Now I just have to research how to install it. Can’t be too hard, I’ve seen these in the yards of people a lot less handy than me.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Don’t forget to add the 90 degree elbow to the drain hole (I think it’s this one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B074DTTZ62). If you don’t add this then the rubber stopper gets damaged after a while and your hydrant will drip. Ask me how I know…
We had one on the side of the house that popped this year. Course the last plumber had silver soldered the pipe on so we had to have another come by and fix that mess. Now I can change it and I would bet it will out last me now. Oh well. Onward and upward.
Glad you leg is giving you less problems. those odd aches and pains are harder to deal with as we age.
I have a few on our place in S Central Oregon (4000′ up, so colder winters than the Portlandia creeps). When it’s cold for a long period of time (like several days below freezing), the faucets can freeze up. I ziptied black pipe insulation around the two that have freestanding pipe, and it helps a bit. The one that’s mounted to a post doesn’t get used in winter.
OTOH, if it gets above freezing during the day, you should be OK.