ExiledInIllinois

What does old, white, and rich... Have to do with it? If anything, Rosemond being well off, be more apt to spoil. No? He'd probably agree with your post. You're not a "rudderless ship"... But there are many that are. Not sure why you are getting so defensive.

He's old school but in moderation it applies.

He's been doing it for over 40 years. I think you should listen.

Too funny... LoL... That's what my wife says... But not dopey... She's a Democrat. Lackawanna Democrat. But myself, I tend to agree with you (and you know I am a Lib... Just not AS flaming leftist as my wife). I am a W.Seneca Democrat.

BREAKING NEWS REPORT: Roger Goodell just reviewed the video. It's only Kraft getting a handy . And they play the Bengals the following week! LoL...

Criminals always return to the scene of their crimes!

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz: http://www2.erie.gov/exec/

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Youth sells... $$$$$$.

Blame the Kennedy family many moons ago for starting moving away from what Rosemond is saying. My mother in law... Well into her 80s has been mailing us Rosemond's articles for years.

He is seeing a dentist. Teef is a dentist. Ain't the internet great The only bad thing, @teef gonna miss his Ferrari payment now! LoL

I have one. This is from one of my wife's grammar school class pictures. Back in 1977-78, @ 10. It's for the local Buffalo crowd, they may guess it. Hint: He's an area politician and pretty high up. Hope that wasn't too much of a hint! He looks the same today as he did 40+ years ago.

Simply the name. I never know what is the proper way to spell gray/grey. I won't forget again. You were big help. The PumpSpy really helps, got me to see what the sump was doing. Simply, The pit is too small. If I ever built again, I go bigger and deeper. But redundancy with pumps and maintenance hedges against disaster.

My niece's old house on the coast in N.Carolina:

Just don't pump your cellar out too fast. One of the deckhands with a marine outfit here borrowed one of the company's big pumps... Water came out too fast, buckled his foundation. There is hydrostatic pressure. Betcha @BringBackFergy Ferguson knew that! Smart guy. A little incorrigible, but smart guy... Makes a mean breakfast sammich too!

Don't quote me on this... But that's just one style. The bigger volume ones may be a turbine, powered by water pressure. ??? The venturi style is the portable one I have. Not sure that's set up for high head (lift) and pumping higher amounts of water... But in a pinch, will take edge off water rising... I guess the YouTube videos do confirm, though...

Yup! https://mobile.twitter.com/BuffaloBills/status/1200184494793342981

@SlimShady'sGhost @Seasons1992 We landed on the moon! "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind!"

He's probably hitting the weed now and taking a drink! Cannonball!

Yet... Prevented millions of people from getting cholera. Sorry Buttercup. The good, millions outweighs one. Take one for team dad. 4" is standard, great! Most of time no issues with pass through. Mine is PVC... 23 years now.

Noooooo. With Lake Michigan at current levels... It would naturally be flowing in the direction it is now. We are just regulating it, letting it ramble and do some work (flood control, navigation, economy, sanitation) in return. Just like Woody Guthrie sang almost 90 years ago: "Uncle Sam took the challenge in the year of '33 For the farmers and the workers and for all humanity Now river, you can ramble where the sun sets in the sea But while you're rambling, river, you can do some work for me..." If we didn't control... Too much water would be flowing the way you think it shouldn't. So what gives, why are you so conflicted?

Bingo! Any dip in corrugated plastic will collect water, dirt. My underground discharge after 10 years, I had to access it, rod it. I actually sleeved it... It was like pottery chunks coming out with snake I sent down. Formed like glass, shape of corrugated too! If you can 6" PVC... $$$$ you can always sleeve smaller in it, not that you will for 50 years anyway... But it does depend on how careful you back fill, settles, tree roots, etc... Where PVC is vulnerable is at pass through in house. Use cast iron, then adapt back to PVC on both side. Foundation settles. Settles, backfilling may crack it and will never know for years. Neighbor across street, builder passed through with PVC, must have cracked during backfill with dirt... Every time he flushed toilet, water made way thru ground to drain tile and sump went off! Sanitary sewer was on opposite side of house too!!!

FWIW... Basement Watchdog make great products. If you want mechanical floats... Here is a great one. Two switches. If first one fails, second one will press into service. Caged too. So, no hanging up in narrow sumps: Neighbor using this for 10 years... I just hope the second float is not activated... CON: No easy way to tell if your pump is on second float unless you watch, test it regularly. Should have a light that engages like a surge protector indicator.

Here is a great electronic pump controller. Again, no moving parts, floats to hang up in small pit, etc... https://www.amazon.com/LevelGuard-Z24800A1Z-Solid-State-Switch/dp/B0096H5OUO/ref=asc_df_B0096H5OUO/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198097979185&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2096194501190347352&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9021638&hvtargid=pla-323324349092&psc=1 They make a commer one that can be smeared with peanut butter, poopyshit, effluent and TP for our bungholes... Even grease and it will still sense the water! Only a hundro + bucks... Remember... The plumber will sell you a Hydromatic, Zoeller, those are great pumps, but they are automatic pumps with switch under the water... Gotta pull them out of hole to fix the switch. Go manual pump with piggy back switch (makes it automatic)! If switch goes, you can abandon broken switch and add piggy back in seconds without having to pull out pump from service. Heck, you can just have your wife or kids stand there all night plugging, unplugging if switch went bad! ? ? NOTE: Plumbers want return calls. SumpWatcher is loaded with various alarms. High water, will tell you if pump motor windings are failing... Doesn't have a low water shut off point. It shuts pump off at low water when it senses the pump current changing when pump sucks air . Takes a millisecond to sense: They do make this for sewage. Yet, the sensor on LevelGuard will handle total gunk.

Did I already post this? Well, here it is again. We used to have this on 45rpm as child... Probably why I am such a teetotaler: