Another wave of thawing and bursting swept over the city today.\u00a0 I received a number of calls, nearly all of which I referred to a plumber friend.\u00a0 I just spoke with him at about 10pm.\u00a0 He was on his way to his last call of the day. He made over $1,000 today.\u00a0 I made about $225, but I only worked nine hours and got home around 7:30pm.\u00a0 I had some friends in trouble and some promises to keep — the kinds of stuff that don’t pay much money.<\/p>\n
At the supply house today I learned that one plumbing company was booked three days out and had turned down forty calls.\u00a0 My customers were lucky that they know me.\u00a0 All of my callers were served.<\/p>\n
I even missed a chance to be in the newspaper.\u00a0 A reporter whom I know called to ask if he could do a story with pictures about plumbers and frozen pipes, but I had to decline since I was spending the day doing mundane stuff.\u00a0 My fifteen minutes of fame — down the toilet.\u00a0 Story of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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