{"id":4381,"date":"2015-09-03T10:06:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T22:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2016-01-30T11:17:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:17:49","slug":"mod-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/mod-cons\/","title":{"rendered":"Mod Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relocating\u00a0Fortress Mamea<\/strong> to a rural location means a little bit of\u00a0doing without. Cellphone\u00a0reception is spotty \u2014 upon departing the property, cellphones tend to trill with backlogged txts and messages.\u00a0Our nearest neighbour is over a hundred yards away\u00a0(in Auckland, our neighbour’s garage was five yards away).\u00a0And our water comes from\u2026 a water tank on the property.<\/p>\n

Yep, when it comes to water, we’re off the grid. Rain water is collected and stored in a large concrete tank, with the idea of collecting it over a wet Northland winter, and stretching it out over the drier months. Long, hot showers are being enjoyed while it’s raining outside; come summer,\u00a0navy showers<\/a>\u00a0will be de rigeur.\u00a0Water closet discipline<\/a>\u00a0is observed\u00a0as a matter of course.<\/p>\n

Between the living quarters and the water tank is a pump that, y’know, gets water from the tank to the tap or shower head.<\/p>\n

\"The
The Daveys B1 pump.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t know if I’ve owned up to this before\u00a0but\u00a0The Goddess<\/strong> wears the pants in our relationship: She’s DIY, green-thumbed, and an all-round nurturer; for my part, I\u00a0require supervision when using power tools, am the destroyer of\u00a0all pre-approved greenery, and love to be nurtured. So when the property was acquired and its various rural peculiarities\u00a0noted, one of my fears was having something essential and mechanical break down.<\/p>\n

Something like the water pump, which stopped working\u00a0on the first month anniversary of moving in.<\/p>\n

\n

THE GODDESS stands over the reticent B1 PUMP, a wrench in hand.<\/p>\n

THE GODDESS<\/p>\n

(re. pump)<\/p>\n

... Oh dear.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0WRITER, standing nearby, makes an involuntary noise, not unlike a whimper.<\/p>\n

THE GODDESS (CONT’D)<\/p>\n

Do you want to move back to Auckland?<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

This is just a... first act obstacle in an Alistair Maclean book.<\/p>\n

THE GODDESS<\/p>\n

That’s my boy.<\/p>\n

WRITER<\/p>\n

Who you calling ‘boy’?<\/p>\n

She smiles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relocating\u00a0Fortress Mamea to a rural location means a little bit of\u00a0doing without. Cellphone\u00a0reception is spotty \u2014 upon departing the property, cellphones tend to trill with backlogged txts and messages.\u00a0Our nearest neighbour is over a hundred yards away\u00a0(in Auckland, our neighbour’s garage was five yards away).\u00a0And our water comes from\u2026 a water tank on the property. … <\/p>\n

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