The big dig a la New Orleans
Everyone’s familiar with fabulous cost overruns of the Big Dig in Boston but let me introduce you to the big dig in New Orleans. The concrete guys came to build a retaining wall in the front yard and put in a driveway and sidewalk and entrance path. While digging they broke the water line and had to redo. Then the irrigation guy came and dug a trench and broke the sewer line and started cussing at me about it because I hadn’t marked it and in all the years he’s been doing this work he’s never hit a ceramic line and I looked at him as he was a nutball – because he is. Meanwhile he told me I had to pay for it and I threw an ever loving fit and stormed back in the house.
Meanwhile, my friend arrives from Boston on Friday and will be treated to mounds of dirt, broken pipes galore, and one very psycho hostess.