Monday, 25 February 2008

• Currently Listening The Altar and the Door By Casting Crowns see related

  Got a curious letter not too long ago. Seems that Nimo, the local natural gas/electric provider has decided to replace their under ground pipe lines. As I see it, there is always room for improvement. So upgrading our half century old service is a good thing. However, this is the northeast. It's winter out there. Dead of winter to be exact. Got lots of snow and ice already. Expecting another 10 inches tomorrow. Ground is probably frozen to almost 4 feet deep. Yup. Seems like the optimal time to interrupt service. After all who needs heat now.

  Anyways, Nimo came by and removed the accumulated snow off the front terrace sometime last week. They managed to avoid damaging my trees for which I am grateful. But in the time since then, God has endeavored to return  my terrace to it's former condition. Meaning, they (Nimo) will once again need to return with all their big trucks and re-remove the four feet off snow bank (not  including the bunch of snow the city plows will bestow upon us after this next storm). Now this is not all bad as my grandson will enjoy watching the men work. I can't help but see my energy bills increase as they pay and re-pay to move and re-move the snow along the entire street.

  That's not the all of it. They also used heated, pressurized water guns to dig down those four plus frozen feet of soil to expose the gas turn off valve and, ten feet away, the water service valve to the house. (Water service? Good God Why???) Even they knew that you can't leave those valves exposed in this weather. So ... they buried them ... again. That was four weeks ago. Do you think that maybe all that dirt may have refroze?  More evidence of the careful use of my energy dollars.

  I think that they are going to move the gas meter from the cellar. Slap it right up against the outside wall of the house. Somewhere along the line they will need to cross the sewer line. Can't wait to see how they are going to accomplish that. Currently the gasline goes smack dab down the middle of the house under the front porch and eight feet of landscaping and rock garden.

  Did I mention that the letter promises to return all your property to it's current condition. I can't wait, just can't wait. This promises to be so much fun. Remember, I got this letter after six feet of snow had covered the effected area. Just how am I going to prove the lost of my buried rock garden, not to mention the crocus they are bound to destroy when they finally tear up my front terrace lawn.             Replant, Replant, and whine no more.

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