OK.. it’s official.. our septic system is failing.. after more than 30 years of great service it just isn’t going to take it anymore.   It lets us know by backing up into our basement from time to time.. not pleasant. We’re going to have to dig it up and out in a new system as soon as we can get a permit. For the time being, however.. we have to live with it.. If we’re careful  (e.g short showers and using the laundromat) we might be able to make it until the spring. I decided to see if I could make a way of monitoring  how close to the edge we were running the system. First I made a set of corrosion resistant electrodes, then I hooked them to a  long wire with simple resistance measuring circuit and a bright LED.

Then I open the septic tank inspection port and mounted the electrodes so they could sense when the water level went over the drain to the leach field.. When it does that.. it’s about to spill over. Then I put the sensing circuit and light inside our back door so we can see what’s up. It looks like this..

That is until someone took a shower… and this happens.. the bad thing is that the shower water still haven’t drained when we came home 3 hours later.. looks like we’re going to have to be very, very careful…

On the cool side.. it’s nice to have a light that goes on when you flush the toilet.. not many folks have those !

We also took down the trampoline today .. which makes it officially winter. It now has my permission to start snowing and not stop until may.. Diane and I used this hooky thing that Sam made to remove the springs. I like using things he touched…

.. and he touched many folks tonight. Tonight was the movie night at the Jericho Community Center.   Angus and his family and friends had arraigned the whole thing. The place was packed !.. First they showed Angus’s movie ‘Get Some _____’ with Chis F, Max E, Luke H. and friends.. It was great.. they had scenes from their trip to whistler, sugarbush, mad river and, of course, Bolton..

The event and the movie had many fine sponsors.. including Liberty Skis., The Sunken Ship and the Juice Bar on Nantucket. Bolton. John’s Shoe Shop, Botecelli and Phl.. and our good frinds at Talent..

The movie was dedicated to Sam !.. and all profits from the event are goign to the Sam Cohn Foundation… That’s just so wonderful that these kids would do this for Sam and for a good cause…
It really warms our hearts !  I could feel him there tonight…

I wasn’t quick enough to get pics of the 2nd film.. which was ‘It’s Geometry by Sam R. and Garrett. It was awesome too. There were soem great scenes of the Townsends and even a few of Gabe doign some spectacular wipe outs..  I loved the photography in these movies..

Speaking of Talent.. Our beutiful friends Hannah and Dave were there witht Adah and Senyah.. It was Hannah’s brithday !

In honor of that, Diane, Gabe and I went over to Hannah and Daves after the moview to play games.. It was cool walkign in and seeing the Twonsends big old dining room table there..

You can even see where Sam scratched hos name into it.. Bod boy.. but I’mso  glad that you did !

OK.. time to go recheck the watre level.. Sleep well folks.. we love you Sam..
-me