{"id":6467,"date":"2024-10-22T00:31:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T18:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2024-10-22T00:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T18:31:49","slug":"twice-in-a-lifetime-is-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6467","title":{"rendered":"TWICE IN A LIFETIME…IS TOO MUCH"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know you’ve been writing a blahg for a long time when things that happened long ago start happening again.\"Scott<\/a> That happened last year when we had to replace our dishwasher and our washing machine and I referenced a blahg in 2012 when I wrote about the new washing machine then.\u00a0 Little did I expect that this new blahg would reference a catastrophe that happened ten years ago.\u00a0 I don’t know about Karma or what comes around goes around but I could do without what happened this past week.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Ten years ago, in April of 2014, I penned a blahg entitled\u00a0\u00a0THAT WAS THE MONTH THAT WAS…OR MORE<\/a>.\u00a0 The gist of that blahg extolled the tale of dealing with an oil spill at my parents’ home and what followed. Here are some excerpts from that blahg and a later blahg detailing some updates:
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There had been a slight warming in the weather and all of the snow and ice that was on the roof began to melt. I wish I had taken pictures of the roof before all of this happened because you wouldn\u2019t have believed the size and thickness of the ice and icicles. So, there was a thaw and you can guess what happened next.<\/em><\/h4>\n

We discovered that a large chunk of ice from the roof had fallen and landed on the oil filter and had severed the filter and line from the tank. Over 800 liters of oil had spilled into the ground.<\/em><\/h4>\n

The next few days were a flurry of phone calls and meetings. I had to meet with two different insurance adjusters, engineers, a safety and standards agent, as well as numerous emails and texts to my siblings regarding what had happened. My mother was immediately relocated to my brother Dan\u2019s house while Dad and Bryan stayed in the house. It was so cold that Dad eventually went to stay with my sister and Bryan came to stay with me. In fact, Bryan stayed with me until this past Sunday (more than a month) until he eventually moved in with his niece. There was a short period of 4 days while my mother also stayed with me while Dan was having surgery on his foot.<\/em><\/h4>\n

During that short time that my mother was here, I managed to track down a house rental in Belleville and worked with Dan and my sister Wanda to arrange to have furniture moved in to that house. Eventually my parents were reunited in this house and everything has gone well there. I was still dealing with an insurance adjuster who took almost the full month to get some compensation for my parents. Their insurance policy will cover the cost of their current location but getting the cheque for the expenses took some doing. Eventually the engineers came back and said my parents\u2019 old house would have to be torn down because oil had seeped under the foundation and the garage and there was no way to remove it without demolishing those structures.<\/em><\/h4>\n

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What else? The ordeal to get a new house built for my parents continues. I\u2019ve had to deal with Insurance companies, banks, lawyers, and contractors. At least the basement has been poured and the contractor is starting to build the frame. I really don\u2019t have anything to complain about when it comes to our contractor. Geertsma Homes out of Belleville have been excellent and my parents really liked the model home they toured. The picture on the left is of the model home. I have flipped the photo to show the orientation with the garage on the left as this is how my parents want theirs built. Now it\u2019s just colour selections inside and out.<\/em><\/h4>\n

Here are some the videos of the old house.\u00a0 The first is a walk-through after the house was emptied and waiting for demolition
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