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To: Neeka who wrote (165030)	7/21/2008 11:54:22 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Oh dear. What a shock that must have been.

To: Neeka who wrote (165030)	7/21/2008 7:26:54 PM
From: Naomi	Respond to of 225578

Oh my goodness, after hearing about that young couple's experience we were indeed lucky to have been here. From talking to my best childhood friend, they had a similar experience and woke one morning with three inches of water on the floors all over their home. Her husband is a retired contractor so they did all the cleanup themselves but she said thank goodness they were in a one story home. They also used big fans to dry out the place and only had to replace their dining room carpet and with his resources he got a discount for that. If that had happened to us, it would really have not been a mishap, but a disaster. Our living and dining floors are mahogany varathaned and covered by Oriental carpets, the large den is oak laid in a pattern like the palace of Versailles in France, the butler's pantry is verathaned oak also, the kitchen is double pine which I had sanded, stained the color of coffee, varathaned and it came out almost like a zebra pattern. It turned out beautiful and is so easy to keep with just a damp mop. All the bedrooms are carpeted and the hall ways have oriental throw rugs on them. Of course water would not have destroyed the Oriental carpets but would have required a major cleaning because of contamination and moth proofing again. If our floors had been ruined, replacing them would have been tough because mahogany flooring is not the quality it was some 69 years ago. Our floor man told us when he first saw them in the beginning they were the most beautiful wood he had seen in his 30 years of sanding floors. We believe the Man upstairs was looking after us for sure.

To: Neeka who wrote (165030)	7/22/2008 2:30:08 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Turns out the very highest toilet in the entire house had busted a hose. Lord knows when, but it ruined many wedding supplies, all of their furniture, the walls, carpet, drapes etc. Last we heard they were mucking it out, and taking lots and lots of trips to the dump. We are going to go over and evaluate the situation for them as part of our wedding gift to them as it seems the insurance co wants to total the house and just pay them the $165,000 insurance money. Thanks for the reminder. I'm headed to Michigan for a week tomorrow. When I'm gone like that I usually like to turn off the toilet valves.