<div><p style="font-size:50px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">🙃</p><p style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:0">Mike Gaisford reacted via <a href="https://www.google.com/gmail/about/?utm_source=gmail-in-product&utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=emojireactionemail#app">Gmail</a></p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM Tara Halwes <<a href="mailto:tarahalwes@gmail.com">tarahalwes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Dalek tattoos!</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 16:57 Mike Gaisford <<a href="mailto:mgaisford@gmail.com" target="_blank">mgaisford@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Patches?!? No, tattoos!</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM Tara Halwes <<a href="mailto:tarahalwes@gmail.com" target="_blank">tarahalwes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">(We should make commemorative mission patches or something)</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 16:05 Mike Gaisford <<a href="mailto:mgaisford@gmail.com" target="_blank">mgaisford@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'm happy to retire.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 12:20 PM Courtney Lewis <<a href="mailto:courtney.d.lewis@gmail.com" target="_blank">courtney.d.lewis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Fingers crossed. Thank you for dealing with the frustration of dealing with vendors<div><br id="m_-152203927983444363m_2451512596925569823m_-5915290068175377026m_-1031233478715209068m_-4913505575682325148lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my phone with the “help” of my two young ones <div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 27, 2026, at 9:54 AM, Phéna Proxima <<a href="mailto:adam@phenaproxima.net" target="_blank">adam@phenaproxima.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Hey pump testers,</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">tl;dr: <b style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We probably won't need you to do this job anymore. :)</b></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Background</b>: The fire department has wanted us to make our pump testing automatic. They are uncomfortable with us relying on a manual process performed by residents who aren't certified for this kind of work. Since we no longer have the ability to easily put the system on test, they asked me to prioritize changing our pump testing to automatic, "same as any other system" (their words).</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Status: </b>After months of them not returning my calls, Encore has finally quoted us $3400 for a full day's work from two technicians (one alarm, one sprinkler - 2 guys x 8 hours x $208/hour) to come here and reprogram the alarm, and the fire pump, to run an automatic "churn" (i.e., running the pump without actually flowing any water through the system) every 10 days. This would make the pump testing automatic, replace any need for manual pump testing, and make the fire department smile upon us.</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">I've informed the fire chief of the current status, and asked if there's anything else to be clarified or nailed down. There is an SH trustee meeting tonight, and I will ask them to approve this work.</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">In the meantime, continue to NOT test the pump. :)</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Adam</div>
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