I gave Ggreg many chances, but he dug in and doubled-down on being a jerk about an incident that happened a couple years ago.

He wouldn't shut up about that incident, choosing to bring it up multiple times, hold it against me, keep arguing about it, etc. He wouldn't put up with such behavior if roles were reversed, nobody else would put up with it, and so neither will I.

I banned him a couple years ago for being a jerk (that's the polite version of what he was being) -- how poetic that the SAME THING  got him banned this time as well.

I didn't care about his differing opinions, contrarian (worldly) viewpoint on just about everything, constant disagreements with me, being a "sed contra" voice on just about every topic in the Traditional Catholic world. That I could handle.

I repeat: I gave him ONE SMALL CONDITION for being a continued member of CathInfo: that he would never mention that water leak, my ability to read water meters, my ability to estimate astronomical volumes of water, etc. He could mock conspiracy theories, Traditional Catholics, and the Resistance all day long.

Well, he couldn't handle that one condition. So I banned him.


For those new to CathInfo, here is the "water leak" incident I keep referring to:

I had a water leak on my property (acreage, for those who don't know) and didn't know how much the leak would cost -- turns out it was $1800. Fortunately, the water company gave me a discount -- but I still had to pay over $900.

Before I got the bill, I tried to see how many gallons I lost. I looked at the water meter, which is NOT digital (I don't know what they have in other locales, states, or countries) but we have one of those old-fashioned ones where the right-most digit is another background color, and there's some kind of key on the meter like "x 10" "x 100" or "x 1000". I made a good faith effort to read the meter. I wasn't out to over-estimate how much I lost; I wasn't writing up a GoFundMe page or anything like that. In fact, I received 0 from anyone on CathInfo, just for the record.

Well, long story short, I misread the meter. So sue me. I was off in my estimation by quite a bit, because I hadn't read a lot of water meters before.

Oh, and Ggreg -- my neighbor DOES have a very large pond (1+ acres, 14 foot deep at its deepest), and the water was flowing across his front yard -- not mine -- right into that pond. So much for that common sense sanity check/way out. That's also why I didn't know about the leak right away. Our property has a strange shape to it, with a very long driveway with neighbors' land on each side. The water meter is out by the street. The leak happened *right after* the water meter.

 

A moment of silence.... and dual TAPS... for the demise of Monsieur ggreg

Always thought the forum banning process should include some type of ritual or ceremony?


             St. Thomas Becket excommunicates Lord Gilbert

I certainly won't miss his unabashed, worshipful adoration at the altar of modern science.

If one is lacking in charity.......well, one less tinkling cymbal to assail the ears. As for the rich man- camels and needles.

he really does enjoy (to say it crudely but accurately) shit-talking everyone on this site.

Well, I must confess that I did enjoy giving it right back to him.

Water meter incidents are no joke!

We recently moved and had not sold our previous home. It was about ready to freeze hard so my husband shut off the water, left the pipes open so they could drain and went to the city office to let them know we would no longer need service and that he shut it off. The city employees obviously missed that and went to the house and turned the handle, thinking they were turning it off, but they turned it back on.

We were shocked to receive a bill for $1,799. He went to the city council meeting to beg for mercy. It was looking like he would have to pay the bill until one member, who happened to be the county attorney, walked in late and basically told them that someone working for the city was a moron and that we absolutely should not be charged. Ironically, the gallons of water that went through our house was the same amount that the water tower held which explained why several people were calling to complain about water pressure. Lol!

Anyway, my husband was sweating bullets. After a series of recent financial setbacks, this one would have done us in, literally.

Carry on!

Your husband did the right thing in shutting off water and opening up the faucets. What, a city employee who's a moron?  He evidently did not know off from on and was just randomly turning the valve handle in the opposite direction of how he found it.

He evidently did not know off from on and was just randomly turning the valve handle in the opposite direction of how he found it.

Yes. A mindless thing to do!