Let it flow

. . . But not for too long.

Ryan the plumber was having a terrible day. He and his helper got the special water meter in yesterday. Today they were hooking up the main line -- and as soon as they did, his soldered connections to the instant heaters started leaking.

Several hours later, they'd both sweated through everything they had on.

But it was finally running, just in time to splash up against water restrictions. South Florida's in a drought, you see, and Lake Okeechobee is near a record low.

So there's once-a-week watering, no pressure washing -- but at least our bathrooms are now flush.