Here's a story that will tickle your funny bone. It's 10:00 p.m. and you're settling in for a quiet night in mild temperatures. Your windows are open and even the local Florida night time insects are soothing. Suddenly, it's raining water into your camper! You scamper for towels or anything that will hold back the spray as it seems to be coming at you from every window. A sudden storm? We know "Ida" was due here either today or tomorrow. But, last night??? Naw, it was all "Little" Buzz' doing! ... and, now, the rest of the story...
Our friend Buzz (of our friends Darlene and Buzz) noticed a tiny problematic leak at his exterior water connection on the campground's water post earlier in the day. It was such a tiny leak. Buzz thought he would simply help out the campground and replace the water faucet with a nice new one from Lowe's. After all, the faucet was threaded into the PVC pipe... that's been in the Florida sun for ten or more years!
So, after visiting with their friends, Darlene and Buzz made their way back to their camper. It was a nice night, mild and quiet and 10:00 p.m. Buzz decided this was a perfect time to replace that new faucet. In the dark, Buzz dutifully took a shiny wrench out of his tool box and fit it to the metal faucet flats and gently applied pressure to the leaky faucet... and sheard off the PVC pipe below the shut-off valve!
Buzz was blasted with a high pressure stream of water that rose twice the height of their fifth-wheel travel trailer. Sans any light/flashlight, Buzz had all he could do to redirect the full force of the gushing water as the spray hit every bay or window Buzz had opened, including the windows and roof vents. Meanwhile, Darlene is in full attack mode throwing towels and even their dog, Winston (figuratively) on the rapidly invading rush of water.
All the while, Darlene and Buzz fought valiantly with nary a sound in the dark! Their neighbor, "Big" Buzz, heard the rush of water running down the street and wondered if it had rained. Checking outside "Big" Buzz was awe struck to see the plume of gushing water rising above Darlene and "Little" Buzz' camper.
While "Little" Buzz fended off the geyser, Darlene mashed down on their diesel throttle and headed toward the campground Maintenance Manager's camper. Within seconds, Adrian showed up and in the dark floundered around and found a shut-off a couple of campers down line.
Buzz was soaked! His tool box was full of water. His camper basement bay was soaked. Adrian, checked out the PVC break and deceided she could fix it right then and there. Buzz and Darlene finally got to rest after midnight. Buzz was somewhat "stirred up" and finally closed his eyes near 2:00 a.m.
Buzz has become a bit of a celebrity here at Lake Magic! And the best advice we can offer Buzz is; if he wants to tackle any job while he's here... he must NEVER start a job after sunset!!!
... and, now, you know the rest of the story!
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