That's just funny as all hell!!!
So in a similar but equally dumb move.... I moved from Yarrow Point to the current house here in Bellevue. As one of the original 125 homes in YP - I was hooked up to the community well (which was on Rose Hill -- with a line running under the lake!) and we had NO meters. We paid an annual fee depending on water pressure -- $200 PER YEAR because I had 60 PSI. I have no idea what "water" costs... I use all I can waste.
I move to Blahview for the acreage to build the "shed".... Mind you - it's 1.2 acres - with 24 zones of sprinkler system... I get bills of $1100 and $1500 per billing cycle... shrug and pay them. This goes on for 5 years.
The city is working on the hydrants in the area - and of course I'm out talking to the boys and feeding them coffee etc.... and one of the guys asks me about the "stream" that runs down the hill on the corner (my lot is a corner lot) - this would be considered a drainage ditch except I had the landscaper make a nice "dry river bed" with rocks etc... and I tell the guy that water runs 24/7 including in the summer. Now they are going crazy because they're thinking it's their system that's leaking.... because they're telling me - no way should water be running in the ditch in August etc.
Oh yeah.... it was my main. And no you don't get a credit on your bill for stupid.
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