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Old 09-06-2016, 5:46am   #721
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Good morning Wendy! .....off to work I assume, to keep those birds in the air.
How many more years are you going to work before you retire?

Now.....to catch the dentist right when he gets in to see if he can squeeze me in early.....

One good thing is I think I lost weight over the weekend from not eating too much of anything.
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Wendy. Morning bar folks
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Just got up a while ago. Went to the football game, rivalry between Hamilton and Toronto, called the Labor Day Classic, last night, always come home and watch the game again recorded, so was up pretty late. We won again, but we were way behind in the first half, but kick some ass in the second, to win it again.
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just had 1/2 inch of rain in about 20 min. gully washer!

i'm glad i got my rainwater cistern leak fixed this morning before the rains came.
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Good morning Wendy! .....off to work I assume, to keep those birds in the air.
How many more years are you going to work before you retire?

Now.....to catch the dentist right when he gets in to see if he can squeeze me in early.....

One good thing is I think I lost weight over the weekend from not eating too much of anything.
I plan to keep working until my health prevents me from doing so or the contract ends.

Well how did the Dentist office visit go? Did they get you fixed up? I hope

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Wendy. Morning bar folks
How was your weekend Donny

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just had 1/2 inch of rain in about 20 min. gully washer!

i'm glad i got my rainwater cistern leak fixed this morning before the rains came.
So is it all filled back up again?
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not filled up yet, but making good progress this week (more rain called for next few days).

added about 300 gallons to the guesthouse tank today, and about 180 to each tank at the shop.
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Well how did the Dentist office visit go? Did they get you fixed up? I hope
I tried to go to my normal dentist this morning and he couldn't see me until Thursday.....so I went to a walkin dental clinic and they took me at 2 pm today....all done, and she is very competent....I may switch altogether. In an emergency you should be able to rely on your doc or dentist to take care of you ASAP....right?
She made me promise to stop chewing rocks!
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not filled up yet, but making good progress this week (more rain called for next few days).

added about 300 gallons to the guesthouse tank today, and about 180 to each tank at the shop.
Got pics of your collection system? I'm still working on mine.
I'll take/steal any idea's offered.


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I tried to go to my normal dentist this morning and he couldn't see me until Thursday.....so I went to a walkin dental clinic and they took me at 2 pm today....all done, and she is very competent....I may switch altogether. In an emergency you should be able to rely on your doc or dentist to take care of you ASAP....right?
She made me promise to stop chewing rocks!
Did you get the boob-n-the-ear rub?
Oh, and pics of female dentist?
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I'll get some pics tomorrow.

Total of 8,000 gallons of rainwater storage.
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Total of 8,000 gallons of rainwater storage.
Dang! I've got 5 barrels and a tote (275 gal). Picking up another tote this week.
So, soon to be 825 gal.
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Oh, and pics of female dentist?
....no Joe.....ex army dentist and skinny as a rail.
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Dang! I've got 5 barrels and a tote (275 gal). Picking up another tote this week.
So, soon to be 825 gal.
We got 1" of rain today. That should add about 925 gal to the shop tanks (about 1/2 to each of the two 2500 gal tanks. And about 650 gal to the 3000 gal tank behind the guesthouse.

We'll use that for house water for the next few weeks. Let's me avoid hauling water!
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Here's a few pics I took of mine

You'll note the downspouts are just pvc. Gutter is just standard issue cheap gutter that has a gutter grid on top of it.
Rattle-canned the whole thing olive drab. Paint scratches real easy off the pvc and gutter, but its just there to
tone down all that white. The down spout in this pic feeds a pipe underneath the deck that joins up with the other downspout.





The join of the two downspouts.




The first flush resevoir





The weep hole in the first flush resevoir.




and the resevoir mounted.




Not shown is the charcoal filter after the resevoir. It's just a two foot section of pipe that is filled with carcoal. The charcoal is held in place with left over gutter grid that I cut in a circle and fits perfectly in the pipe coupling. The charcoal is jus charcoal that I broke down into pellet to marble sized bits.

Still have to build a rack for the barrels and mount them. Got the manifold for those cut and fitted as well.

Nothing is glued yet. I do have a screw here or there, but I may rearrange everything a time or two before I'm done.
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Good Morning to all humans and squirrels alike!..... have a great day at work if you're going and a great day at home if you're not! Going to be in the 30s/90s again today so it's more like summer than September around here.

Poached eggs on a cinnamon English muffin this morning for a change!

Coffee's on, help yourselves..........
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our rainwater collection systems:

two 2500 gal tanks at the shop:



close up of the front tank at the shop. each tank has a submersible pump that connects to the yard hydrant nearby.



and tank behind the guesthouse, 3000 gal, it's just a gravity feed via hose to the house and garden areas.



getting new inlet filter baskets today. the cheap ones that came with the shop tanks had their mesh (plastic) blown out yesterday with the heavy rain and hail. new ones have metal mesh.

we use about 450 gallons a week in the house. we transfer rainwater to the 450 gal day tank, which is then pumped thru a UV light and a carbon filter before coming out the tap.

rule of thumb is 4 gallons of storage capacity for each square foot of roof area that is collected.
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Poached eggs on a cinnamon English muffin this morning for a change!

Coffee's on, help yourselves..........

That's an endless cup.
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If it didn't get so humid hot here, I might be able to drink endless coffee!

Morning Gentlemen! Y'all have a great day! What are you up today?



DAB - you may not have a Vette but you are the Ballard of water storage!
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Happy Friday Eve.
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Our well crapped out a few years ago, so now we have to haul water. It costs us about 5 cents/gallon when you figure in the cost of gas. So catching free rain water is awesome. When money is right, I'd love to catch the water from the barn roof. Figure gutters, downspouts, tanks, and pumps would cost us about $15,000.

Water or a well used Corvette?
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