Great! Now how do I get the frogs out? UPDATE II

Grey water pump replaced on Thursday sometime. Burnt out from electrical short.  $390 paid for by house insurance. Hurrah.

While the pump wasn't working I was able to siphon the water out, took a while to get it started, but managed it fine last weekend. It was getting  fuller and fuller (even being careful not to use too much water and wash too many loads).

When  I set up the siphon I had to let it go for a few hours to drain all the water out, this was OK during the weekend when I was home, but I didn't  like leaving the lid off the grey water tank during the day in case anything fell in so couldn't siphon much in the morning, and in the afternoon I got home after 5 so didn't have much daylight to use the siphon. There are plenty of bandicoots around (and hares), and I didn't want any of them falling into the grey water tank so had to not leave the lid off for the siphon to work after dark. There was never enough time for the water to completely drain out during the week.

One day, after I'd left the lid open after dark, I noticed that there were some puffed-up floating frogs in the tank. They look like burrowing frogs. Poor little things, they're dead as mullets. When the electrician replaced the grey water pump he didn't clean them out.

So, how do I get the dead frogs out now?

UPDATE:

Phoned the Backyard Craftsman across the street  to see if he could fashion me a dead frog scoop from some dowel I have and a tin can with holes in the bottom of it. I bought two pairs of lovely shoes  today (cheap as chips from Rivers), and wanted to show them to Mrs Craftsman who also bought some shoes in Toowoomba this week. I popped over with the dowel and explained that the can would be forthcoming - as soon as I emptied what was in the can...

Mr Craftsman gave me a net they'd purchased to catch geckos (didn't work, little buggers are way too fast - won't have that trouble with the grey water tank frogs).

He told me I could  extend the handle by taping on the dowel if I needed to. I said that if they heard me splashing around and shouting out (((((help, get me out of here, help!))))), that he should come over to help.

He replied "Nah. Wouldn't do any good. I don't have a big enough net."

UPDATE II:

Okay. I do a load of washing (towels), and go outside with the net  to see if I can scoop the dead frogs out of the grey water tank.

Lifting the concrete lid of the tank I see no frogs!! Eek.  They've sunk. But there is a small dead mouse in there. Scoop. Gone.

*sigh*

grey water pump

It's now been off for a week.

The tank is rank.

(OOOh, poetry!)

Today I've managed, after several failed attempts, to get the siphon working. Now I'm doing my washing and so on.

Every time I call the electrician he says he'll be here that afternoon.

I know he's busy, but I'd prefer to know when he can fit the visit in rather than him bullshitting.  If he doesn't want to do the job he should just suggest I call someone else.

My ex is an electrician. He's sat all the tests and passed, but they won't give him a licence because they want to know where he learnt his trade. Wagga Wagga trade school with the RAAF doesn't seem to be good enough, and that really, really stinks to me.

Annoyance and irritation: lawnmowers

I can't get the push mower started. Blasted thing. It stared fine in January...

It's turned cold today, the sun was out this morning however it's overcast and raining now.

I'm delighted, however, because I'm going through some things and I've discovered my jewellery I used to wear when I was in my 20s! I have found the necklace I was given for my twentieth birthday. I thought I'd lost it, but I found it in a jewellery box I had forgotten - tucked away in the top of a cupboard.

Woohoo. Lots of goodies there. Pretty things. Memories, too

Friday night was interesting. In the shower about to wash my hair and the water just stopped.

Arrgh!

So annoying. Dried off, grabbed the torch, checked the pump and switched off the power to the pressure pump at the power point. Noticed  no TV or anything operating off the power points. Hmm. Looks like a fuse/trip thingy. Checked the meter box. Yup. The thing is tripped. Reset it, back to the pressure pump, turned it on again, it ran. Back inside to finish the shower. It's been OK, but I get a sound I hear out the back like the buzz of a noisy fluoro, or a motor with power but not working.... I wonder if there's something wrong  with the grey water pump?

Will probably have to call  an electrician eventually. And you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be at the most inconvenient time!