On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:45:14 +0100, Mark
wrote:

How I should have drained it someone can probably tell me now but at
the time I figured a hole in the tank was best, bugger look at that
water squirting three feet across the room....

Put Garden hose in top of tank, suck water through, put other end out
window, let gravity do the rest.

Thank you for sharing, a wonderful read

Steve