Hero to Zero overnight

[Xtfreak]

What a crap weekend.
Went from a hero on Friday to a zero on Saturday.
Friday
Pool pump has been acting up for a few days (ok ok 37 days to be exact).
So instead of taking everyones advice and purchasing a new pump I tore the old one apart replaced the bearings ($9.80) and it ran like a top.
Saved myself about $400.00 on a new pump.
So.. Yup... You guessed it... Im a Hero!!!
Saturday
Stopped at B&D Landscaping to pick up 3 bags of stone for Morags gardens.
While there she notices they have mulch on special so (under much protest from me) she orders some to be deiliered.
Mulch arrives.
Get the wheelbarrow and forks out and we start mulching the backside of the pool... Done
Start mulching along my shed... Done
Then she wants to mulch the front of the pool which is a pain in the royal butt because there is no room between the garden and the pool lip so it has to be mulched with buckets.
The following conversation then takes place
Me "I know I can run the wheelbarrow along the 6" wide lip of the pool then we dont have to bucket it"
Morag " I dont think thats a good idea"
Me " Its no problem why when I was 30 years younger I used wheelbarrow concrete in tighter spots and never spilled it"
Morag " I dont think thats a good idea"
At this point my dog (Gillie) is looking at me with a look on his face that says "Dad, I dont think thats a good idea"
Me " Its settled then... I'm wheelbarrowing it"
At this point Morag and Gillie just sigh and resign themselves to the fact that I' am a rock on the subject and it is going to happen my way...
5 minutes later I have run the wheelbarrow along the lip of the pool to exactly where we need it.
I have the total look of complete triumph on my face and am already thinking of how I' am going to gloat.
I empty half of it... then in my millisecond of triumph I decide to step back and empty the rest.
Yup.... You guessed it.... Off the ledge and into the pool I go taking the wheelbarrow 1/2 full of mulch with me.
When I get to the surface Morag anf Gillie are staring at me.
Morag then asks if I'm ok.
Sure I' am I reply.
I have never seen her laugh so hard in my life!!!
Even Gillie was laughing.
Then Morag mentions something about wishing she had a video camera.
Then she says " I have never seen anyone try as hard as you to get out of mulching"
So all Saturday afternoon and all today I have been cleaning mulch out of my pool.
And every so often I catch Morag or Gillie laughing under thier breath...
So Hero one day and Zero the next...
Bill

[Nephew]

You poor bugger, Bill! How did your DIY repaired pump handle it once the mulch was applied to the pool? Tell Morag We wish she'd had the video camera, too!

[Xtfreak]

Pump is still running like a champion sir.
Morag and my dog are still giggling
Bill

[Stickbow Hunter]

Sorry mate but.........

Thanks for being game enough to share that with us!

Jeff

[Jeffro]

good one Bill that would have been funny mate.
Having met Bill and Morag and the dog I can fully imagine it as I was reading

[looseplucker]

Morags can be like that. I am married to one too.

[Xtfreak]

Morags can be like that. I am married to one too.

We are brave souls for sure...
Bill

[looseplucker]

I got half way through your tale and thought "Hoooboy, this will not end well".

My Morag would have laughed. The dog would have skeddadled for her kennel - a la "there's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer".

Or a pool full of mulch.

[Dryfired]

That story made my day . Whatever a Morag is, I think I have one too (just don't tell her!).

[looseplucker]

aka The Leader of the Opposition.

[piggy]

LOL you idiot, don't you know the wife is always right!

[Xtfreak]

LOL you idiot, don't you know the wife is always right!

Paul, I plead temporary insanity...

Bill