tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post802184857834071051..comments2023-10-05T10:00:27.231-07:00Comments on The Diary of a Gold-Digger: In which our basement floodsthe gold diggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-14711175861378246792015-10-07T07:45:54.697-07:002015-10-07T07:45:54.697-07:00I love USAA, too! They were even better a few year...I love USAA, too! They were even better a few years ago - before they started having their 800 number answered by an automated recording - but once you get someone on the line, they are terrific!jikinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16611232264483722384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-15602638555794430482012-02-25T07:17:07.104-08:002012-02-25T07:17:07.104-08:00I had no idea water could come up through the show...I had no idea water could come up through the showerhead. Holy smoke. I can't believe you lost all that stuff. That is so sad.<br /><br />RE: The vacuum cleaner. I should try vacuuming Shirley!the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-90155986938407766852012-02-24T23:42:28.297-08:002012-02-24T23:42:28.297-08:00For Pretty Cat: Did you know you can get an attach...For Pretty Cat: Did you know you can get an attachment for a vacuum cleaner for brushing your kitty and sucking away all the loose cat hair? I think Pretty Cat would luuuurve it!<br /><br />I have had a Noah's lifetime of flooding. In my last house it mostly came in through the ceiling - in one room, it actually came in cascading like Niagara; it other rooms, it merely leaked; in the bedroom, it would start in the middle and run up to the head, and of course there was the corner where it leaked; I got mighty tired of shifting a king-sized mattress, you betcha, and covering the bedframe in plastic. And yes, I'd paid to get the ceiling fixed. Bastards.<br /><br />In my apartment, I'd had to pay for separate storage for my treasures after my divorce. Guess what? After I moved out (because my landlord sold the place without telling me), I found out that the roof should have been fixed. I paid for seven years of loving storing treasures that were ruined. My mother's doll, vintage fabrics, lifetime treasures - ruined.<br /><br />In the current place, we had a rainstorm that was so heavy that it forced water out through the showerhead in the basement bathroom I don't use. I didn't know that could happen. If I had, I wouldn't have had one of the litter boxes right underneath it. That's right; my basement flooded, AFTER being channeled through a full litter box first. That was fun to clean up. Clumping litter was not a joy.<br /><br />Then I found the rest of my boxes of reference books. They were in the very center of garage. The plastic boxes of stuff I don't care about were fine, but guess what, the cardboard boxes into which the movers had packed my books? They weren't fine. The books aren't replaceable.<br /><br />I don't enjoy the rain much any more.<br /><br />IvyKllrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-34188199965593087452011-10-08T15:12:13.320-07:002011-10-08T15:12:13.320-07:00We've had similar floods in the basement of ou...We've had similar floods in the basement of our old house, so I feel your pain. The worst was when we had a very nasty sewer back up. Ugh.<br /><br />Red plaid carpet? That sounds fabulous. Do you by any chance have photos, por favor?Jennifer (Jen on the Edge)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11334111687109555812noreply@blogger.com