Originally Posted by
pdlamb
If they think the water costs less than a service call to turn the water off, wait until a good freeze cracks the pipes. And heads.
As long as the sprinkler is running, the water in the pipes won't freeze. And maybe that's why they were running it; they couldn't find the place to shut it off far enough upstream to keep it from freezing, so they just left it running.
Yesterday a pedestrian stepped out from between two cars stopped in traffic while I was riding by on the left. She didn't look either way. I hit the brakes so hard I felt my rear wheel start to skid just before it lifted off the ground... and then I was riding on as if nothing had happened. Whew!
Five minutes later, the same thing happened, but from the other side. Doh!
I'm seeing this more and more every day, but usu. it's because the ped is looking at her/his phone.