fireworks in the burbs

My friends, building a house is never easy, and when you add several degrees of difficulty by trying to marry old and new technologies—i.e. post 'n' beam and electricity, Chambers stoves and geothermal wells—you wind up with quite a potpourri of regulations that do not apply very precisely to your situation. Sigh.
Which is to say that the last week of the final march towards a certain Certificate of Occupancy is more rough than smooth, being as certain parties can't solve their new/old problems in the time honored way: by throwing money at it. Well, they could, but they might all get indicted under the Rico act or something. (Must ask Ed.)
I left just in time, or I might have gotten sucked into this drama. Come to think of it, I already have been, via the Case of the Chambers stove. They should move to Missouri.