. Have a dump, motor breaks after mincing all my sh1t into pieces.... Spent the next hour on my knees cleaning out with hand and a small cup. Worse job I have ever had to do.... And I was skipper!
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Post by NigeL on Mar 14, 2007 12:53:32 GMT 1
Had an electric toilet in Dad's Colvic Watson, rules state he who breaks the toilet cleans it. Sailing into Palermo (Scicily) in 35 degrees C. Have a dump, motor breaks after mincing all my sh1t into pieces.... Spent the next hour on my knees cleaning out with hand and a small cup. Worse job I have ever had to do.... And I was skipper! Mate of mine had a nice clean Leisure 22 ... he had a "thing" with a single lass in the club ... One summer they are out sailing in Solent ... and she does the biz .... starts to pump ... shortly after she appears looking a bit worse for wear ... Mmmmm Jim (yes another Jim!) .... can you help ? He looks and decides to anchor up in a nearby bay ..... She forgot to open outlet ... pumped up pressure ... pump didn't want to do anymore - so she gave it a bit more effort ... pipe blew off valve ... splattered all around and emptied into locker ... then flowed out into cabin ... She was then shore-based ... as no-one wanted a repeat ... |
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Post by kilter on Mar 14, 2007 13:12:43 GMT 1
My dad had a few choice tales of WW II submarines and heads of the "going in clean shaven and coming out with a beard" type!
My own tale of woe was in the Caribbean; heads had been used (fully) pump employed then all jammed. Had to strip it all out; found a pair of tweezers in the pump that someone had dropped in the bog! Didn't feel clean until I'd scrubbed myself with bleach, swum and then showered!
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Post by Ken.P. on Mar 14, 2007 17:10:09 GMT 1
While I was a fitter at the pit, part of the maintenance duties was to unblock the Victorian sewers whenever they decided to block, which was fairly regularly.
Full length waders up to chest height and a long pole!
We did have good showers there...........
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Post by NigeL on Mar 14, 2007 18:55:33 GMT 1
While I was a fitter at the pit, part of the maintenance duties was to unblock the Victorian sewers whenever they decided to block, which was fairly regularly. Full length waders up to chest height and a long pole! We did have good showers there........... You know the old tale of why bottled water became popular ? They say that Paris sewers and water system were so bad and close to each other that one contaminated other ... so it was accepted thing to bring in water from outside city ... Has a "ring" of truth about it !! ;D |
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