You just can not function without water in a house. Yesterday we discovered that no water was coming out of the taps in the old farm house. To make it worse, we have never known the location of the well. Pete the plumber came to check and hoped it merely needed a priming of the pump. No such luck. He thinks the footing of the pump needs replacing. In 1997, we bought the farm from Bill and Shirley and have had no trouble with the well since then but this year was very dry and in our absence, the well might have gone dry.
Ken and Pete spend some time this morning searching for the well but to no avail. Our only hope is Bill, but Ken recalls asking Bill and he did not recall where to find the retched well. In truth, they purchased the farm in 1968 and the pump and the well has functioned well ever since, so no one ever needed to know the whereabouts of the well. That is forty four years of excellent service so it is time attention was paid to the well. Unfortunately, we can't fix what we can't find.
No one is coming to visit and stay in the old farm house.. Good thing too. We could always hand pump the water from the screened room and return to the 19th Century but it would not be fun. Fortunately our home on the hill is perfect so friends will stay with us. And we will find that well!!
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