It was a beautiful morning

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<p>And a nice afternoon- but now we are having a tropical storm here in Seattle.</p>

<p>But ironically while it was so nice this morning- I wanted to get a little watering in for the plants I just am moving around.
Unfortunately- the handle and valve came off the outside faucet and proceeded to soak me like a baby fire hydrant had exploded in my face- I tried but couldn’t get the handle back on of course, and ran to turn the valves off in the basement-</p>

<p>Didn’t work.
So I opened up the street access and the shut off valve lever to the house( which was really old-& I had tried to get it fixed before) broke off.
Water spraying every where.
Gave the neighbors an inadvertent show- cause I just had a thin tshirt no bra and jeans that were too big, because I intended on just going outside for a * minute*.
I guess anyone who has watched sitcoms or * Roxanne* should know there isn’t any such thing as a " minute" when you aren’t dressed appropriately. You invariably run into MIL’s, ex boyfriends, or your boss. Or your car breaks down when you are driving your kids to school in the snow dressed in your bathrobe and slippers.</p>

<p>Luckily I was able to call the contractor working on a house next door who found and shut off the hidden valve in the basement and with bigger tools than I had.
We finally got it shut off just as the water dept arrived to replace the meter-
Whew.
And now it is pouring?</p>

<p>But I feel really clean now that I am dry again.
just thought I would share- somebody might need a laugh.
I am sorry I didn’t think to get pictures for facebook though!</p>

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<p>:) :slight_smile: :)</p>

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<p>Hysterical. Thanks for the laugh. Years ago when I was a SAHM there was a neighbor who was a SAHD. When I would get into those situations I would call him “Ricky, it’s me Lucy…”</p>

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<p>No Comment. ;)</p>

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<p>“I just had a thin tshirt no bra and jeans that were too big, because I intended on just going outside for a minute.”</p>

<p>Even a minute counts…no further comment.<br>
Hope you have a better day after the storm emerald.</p>

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<p>ctyankee, I wasn’t going to go there but since you did, even more hysterical now.</p>

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<p>Been there.</p>

<p>I ended up at a dog show in my nightgown when I thought I’d take the dogs out for a quick pee–and locked myself out of my dorm room at the show. It “only” took half an hour to find someone with a key.</p>

<p>And last weekend we turned ON one of those valves in the basement–and ended up with water streaming down the wall. (It’s fine now, but DH was livid for a while–it was the contractor’s mistake.)</p>

<p>And I still remember when, 12 years ago, the connection between the water main and the meter broke and sent $1200 of water down our hillside in about 15 minutes.</p>

<p>I wouldn’t worry about the t-shirt and no bra part–I’d bet your neighbors were worrying about where all that water was going to go! Glad you got it fixed.</p>

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<p>Hey at least I wasn’t naked and famous- although I would have paid money to see this.</p>

<p>From a Rolling Stone interview with Eddie Vedder.</p>

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<p>A lot of money
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<p>Now that is a good one. I would have paid a lot to see that too.</p>

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<p>EK, thanks for the much needed laugh! Your stories made my day!!</p>