Out of The PIT

So I've trained my Google Assistant to respond when I say "Okay Goober" instead of "OK Google". It will respond to "Hey Goober" as well. Originally, I was going to use "Okay Goofus", but I figured that I did not want EYS to pick up on that phrase, so Goober it is. Squishy would get a kick out of this.

So the past week we've noticed that the toilet in our house stopped draining. We had the contractors take a look, but they weren't able to determine where the blockage was with their 50' augers. I was going to wait until after all of the construction was done but after I saw some sewage backup in the laundry room, I decided it was time to call in a professional. I was half thinking of calling in the city and having them take a look before getting someone to check out my side of the drain, but I figured that I could get it all done faster if I brought someone in. They came tonight: it took half an hour from when I called for someone to show up. Two hours and a much stinkier house later, we discovered the that drain was plugged up pretty bad about 50' from the back flow valve. This puts the blockage squarely on city property. The plumber had augured our side of the pipe and fished out a lot of root bits from the cleaning attempt. It looks like that giant tree (on city...

So Werdna passed away last week. It was relatively sudden, and we did not know of his diagnosis until three months ago. We were wondering why he wasn't showing up to any events for the past year. I'm glad we were able to go and visit him a couple of times before he left us. The memorial was nice and intimate. The room was small but packed. A good number of people had to stand as they couldn't fit enough chairs into the room. Even HKL and HaremPresident showed up! Laz gave a good speech and there were quite a number of testimonials before it was all said and done. I was invited out to a friends and family banquet afterward and went with Laz and Growly. It was good to see everyone even though it was not the best of circumstances. We did talk about stuff Werdna liked and got to meet some of his friends and family. Goodbye Tomer. We will miss you.