Could Have Been Bad, But Good to Know

At a commercial during Survivor on Wednesday evening, Hick said,

"Oh. The realtor called me. She said that another agency was showing the Flip House today, and the couple looking at it said they smelled gas. Realtor told the agent that the house is all electric. No gas. She said the couple only smelled it by the front porch, not IN the house.

I called the gas company. I was driving by later, and seen the Gas Man was there, so I stopped. I've smelled gas there before too, by the front door. There's a valve in the ground, from when there used to be gas, but it's capped off. 

The Gas Man said it was so windy that he probably wouldn't be able to find out where it was coming from today. He said they always check at least a 3-block radius, but today the smell could have blown in from anywhere. He had a tester that he put down in the ground by the gas pipe, but didn't get any reading. He checked the valve, and said it wasn't leaking. I didn't ask if he was coming back another day or not. But he couldn't find anything wrong."

"Well, in a way this is good news, to hear that somebody was looking at the house."

"Yeah. Realtor said they have an appointment to show it tomorrow, too. I don't know if it's her, or another agency. So it's getting traffic, anyway."

Funny how Hick was so nonchalant about this development. I told The Pony on Thursday morning. The Pony also took it as a good sign. 

We never know if anybody's looking at the Double Hovel. It's not like Realtor can report such things, being busy with other properties. The only clue would be if we saw cars there while driving by, or if an agent left a business card like Hick found in the Beauty Shop one time.