Sprinkler Blowout Land: A Suspiciously Smooth Day There’s something unsettling about a day during sprinkler blowout season when things actually go according to plan. No major catastrophes. No compressors attempting to retire early. No unexpected adventures that require three phone calls, four text messages, and a Coke Zero just to figure out what happened. Just […]

Sprinkler Blowout Land: The Future CEOs Report for Duty There’s a saying that good help is hard to find. After the last couple of weeks in Sprinkler Blowout Land, I can personally attest to that. But apparently, we’ve been looking in all the wrong places. Today, The Maintenance Shop welcomed two promising new recruits to […]

Sprinkler Blowout Land: Locked Gates, Cold Nights, and Other Forms of Entertainment Another day in Sprinkler Blowout Land, where the compressors are running, the gates are locked, and my carefully planned routes apparently exist for entertainment purposes only. Between homeowners who forget to unlock their gates, falling temperatures forcing us to rearrange priorities, and the […]