Poor Lap House is the neglected stepchild of The(flipping)Victorians. Not by their choice! Hick has put in new electric, and is waiting on the electric company to come run wires from the pole to the house.
"How long have you been waiting on the electric company?"
"The last email I got was on June 2nd, when I asked my buddy who works for them. The inspector. He approved my work, and put in a service order. On June 2nd, he said he didn't know how long it would be. That he had put in the order a week before that. But they are behind on service calls."
"What exactly are they going to do?"
"Run the wire from the pole to the house."
"If you hadn't put in new electric, would they need to do anything?"
"No. If I'd left it the same, it would still be working. But they have to connect it with the new kind of wire. The old kind was three separate wires. They could short theirselves out. The new kind has the three wires wrapped around a grounding rod. So it won't short."
"When did they start using this NEW kind of wire?"
"Oh... back in the '70s."
"Heh, heh! That's not so new! I guess this house is like The Pony's house down the block, built around 1920?"
"Yeah. It's from back then."
Meanwhile, Hick waits. He needs electricity to run his saws to get started on the interior of Lap House.
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