The city sewer department found a manhole cover buried under my concrete driveway:
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The manhole cover was apparently buried and forgotten long before the house and driveway were built in 1985. It has been doing fine unattended since then. However, thanks to an enthusiastic intern with high tech tools, it has been located, and it is now the city's duty to take urgent action to gain access to the manhole.
What should I do?
images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...deac8bfd6f
images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...db8c340646
The manhole cover was apparently buried and forgotten long before the house and driveway were built in 1985. It has been doing fine unattended since then. However, thanks to an enthusiastic intern with high tech tools, it has been located, and it is now the city's duty to take urgent action to gain access to the manhole.
What should I do?
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Wed, May 21, 2008 - 7:37 PMDo not enter that opening- that's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle secret lair!
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Wed, May 21, 2008 - 8:12 PMlotsa lube.
it must be rusty and dry.
spit will do...chew gum to get the juices flowing.
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Wed, May 21, 2008 - 9:11 PMSneak out there tonight and replace the manhole cover (er, personnel accessway) with a hubcap. The city will be so grateful that they'll raise your property taxes to account for the buried treasure. Meanwhile, file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the builder, all previous owners, the neighbors, the Mafia, and Sixty Minutes for fraud, incompetence, gross negligence, pain, suffering, and greed. They'll relocate the manhole cover down your throat, up your ass, and through the roof. At least you won't have to worry about driving on it any more.
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 7:47 AMSet up a BBQ over the manhole. It is a 3-day weekend, after all. Provided workers sent out to discover the manhol are male, they will not interfere with the driveway as long as hot cooked meat is available.
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 8:44 AMrelocate it yourself onto the culvert next to it... Pipe the sewer gas from it into the neighbors house. I understand it is a highly prized air freshener.
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 9:07 AMLooks like you already have the start of your bomb shelter dug!! keep at it, don't let the city take over, they will find your secret porn stash -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 9:24 AMUse this opening for a magical adventure in the North Carolina underground. Surely it'll be like Goonies, with more feces and less Data and Chunk. -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 9:58 AMbut possibly some Sloth
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 12:51 PMyou have to move.
you should move out here to Berkeley. We never have weird laws or overzealous city bureaocrats here. -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 1:01 PMIsn't it your turn to feed the treesitters, Michael? -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Thu, May 22, 2008 - 1:13 PMHmmmm....(this is me stoking my chin hairs....) You're lucky that there are city officials looking out for your well being. Count your blessings and STFU!
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Fri, May 23, 2008 - 4:52 PMLet us know what happens with your manhole problem. -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Mon, May 26, 2008 - 6:27 PM>>> Let us know what happens...
Night 1: I took the macho advice. I dug a hole beside my neighbor's driveway, moved the cones and manhole cover, and filled in the hole at my driveway. Didn't work. Those city workers are razor sharp. Bad advice.
Night 2: I took Tinkles' advice of enlightenment. I buried 4 cases of PBR in the hole at my driveway. The city workers did a nice job: images.tribe.net/tribe/upl...f5c5de2244 That was good advice (uh oh...) -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Tue, May 27, 2008 - 2:28 AMWoah, cool obstacle practice course there! -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Tue, May 27, 2008 - 9:20 AMIt's a drunk driver siphon. -
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Tue, May 27, 2008 - 5:32 PMMaybe it's a transporter pad. Energize!
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Tue, June 3, 2008 - 4:20 PMis that real copper!? melt that shit down and sell it on ebay! or don't melt it down, and sell it as an ancient mayan calendar artifact.
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Re: Greetings from the city sewer department
Sat, June 7, 2008 - 9:57 PMCall Geraldo and tell him you found Al's money. You'll be a national sensation and disappointment in no time.
