Are you scared to leave your OH Home Alone?

loopy,

Oh no loopy, that's a horror story!

Today a friend was telling me that when she got home from a short break over last weekend, her husband had a sprained ankle and a bad back and a sheepish look. They had had to have their old collapsed septic tank removed and a vast new hole dug for the new giant plastic tank that will replace it - they bought an enormous one because they didn't want to find that they would have to be emptying it every six months.

We have sandy soil here, really sandy, and it has rained a lot. He got his tape measure out in a moment of boredom and decided to check on the progress made by the builders. He got to the edge and of course his measure was far too short. He went even closer and peered to try to estimate how short it was and the edge collapsed and he fell in! Luckily for him, they live on the main (but very quiet) road going through our village, so it was a 'mere' two hours before he heard voices and could call for help. Ladders were fetched and he managed to get out eventually. My friends says she intends to dine out on that story for at least a year and is only sorry that it wasn't the old septic tank that he fell into because it would have been an even better story!