Labor

The place I call home, over 53 years old and my childhood home that was purchased from my family some six years ago. Well the place is still on Septic tanks and still requires pumping every now and then, on average once a year. The modern age of sewer system has been introduced to us in the neighborhood and we can now hook up to a main sewer line in the street. First off we had to dig the 100' trench leading from the backyard sewer main to the street hookup in the front. I hired some coworkers kids and my own and a few neighbors to assist in what I was calling "the big dig" to start this past weekend at 10 am! The boys all showed up and dug their asses off , 4 hours of digging and the front deepest part of the trench was dug, half of mission accomplished. The next day we had a full crew of boys and the work was on and going at a fever pitch, boys swinging picks and shoveling the dirt/sand mixture until we had to wheel barrow the dirt as it was too far to throw. This process took over 7 hours and a total of 45 total manhours to complete the job. i paid the boys a $12 per hour wage and fed them Pizza and Rockstars and gatorades on day one and Nathans hot dogs chips sodas and rockstars for day 2. Even made some of the boys Chocolate chip pancakes and scrambled eggs for breakfast as they arrived. It was a dual purpose job to integrate the boys into hard manual labor and get my job done quickly and moreso to show them how valuable an education is and to work with the mind more than the hands. Now that this is done the inspectors will come by and check the gradiant of the ditch, then will put the pipe and inspect for leaks, the fully assmble and then check for compliance, bury the trench and start on the tanks, cracking the bottoms and then fill to the top with dirt sand or whatever we can find. This has been in the works for many years now , even when my parents were in the home but finally gets done and we can now take the longer showers and run the washing machine drain and live like normal people septically at least!