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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Started conversation Sep 18, 2007
Me, not Faith
I'm reading several sites regarding septic systems.
And finding it interesting.
Guess stuff like that happens when you know the house you're going to be looking at tomorrow has a well and a septic system. (The house in question is one that we were going to look at last week, and Tom did get to. Unfortunately, we were to view it the day after the car acted up, so he was at the mechanic's and was unable to pick me up in time for the appointment. I made another appointment for tomorrow.)
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Steve51 Posted Sep 18, 2007
..and Oh Dear, Amy...a well established nickname in Oz for Yanks is.......
...Septic Tanks....
that I do not know the derivation for this. As I understand, it was along the similar lines as in Britain during the Second World War, when the US troops were considered to be Over There and...I forget how the rest goes. The Aussies just took it further in their, or our, typical larrikin style.... A trait within us that you may well enjoy knowing, as we are quick to take the "Mickey"out of anyone..
and Best Wishes with your house hunting....
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Rev Nick { Only the dead are without fear } Posted Sep 18, 2007
Having helped install, and repair, septic systems, I can assure you that my fascination with them waned very quickly. 
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Sep 18, 2007
Stephen--it's rhyming slang
Yanks=tanks.
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Stealth "Jack" Azathoth Posted Sep 18, 2007
It's all those cockneys we got rid off.
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radiantjoiedevivre Posted Sep 18, 2007
Hi Amy,
Good luck with your house hunting.
We had septic tanks both in South Africa and Zimbabwe. One has to be fairly careful though not to use a disinfectant which goes through to them. Otherwise....end of system/tank!!
RadiantjoiedeVive
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 18, 2007
Do you actually have to *hunt* the houses? Couldn't you bait a very large trap and let the houses blunder into it? 
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Steve51 Posted Sep 18, 2007
Paul, that is only possible in a country like Oz, where we have many Funnel Web 
s...Highly toxic, but once you get past them, the house is readily open for inspection.....
Stephen
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 19, 2007
What a wondrous place this Oz must be. 
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Steve51 Posted Sep 19, 2007
Oz is definitely wonderful, Paul..I mean even the Wizard and Dorothy have been for a visit, and danced on The Yellow Brick Road here....
Stephen
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 19, 2007
The sequel to "Wicked" is "Son of a Witch." The author of those books has also written "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister." 
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Stealth "Jack" Azathoth Posted Sep 19, 2007
I should get them out of the library. 
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- 1: Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) (Sep 18, 2007)
- 2: Steve51 (Sep 18, 2007)
- 3: Rev Nick { Only the dead are without fear } (Sep 18, 2007)
- 4: Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) (Sep 18, 2007)
- 5: Stealth "Jack" Azathoth (Sep 18, 2007)
- 6: radiantjoiedevivre (Sep 18, 2007)
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