I don't tend to report on the mundanities of everyday life, unless that is, they're amusing. However, this week, the drains have been blocked at DMfM Headquarters. So I called in a drainage company that'd I've used in the past, on the two houses I've owned in the US.

Things did not go well. The man from Hurricane Drain ended up partially clearing the blockage, but in doing so, he broke the inch-thick metal cable, which hit him in the leg and face, at high speed, as it sheered off from the machine.

So the following day a man with a tiny video camera on the end of other cable came, and gave it a look. The drain pipe just ended somewhere under the back yard, leading to dirt, where more pipe should have been.

Today, we ended up with a back hoe in the back yard, digging down to where the problem was.

Caption Competition
At the same time as this, a mysterious box has appeared near by. It looks like this:

My suggestion: "New Affordable Housing Initiative Starts in Cherry Creek"

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