1/2: The plumbers are here and digging in the back yard at the base of the house so they can put in a poor man's clean-out so they can find out where all the kitchen and access bathroom water and shit empties to. This is one of those things that my late father, who was alway flush with cash, never looked too closely into because he was cheap when it came to things that mattered. He also favored employing good ol' boys who know how to do stuff not well but cheap to do work. My dad was an...
2/2: ...A-grade asswipe. (Just ask any of his four ex-wives, his brother, most of his cousins, and several of his former business partners. Don't just take my word for it.) Anyway, it's getting done, and with any luck it'll only cost ~$2,000US to get reined in, depending on the breaks.