Tuesday, December 18

A week till Christmas?

Wow, the weeks just fly by. I understand a big ol' snowstorm went through up north. We would have missed hearing about it completely if someone hadn't sent us a picture of it. The mid section of the nation desperately needs moisture. It takes a foot of snow to make an inch of rain so I am thinking they didn't get enough snow to make much of a dent on the drought. On the other hand let us be grateful for what we did get.
We did not get any rain down here and it has been a very long time since they have had more than a sprinkle. The drought has many affects that many people have not a clue about. We have had many sewer problems in the park. Now really that is not all that unusual to have sewer problems. But it seems part of our issues is from lack of rain. Our shuffleboard courts have rain drains on them and when it rains it flushes out the sewer pipes connected to it. So when it didn't rain for a long period of time the "stuff" that was laying in wait inside the pipes dried up as hard as a brick and became an unmovable object catching all the new stuff headed down the pipe. They have been cleared now but the sewer guys are suggesting we put enzyme in the pipes and make sure they get flushed out on occasion. There are skeptics among us...as always but doing something is better than nothing. If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always had.
I usually avoid controversial subjects but I am toying with the idea of voicing my opinion on guns. As I write this I am still only toying with it. But Gun's don't kill people, People kill people...and drunk drivers kill with cars and how is that different irk me...it is very different.  But later when I have had a chance to write with forethought and care. And I do want to keep my gun toting friends as friends so I would hope they would show the same sort of tolerance for my views as I have allowed them. I am still mulling it over.

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