Yea Me!!!

There is a pipe in our front yard near the side walk, that protrudes up through the grass. 

Anyways, yesterday, we notice that it is suddenly pumping out water, popsicle sticks, and paper.   Didn't really think anything of it, other then to have a plumber come out and look at it.

Fast forward to this late afternoon...  I get home, and there is no water or anything coming out.  Ok...  optimistically, I'm hoping that it took care of itself.

One of these days I'm going to learn to stop hoping like that.

I go out to get the mail after dinner, and the pipe is spewing water again...  but, also more paper...  and then, I notice....  SHIT.  WTF?  I've got raw sewage spewing out of the pipe on my front lawn.  WTF!!!

So I run down to a neighbor who I know is a plumber and ask his opinion.  "Is the pipe near the street or near the house?" he asks...  Street.  "Good," he says, "that's the City's problem...  they have a back-up somewhere.  Give them a call and have them come out and look at it.  If the pipe had been near the house, then it would have been your issue.  As it is, since it is near the street, it is an issue with thier waste management."

So, one catastrophe avoided...  somewhat...  if you can look past the liquid shit flowing out on my front yard and side walk.  We'll see what the City has to say when they get out here.