"Steve Barker" wrote in
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If he would have left the handle down, then the water would have
drained back down. That how a freeze proof hydrant work. And that's
what it sounds like he has.
see:
http://www.woodfordmfg.com/Woodford/...w_fpyh_works.h
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She. IF SHE... City girl.

And if it hadn't been at the end of a very long and tiring day, the handle
would have been down. In two years, I never used it and forgot to close it
before. But, as my luck would have it, it happened when it was six degrees
outside.