"All's well as ends well," as Grandpa used to say. The backhoe is busy tearing up the yard for the new line even as I write this. The city agreed to waive most of the $1500 tap-in fee they were going to charge when they discovered we had two bathrooms instead of the one that was in the house when it was first connected in the 1940s. The contractor promises we will be good to go (literally) by end of day tomorrow.

Thanks, very sincerely, for all the advice and the expressions of sympathy and concern from the Forum members who posted.

Frank2135