Wow! 2 X the price in 5 years, probably mostly inflated in the past few months.
The guy at the hardware store told my neighbour that there isn't any drain pipe to be found, so I don't know how I'm going to put everything back together again without any new T fittings. He said there was no pipe, but perhaps they do have the fittings. I just hope we can find some! I'm still struggling to get the dirt out. I just made a makeshift auger from a tin can and some 1.5-inch black pipe. Hopefully the tin can is solid enough to move the dirt! I'll find out in the morning. The store-bought drain auger pokes right through without pulling any of the dirt out, so that's pretty much useless. A waste of $45.

If our dollar is going to be cut in half every few months going forward, I think we might be better off buying as much crypto as we can. I heard gold and silver were sold out months ago. Not sure how true that is though.