Dad 242: Pump Up the Water

(I wish my Dad would tell us how he really feels about winter. Enjoy his post! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Woke up to another day with fresh snow cover. Will work on removing it later. Not supposed to receive any more snow in February. However, still may get a little on Monday. But that will be in March. At least today is a lot warmer than yesterday. It is about 15° this morning. Yesterday a record for the date was set. A balmy negative 11° in Portland. This was 6° warmer than the temperature in Lewiston. Please turn off the snow guns and turn on the heat guns. I'm ready for April! Enough about the weather.

 

Earlier this winter I had to replace our sink waste disposer (commonly called a "pig"). I tell you this because another malfunctioning device is now in question.

 

We have very low water pressure in this area. Well, we lived with low pressure for 30 years. Then in 2006, just before Tracy and Lew secured the home, the pressure was upgraded by installing a pump. The pump worked well for about seven years. The pump failed in 2013 and we replaced it. Well, the pump is failing again. This one didn't quite make two years. While doing a wash, Tracy heard a strange noise coming from the basement. It was our pump. It is quite noisy when it is increasing the pressure. Suffice it to say a new pump is currently being shipped to us. We hope the current pump works until the new one arrives sometime next week.

 

This winter has been horrible. It wasn't necessary to have two malfunctioning electrical devices to make it horrible. The snow and cold could have made it miserable with no help. I hate snow! I hate winter! I hate electronic devices failing! I hate cold! Enough for now. Sooo....

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!