How green are we?

[Magnetic Mechanic]

What have you recycled?

[farmersamm]

My dog's picky as hell. It'd have to be a Maytag or nothin' else

[farmersamm]

Crazy dog chews up yer best work boots one day............ Sneak up while he's sleepin' , and hit the spin cycle

[Magnetic Mechanic]

Aaaaaahaaa - gotta out the motor back in.

[farmersamm]

That is a neat way to reclaim an old washer

[duaneb55]

Well I couldn't figure out what the heck the thing was made of! Now that I know that's a pretty unique job of recycling.

Is that HUD (Hound Urban Development) approved?

[Magnetic Mechanic]

Yes, But the question was : WHAT HAVE YOU RECYCLED?"

[duaneb55]

Just check some of my past threads.

[farmersamm]

I don't know if it's really recycling, but I'm sort of in the midst of parting out 4 70's model Chevy trucks to make a "new" 1974 C-30 one ton. (So's I can burn MORE fossil fuel)

[farmersamm]

Originally Posted by duaneb55

Just check some of my past threads.

Re-creation for recreation. Some good stuff Duane

[duaneb55]

Originally Posted by farmersamm

I don't know if it's really recycling, but I'm sort of in the midst of parting out 4 70's model Chevy trucks to make a "new" 1974 C-30 one ton. (So's I can burn MORE fossil fuel)

Of course it qualifies!

[Magnetic Mechanic]

Originally Posted by duaneb55

Just check some of my past threads.

I just did.

You've done some pretty neat stuff and have a family to be proud of.

[duaneb55]

Originally Posted by Magnetic Mechanic

I just did.

You've done some pretty neat stuff and have a family to be proud of.

Wasn't trying to be smart or anything - just didn't want to bore everyone with the same stuff. Thanks for the kind words.

[farmersamm]

Oh, I almost forgot.....................

My septic tank is a wee bit closer to the drinkin' well than it oughta be. So there's a tiny lil' chance I might just be recyclin' more than I know

[Magnetic Mechanic]

Originally Posted by duaneb55

Wasn't trying to be smart or anything - just didn't want to bore everyone with the same stuff. Thanks for the kind words.

Didn't think you were being a smart a##, although you appear to be pretty smart.

[duaneb55]

Originally Posted by farmersamm

Oh, I almost forgot.....................

My septic tank is a wee bit closer to the drinkin' well than it oughta be. So there's a tiny lil' chance I might just be recyclin' more than I know

That just might explain alot. Are you easily pi$$ed off have a crappy day?

[Magnetic Mechanic]

Originally Posted by farmersamm

Oh, I almost forgot.....................

My septic tank is a wee bit closer to the drinkin' well than it oughta be. So there's a tiny lil' chance I might just be recyclin' more than I know

Well, if you ever get sewerage and the well goes dry - you'll know for sure.

[patrickp]

my dogs would look at me and go what? are you crazy. they all sleep in the bed with us. kinda of sad but they are spoiled.

[Magnetic Mechanic]

Originally Posted by patrickp

my dogs would look at me and go what? are you crazy. they all sleep in the bed with us. kinda of sad but they are spoiled.

Foo Foo and Fee Fee sleep with us, Sherman sleeps in the maytag (which is insulated with 1" stirofoam and paneled). Trixy sleeps in her recycled freezer.

[patrickp]

red dog sleeps in the bed all the time. blue dog only gets in bed when it starts getting cold outside.

[Oldtimer]

Originally Posted by farmersamm

Oh, I almost forgot.....................

My septic tank is a wee bit closer to the drinkin' well than it oughta be. So there's a tiny lil' chance I might just be recyclin' more than I know

Now we know about you. I'm surprised. Don't you have septic tank police where you live? I had to put in a new one a couple of years ago. If you have to work on one here it has to be brought up to code. Only way to do that was a new one. They measured how far it was to the well. Not the installers, the state inspector that signs off on the permit.

[farmersamm]

Originally Posted by Oldtimer

Now we know about you. I'm surprised. Don't you have septic tank police where you live? I had to put in a new one a couple of years ago. If you have to work on one here it has to be brought up to code. Only way to do that was a new one. They measured how far it was to the well. Not the installers, the state inspector that signs off on the permit.

The septic dates back to sometime during Grama's lifetime. I think she might have put a new one in sometime in the late 50's. Same one's still there.

We don't have to have a permit to build, plumb, or do electrical work out in the counties around here. In town there's code enforcement.

Sometimes someone'll rat you out to the State somehow. Then I've heard EPA can get involved. There's a guy that raised horses who got into some deep crap about how he had his sewage run. He had a pipe runnin' from the house out to a gully on his place. Probably been there all his lifetime. New people bought some property near him, and started raisin' Hell to someone. Before ya know it, the damn EPA fined the guy, and he had to clean up the gully. He almost lost his place because of the expense. Folks always seem to want to get into your business. See more and more of it with all the people from Tulsa/OKC movin' onto the places around here.

It's common to run the commode to the septic tank, and all the sinks to a straight line that dumps somewhere out in the yard a ways from the house. (No garbage disposal in the kitchen sink of course)

Most of the old timers live up into their 90's, so I guess it ain't killin' everybody off.

But a lot of us are kinda weird

[Magnetic Mechanic]

When I moved into this house the showers weren't plumbed, they just dumped into the crawl space. I found that out when the sump pump quit and the space filled with water.

I once lived in a house in PA where the sink drains went directly to the garden.

[Tractapac]

Originally Posted by farmersamm

Oh, I almost forgot.....................

My septic tank is a wee bit closer to the drinkin' well than it oughta be. So there's a tiny lil' chance I might just be recyclin' more than I know

That' could be a real case of getting your own back!

[Tractapac]

Originally Posted by farmersamm

There's a guy that raised horses who got into some deep crap about how he had his sewage run. He had a pipe runnin' from the house out to a gully on his place. Probably been there all his lifetime. New people bought some property near him, and started raisin' Hell to someone. Before ya know it, the damn EPA fined the guy, and he had to clean up the gully. He almost lost his place because of the expense.

Folks always seem to want to get into your business.

It's common to run the commode to the septic tank, and all the sinks to a straight line that dumps somewhere out in the yard a ways from the house. (No garbage disposal in the kitchen sink of course)


But a lot of us are kinda weird

"Folks always seem to want to get into your business."

Well they did in the horse breeder's case! I suppose they were only going through the motions!

Is that commode as in a seat with a removable seat and it's plumbed to the septic? Most commodes here are like trailer boat toilets, bucket and chuck it.