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I heard the sound from the kitchen. It resembled a small water fall and I immediately identified it as coming from our basement. I did the mental check. Washing machine running entering the spin cycle. Daughter in the shower for more than 5 minutes. Uh-oh. Mainline is clogged. This took about 1/2 a second. I screamed to Katie to turn off the shower as I ran downstairs to turn off the washing machine. About 4 gallons of water were spreading out over the floor.
The next morning I drove to Home Depot to rent a 100 foot "snake" to roto root out the mainline. I've had to do this every 18 months or so since we purchased our 1948 home in the Ivywild neighborhood. Tree roots are the culprit, but I guess it is a small price to pay for the magnificent maples we have in our front yard. I wheeled the snake into the back yard and into our basement from the back door. I hung the appropriate protective cloth around the walls to keep the waste water from being spun onto my new paint job (from 2002, Ok, relatively new.) I found my beater leather gloves to protect my hands so that when I fed out the steel cable I wouldn't lose a finger. I opened the access port and began to drill. I got about 8 feet down into the pipe and could immediately tell something was wrong. The cutting tool on the front of the snake, a U shaped tool used to rip out the roots, wasn't functioning correctly. I pulled out the snake and found that the tool had broken off . . . inside my main line.
Unfazed because I had paid for the insurance in case something breaks, I replaced the tool with a more durable though less root unfriendly tip and started over. (Replacement parts were included) It took about an hour to snake the mainline out 3 times. I got a lot of roots out and one tampon. . . No comment. All the while the snake is whipping around in the pipe I can hear the broken off "U" tool clanging inside my mainline. The last time I pulled the snake out, I could hear the tool about 5 feet down in the pipe at the bottom of a 90 degree corner. How the heck was I going to get the dang thing out? I started the clean up and then had a brainstorm. In my tool case was a fairly strong and good sized magnet. I got out my trusty new roll of duct tape, placed the magnet on the end of the snake and wrapped it good and tight with the tape. I fed it carefully down into the pipe, with a couple gentle revolutions to get it past the 90 degree angle. I heard the click. Carefully I pulled up the snake and, viola, there on the end of the magnet was the broken tool. I was positively smug with pleasure.
I took the snake back to Home Depot with time to spare. I told them about the broken tool and handed them the part. Immediately the guy looked at me and asked how I'd gotten it out of the pipe. Casually I responded in my most testestesterone tinted voice, "Magnet". Just a hint of admiration was relayed in his nod.
I'd have paid $66 just for that moment.
The digs on gigs. Almost nothing public, but a fun final show for the RUB tomorrow night.
Thurs. Nov. 20th Pikes Peak Center in Studio Bee. FREE show with Rissman, Uveges and Braithwaite (and special guest John Wise on bass). 6 - 6:45pm We'll be followed by the wonderful Lindsay Weidman and her band (including our friend and fellow songwriter Edward Keneski). CASH BAR. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by Peak Radar and COPPER, the local arts foundation. See the link below for the rest of the series. It is truly a remarkable group of local talent that has been assembled. www.pikespeakcenter.com/showcaseatstudiobee
Fri. Nov. 24th Palmer Lake, CO. 8pm "The Speed Trap". Contact Pete at speedtrap@peterspad.com for more information. I believe the show is free. This room is supposedly a little coffee/wine/beer bar oasis. Palmer Lake is located just west of Monument, CO. This will be my last public performance of the year. God it has been a great year. Thank you all for your positive attitudes and ongoing emotional support.
On Dec. 5th there are two events happening neither of which involve me, but they are BOTH good causes. The Earthseeds Foundation is hosting a pottery sale/ house concert at the home of my friend Ed Marcus 2010 Wyncoop Drive. Colorado Springs. Performing that evening will be Leo Tanquay, Danny Pitcher (yes,THE Danny Pitcher) and Rachel Haymer. $10 for an very fun evening. 6-9pm Call 636-3639 for info.
Also on Dec. 5th and ALSO a very good cause, The Manitou Community Congregational Church is hosting a benefit concert for Westside CARES with Johnsmith, a wonderful singer/songwriter who's been traveling the country for at least 15 years now. He's been a Lyons Folk Fest songwriter finalist a # of times and is a top notch performer. Anyway, contact Mary Frances Kerr mfkerr@qwestoffice.net for showtime and other info. Tickets are $15 in advance so call ahead of time. The church is at 103 Pawnee Ave.
Love on all. . . BTW, plan your Christmas shows now! I'd love to do a few more band gigs at some Christmas parties again this year. KJ, Susan and the boys would as well. Love to you all for the Christmas Season and beyond. Joe Uveges. . . .
Uveges News Archives:
June, 2010 Uveges News
June Update on Summertime schedule,
Palmer Lake Sat. , Secret Garden Tues
April, 2010 Uveges News
“Chicken Head and the Polyrythymic Church of Lowered Expectations”,
A Visit from the Thompsons
January, 2010 Uveges News
Peter Mayer Jan 23rd, "On the Goodness of Citizens and Smaller Gov't."
October, 2009 Uveges News
Cowboys, Portland, New York, and Castle Rock
September, 2009 Uveges News
The Chicken Scratch Diaries
and August/Sept shows
February, 2009 Uveges News
Cruise update(YEAH), Pete Mayer
Palmer Lake, Pueblo, Canon City
January, 2009 Uveges News
Peter Mayer, Carrie Newcomer,
The RUB and "Volunteer Day"
December, 2008 Uveges News
"The Mainline Adventure (for guys only)
and the last show of the year. . ."
March/April, 2008 Uveges News
"Karl Marx Lesson, Colorado Springs
and Denver shows, N.East tour"
January, 2008 Uveges News
"Portland OR, HPUUC, Soul Link, and NASCAR"
October, 2007 Uveges News
"When Freedom Calls CD Release Concert "
September, 2007 Uveges News
"The End of Summer . . .Portland, Black Forest, Monarch"
August, 2007 Uveges News
"Working Boys (Cont),
Aug./ Sept shows, Olive Branch Returns every Thurs"
July, 2007 Uveges News
"On summer projects, boys, and schedule"
June, 2007 Uveges News
"Ducks in trees, the Philharmonic, and schedule for june, july"
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April/May, 2007 Uveges News
Late April, Early May shows
and the story of the "Stinking Ant Eater"
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March, 2007 Uveges News
This weekend in C.Springs, and New Hampshire end of March
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February, 2007 Uveges News
Soul Link with S. Rissman, N. Hampshire etc.
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November, 2006
Pre-marital Sex, Tours and End of Year Shows
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September, 2006
CABOOM!!!
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August, 2006
August 06 Co.Springs, Creede, Trinidad
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July, 2006
On Maggot Farming and the summertime schedule
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June, 2006
Summer Musings and Schedule Through Late August
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April, 2006
Music and Rafting on Bighorn Sheep Canyon
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March, 2006
March shows and Monarch Ski resort
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January, 2006
Soul Link
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