Townies, do a good deed and help a student/fellow gE poster

[Shacks]

Hey guys, Shacks here.  I just got a new job as a water tester and I'm paid based on how many water tests I do.  The company provides me with appointments, but many of them are in Topeka or other places that kill me on gas.  I get some in/around Manhattan, but not enough.  That's where my friends on goEMAW can help.  If you can set up a time for me to come to your house and test your water so you can see just how gross it is and what can be done to improve it, I'd be really grateful.  The test is completely free - no strings attached, no purchase necessary.  You won't be added to any telemarketing or mailing lists.

Now, you might be thinking "What's in it for me?"  If the good feeling of helping someone isn't enough, I can offer rewards to the first two people who set up appointments with me.  I have two vouchers.  One is good for a free three day/two night stay at one of many vacation destinations (hotel only, use your credit card miles to pay for the plane tickets).  It is valid at many domestic and a few international places (resort parts of Mexico, Dominican Republic).  The other voucher is good for a lot of grocery discounts.

I'm trying to save up enough to afford tuition at the Kansas State University next semester.  I already have more student debt than I want so I really want to avoid more loans and my family makes just enough to put us over the threshold for guvment aid without making enough to help pay for school.

Only requirements are that you own your home and you live in Manhattan or Junction City or one of the small towns near Manhattan.  PM me if you have any questions or if you want to take a quick weekend getaway trip courtesy of Shacks.

[ben ji]

Get a new job, I bet tubby's is hiring.

[hemmy]

Kill your parents to collect life insurance.

[Shacks]

Get a new job, I bet tubby's is hiring.

Already have a second job, I umpire baseball.  I've umped games with ADJC in the stands watching his son.

[Tobias]

what are you testing for?  lead, chlorine residuals, cocaine, ???

[puniraptor]

I'll take a Wired, a Forbes, and a Scientific American.

[Shacks]

what are you testing for?  lead, chlorine residuals, cocaine, ???

Hardness and chlorine, but there is worse stuff in your tap water.  There are laws against us telling people exactly what, though.  Government thinks it's a scare tactic for a company to tell people what the city hasn't taken out of your water.

[bones129]

Get a new job, I bet tubby's is hiring.

Already have a second job, I umpire baseball.  I've umped games with ADJC in the stands watching his son.

Does ADJC heckle the umps? If so, is it legitimate commentary, or vicious garbage that has no place in youth league baseball?

[scottwildcat]

you can come by Yuma street on Tuesday sometime if you want

[Shacks]

Get a new job, I bet tubby's is hiring.

Already have a second job, I umpire baseball.  I've umped games with ADJC in the stands watching his son.

Does ADJC heckle the umps? If so, is it legitimate commentary, or vicious garbage that has no place in youth league baseball?

No.  Parents and coaches for his kid's team don't heckle umpires because they're pretty elite for a bunch of 12 year olds.  They win via mercy rule more often than not.  No need to bitch about a call you didn't like if you're winning 11-0 in the 3rd inning.  In between games the other night I overheard him chatting with a few tuck parents about the Boozecats baseball title (no, he didn't say Boozecats).

you can come by Yuma street on Tuesday sometime if you want

 

[Tobias]

don't live in mhk metro area but you should test for trihalomethanes too if you really want to stick it to the man (diff thread to post in)

[bones129]

Get a new job, I bet tubby's is hiring.

Already have a second job, I umpire baseball.  I've umped games with ADJC in the stands watching his son.

Does ADJC heckle the umps? If so, is it legitimate commentary, or vicious garbage that has no place in youth league baseball?

No.  Parents and coaches for his kid's team don't heckle umpires because they're pretty elite for a bunch of 12 year olds.  They win via mercy rule more often than not.  No need to bitch about a call you didn't like if you're winning 11-0 in the 3rd inning.  In between games the other night I overheard him chatting with a few tuck parents about the Boozecats baseball title (no, he didn't say Boozecats).

you can come by Yuma street on Tuesday sometime if you want

 

Glad to hear that ADJC isn't being an idiot at the games. Just wanted to make sure.

[eastcat]

Can you test bottled water?

[bones129]

Can you test bottled water?

Excellent question. For drinking purposes, I much prefer bottled water. For cooking purposes, I assume heating up tap water cures any problems with such water. So I'd want my bottled H2O tested.

[Shacks]

Can you test bottled water?

Excellent question. For drinking purposes, I much prefer bottled water. For cooking purposes, I assume heating up tap water cures any problems with such water. So I'd want my bottled H2O tested.

Sure.  Most bottled water is pure but some brands have impurities, although all I can test for is hardness and chlorine.  Ozarka is basically untreated spring water.

[Brock Landers]

Is the Alma Metroplex close enough for you?  If so come on over and we can binge on Alma Cheese and whatever fine beer I have in my fridge.  If this encounter ends with a high pressure sales pitch for a water filtration system I'm going to be pissed.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

PM for 'Meisters address.

[steve dave]

just start walking through residential areas and testing the crap out of their outside spigot things

[Institutional Control]

You can tell your boss that you tested my water. If he calls to confirm, I will concur that you were there and did a fine job.

[SkinnyBenny]

Sounds sketchy but I might bite. What company do you work for and what is the endgame after you tell my parents what all is in their water? PM plz.

[CHONGS]

if you respond to this you are just begging to get turned into part of a human skin jacket.

[steve dave]

shacks, crank open a fire hydrant and just go rough ridin' nuts testing it

[Dr Rick Daris]

go to the union and test all of the water fountains and bathroom sinks or just test the bathroom sinks in every aggieville business possible, then use the address of a friend but make up apartment #'s to go with it. like 1123 vattier apt13b, 1123 vattier apt 24a and tell your work you just went door to door in some huge apartment complex.

[steve dave]

another idea would be to go out to the spillway when they bust it open and test at about 100,000,000 GPM. you have to have solid steel iron balls and ballsack to attempt that kind of testing.

[SkinnyBenny]

During summer they water the football fields behind MHS, you could go check that out maybe.