On 2014.05.04, 17:41 , Savageduck wrote:
On 2014-05-04 21:26:13 +0000, Eric Stevens said:

On Sun, 4 May 2014 08:35:52 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On 2014-05-04 15:19:14 +0000, PeterN said:

On 5/4/2014 1:51 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
On Sat, 03 May 2014 20:57:50 -0400, Mort wrote:
: Excuse my language, but I recently saw a bumper sticker that sums up
: many of life's problems, including this post about prints: "****
: happens". My philosophy is simply this: when I see doggie
droppings on
: the sidewalk, I do not get angry, I do not yell and scream at the
owner;
: I just walk around it and go on my way. Perhaps that is merely the
: serenity of old age.

Being about Mort's age, I can confirm his recollection. When we
were kids, it
was assumed that dogs would do what they did wherever they were and
that it
was your fault if you stepped in it. (I believe the operative
slogan, covering
this and other ambulatory hazards, was "Watch your step".) If the
worst
happened, you cleaned off your shoes and moved on. The idea that a
sane person
would follow his dog around picking up the latter's **** was, quite
simply,
ludicrous.


I think that geese are outright liars. I made a deal that I would not
crap on the grass where they walked and ate, if they would not crap on
the sidewalk. I kept my part of the deal, but they didn't keep theirs.
Any thoughts on appropriate retaliation?

http://www.thespecialistsltd.com/fil...70_express.jpg

This may be less trouble
http://www.todayshomeowner.com/telev...outdoors-3.jpg

or

http://tinyurl.com/q9hsfbo

With our drought we have strict & financially punitive water restrictions.

If only the farmers in the valley did. They're at the point of sucking
so much ground water that the aquifers are collapsing - they will never
fill with water again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/op...l-returns.html
QUOTE
Pumping from aquifers is so intense that the ground in parts of the
valley is sinking about a foot a year. Once aquifers compress, they can
never fill with water again. It’s no surprise Tom Willey wakes every
morning with a lump in his throat. When we ask which farmers will
survive the summer, he responds quite simply: those who dig the deepest
and pump the hardest.
ENDQUOTE



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