[TheForge] so much for this father's day

[Keziah's Forge]

So who laid out the fence to cross the septic field?  
And WTF does it have to do with a discussion of blacksmithing?


 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
To: "theforge e-mail list" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:06 AM
Subject: [TheForge] so much for this father's day


> hello;
> 
> i am foolish to think that there is such a thing as a simple project.
> putting up a chain link fence should not be that complicated. today, my
> middle daughter and my son decided to help goode olde dad out by digging
> some post holes with the 3-pt hitch post hole digger. my son thought it
> really funny when he hit the first septic field tile, and my middle
> daughter thought it just 'dumb luck' that they hit a 2nd septic field
> tile 32 ft from the first one. so suddenly the fence building project
> became an access the damage to the septic field tiles and call a septic
> field service emergency telephone number. this little bit of help will
> cost somewhere between $3,000.00 and $4,000.00 usd in septic field
> repairs. then everyone wondered why i was upset. so the chain link fence
> project is scrapped and calling in the septic field repair company is
> now on. i need to figure out how to return 100 x 60 lbs bags of cement
> mix back to menards and all the chain link fence materials back to farm
> and fleet. i am tired of nearly every project suddenly becomes a near
> disaster and my family's extreme cavalier attitude that dad can just
> throw dollars at the problem to fix it.
> 
> i really need to get away from the family for a couple months..
> 
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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