Crossing the Bridge (Many Vermont bridges that cross large rivers are this style.)
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I remember a very similar bridge where I attended 11th grade (in California). Same color, even!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for all the great links, Alan!! I've been so busy I haven't been able to research much online. So grateful for you doing the grunt work to keep us informed and encouraged!!!!
One more week until my class ends, then I *might* have more time. We've also been helping Root*Center*Son put in a new bathroom sink. Old plumbing in the wall slowed us down. But the 4th night of going to his house (an hour away) was the charm! It works and looks GREAT!! Hurrah for persistence!
Where is everybody? I hope folks are okay. It's been a long time since we last heard from Cat. I'll check on her.
My pleasure, listener; it is a relief valve for me. Here's another:
DeleteMueller to interview Hope Hicks.[Click] This may mean [one thread of] Mueller’s investigation is nearing its end. Or not?
—Alan
P.S.: Congrats on the plumbing adventure. That house is old enough that lead pipes are a possibility, albeit not a probability. My father, working as a plumber in the 1930's and 1940's, encountered (and had to be able to work with) lead pipes in old houses from time to time. Joining lead pipes was still part of the journeyman plumber's practical exam---one would ladle molten lead into a concave piece of leather just big enough to cover the palm of one's hand, then quickly wipe it around the joint (the metal is too soft to take threads).
Lead sewer drain pipes remained in use long after regular use for water pipes was discontinued. They are very durable (much more so than cast iron), but were eventually replaced by plastic and (in some applications) glass.
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Truth be told, I expect all those left-wingy communist types you have dictatin' to the taxpayers up there in Vermont probably forced the removal of all the perfectly good lead pipes from the municipal water systems years and years ago. [grin]
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I'm pretty sure my house has lead pipes. But Oak Park adds something (I forget what) to the water that coats the pipes and makes sure the lead doesn't get out the faucet.
DeleteNo lead in the house, by pipe or paint, so that's something good. But there is a bit of asbestos, down in the basement, wrapped and with what is essentially a closet around it. Son still plans to have it removed at some point. Could take a raise at work to accomplish that. (Which appears to be in the offing soon, with a promotion.)
DeleteThe funny thing about these left-wingers in Vermont is that there is a deep respect for "real Vermonters." That is, those folks who have been in Vermont for many generations and may not have gotten as much education as the average American. They are salt of the Earth people, who seem to have grown out of the soil itself, and have every right to do as they damn well please. So building codes are pretty lax in the rural places. I think only Burlington and some nearby communities have anything to speak of. Shelburne is among the strictest, having so much history to uphold. But some communities have next to nothing.
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/11/15/dear-donald-trump-not-afraid/
ReplyDelete"Yes, in countless ways I deeply fear the near irreparable damage you’re doing to the country I call home and love dearly, and to the people who live and raise families and do work and dream dreams here.
I am incredibly fearful, but make no mistake, Donald Trump—I am not afraid of you."
"Iam not afraid of you, because even with the greatest seat of power, you are a spectacularly small man.
I am not afraid of you because you are not worthy of my fear, because that would mean respecting you—and I do not.
I am not afraid of you because I know a quivering bully when I see one.
I am not afraid of you because you, like all bullies—are a fraud and a coward.
I am not afraid of you because I recognize a terrified child who knows that he has lied and cheated and threatened his way to get things he knows he doesn’t deserve, and will soon lose.
I am not afraid of you because the louder you scream, the more you thrash and bluster, the more you rage in all cap rants, the more you spit and posture—the more it becomes clear that you are afraid.
And I see you clearly.
I see your smallness and your unworthiness."
I emphasize every word of this open letter is golden and so very well worth reading.
I think I should be furious with Franken. And I am. The interesting thing is that, given the description of what sexual stupidity ensued, and when it happened, it sounds (all things considered) not that large. However, the crap he slung at Bernie at the Convention is still ringing in my ears. That I do not forgive him. He and Sarah Silberman ought to apologise for that in the wake of the DNC being exposed.
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