Hello Bob.

08 Aug 06 14:26, you wrote to me:

 MG>> Hey! Watch it, bub! This is a family echo .

 BA> I've *been* watching it - the rain, that is.  Rained a bit on Sunday,
 BA> started again Monday morning and has continued off and on since (it is
 BA> off at the moment, but threatening; lots of flashes and bangs
 BA> throughout the night, including one really close strike around 0700
 BA> this morning).

I see you snedded it my way. We got the same  here this evening.

 BA>  I'd put an empty 5 gallon bucket out in the yard Monday
 BA> afternoon, it is now about half full,

So you're saying that you're still a half-bucket short of a full pail?

 BA> so there's been about four inches of rain here since then - the
 BA> radio reports between 1.5 and 5 inches depending on the
 BA> location,

The nurses will be disappointed...

 BA> I suppose that the lawn is going to start growing
 BA> again...

Not if you give it a liberal dousing of 2,4-D.

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