You found what?

Many years ago I was sent out to an older house that had a main line sewer back-up.  The house had been built in the 1930s and the sewer had never before backed up.  In those days (late 1960s) many plumbers were still using 6’ sewer rods that required coupling as they were pushed down the sewer.  

About 40’ down the drain I encountered a blockage I couldn’t get through and after grinding on it for a couple of hours, I pulled the rods out, measured the length and then commenced to dig down to the mainline, which was 5’ deep.  It was early evening by now and several neighbors had gathered to observe what I was doing and when I found the pipe, I took a cold chisel and cut out a section of 4” cast iron pipe.  I removed the section of pipe, turned it vertical and out dropped 2 (apparently) brand new 12” lag bolts.  I could not think of a way those bolts could have been there.  

The crowd were all scratching their heads, trying to come up with something when I finally said:  “Well, I’ll tell you one thing…someone in this house sure has an unusual diet!”

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