{"id":90242,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/90242-i-awake-with-start","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/90242","headline":"I Awake With  Start","content":"I awake with a start,\r\nas there was a howl,\r\nthe bark of a dog,\r\nthe hoot of an Owl.\r\nWhy did I awake\r\nat this time of the morn?\r\nI do not know,\r\nbut I'm glad I did,\r\nfor a water pipe  was leaking\r\nand I heard the sound\r\nof water running.\r\nCheck all the rooms,\r\nuntil the last one,\r\nwhere I found the floor wet.\r\nI placed my hand where\r\nthe sound was heard\r\nand my hand slipped\r\non the painted wall.\r\nWent quickly to the\r\nmain shut off valve.\r\nI removed the wall board\r\nusing a knife and small saw.\r\nThere it was. A small brad,\r\nor nail to you, which had hit\r\nthe pipe many years ago\r\nand had finally penetrated\r\nto the point the water could\r\nescape.\r\nLove those Shop Vacuums \r\nwhich suck up water.\r\nCalled a plumber the next\r\nday and was back with a\r\nhole to patch and repaint.\r\nOh the joy of being a \r\nhomeowner.","content_plain":"I awake with a start,\r\nas there was a howl,\r\nthe bark of a dog,\r\nthe hoot of an Owl.\r\nWhy did I awake\r\nat this time of the morn?\r\nI do not know,\r\nbut I'm glad I did,\r\nfor a water pipe  was leaking\r\nand I heard the sound\r\nof water running.\r\nCheck all the rooms,\r\nuntil the last one,\r\nwhere I found the floor wet.\r\nI placed my hand where\r\nthe sound was heard\r\nand my hand slipped\r\non the painted wall.\r\nWent quickly to the\r\nmain shut off valve.\r\nI removed the wall board\r\nusing a knife and small saw.\r\nThere it was. A small brad,\r\nor nail to you, which had hit\r\nthe pipe many years ago\r\nand had finally penetrated\r\nto the point the water could\r\nescape.\r\nLove those Shop Vacuums \r\nwhich suck up water.\r\nCalled a plumber the next\r\nday and was back with a\r\nhole to patch and repaint.\r\nOh the joy of being a \r\nhomeowner.","published_at":"2021-05-03T21:41:03-07:00","updated_at":"2022-06-02T15:12:21-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with MFish on Kudos 365. View their post published May/03/2021 on Life Stories - Memories. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":19,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/90242-i-awake-with-start","headline":"I Awake With  Start","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"datePublished":"2021-05-03T21:41:03-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":19}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}]}}