One of the cats meowing intermittantly from sparrow fart for the last three days. Sun comes up around 4am atm, so i am not impressed.

sparrow fart?

I wondered about that, too. Is the cat in pain from having ingested sparrows?

Trying to drive nails, with no depth perception. Wonder my thumb doesn't look like 3foots.
Also trying to cut my candy into squares.

Sparrow Fart = Dawn.

Animal abuse just pisses me off.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/underc...ry?id=21161908

My fingertips. They are bleeding cracked and i have to do a cake tomorrow. I hope the cortizone does its magic tonight.

My total septic system failure, which causes all sewage for my house to drain into the back yard, has frozen solid in the 10F overnight temperatures and now all sewage for my house drains into my basement... again

I'm sorry UT.

That puts minor gripes into perspective. I know you're trying to be the model reasonable tenant, but when does it become untenable? The landlord is supposed to provide some value for what you are paying. Functioning plumbing is probably written into law, even in Pennsylvania.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Well the landlord is now on the case, and has a call in to the owner to see how they want to deal with this. They will probably have to dig the whole thing up, but I imagine they will at least want to wait until it's thawed.

http://cellar.org/2013/coldweek.jpg

The landlord thanked me for being "down to earth" about it, so there's my reward.

I was just trying to be silly...

I hope your trials and tribulations don't last long.

Maybe they can hook you up to the sewer system. From a landlord perspective, not having to deal with a septic system would be a big bonus. Septic systems have to be treated right, and rentals are kind of notorious for not being treated right. If I were a rental property owner, I'd pay for a sewer connection.

Double damn, UT, sorry about your luck, dude.

That sucks.

Make sure you take photos to document things, in case the relationship with the landlord/owner goes (even further) south. You might want evidence someday.