-=> Quoting Sondra Ball to Robin Arnhold <=-
Hi, Sondra,
 
 SB> I used to know a person (it's strange how people sometimes just
 SB> disappear from our lives) whose kid brother was trash picking lawn
 SB> mowers, and building working motorized stuff from them, when he was
 SB> six. A really talented kid.  I wonder whatever happened to that child? 
 SB> Let's see: he'd be about 22 or 23 now.  Hmmm .....  Maybe he went to
 SB> college or something ....
He sounds like the type of person we'll all be hearing from sometime down
the road.  With talent like that, he's bound to come up with some
ingenious invention and make both a name and a bundle for himself.
 
 >after 30 years.  I was outside today chopping ice.  We had freezing rain
 >followed by snow this morning.  The landlord shovelled, but didn't put
 >any sand out, so I got my ice chopper and went to work--I did need to get
 >out of the house.  I park on the street and have to move my car every day
 >with the alternate side parking.
 SB> 
 SB> Weird parking arrangement.  We are allowed to park on our streets
 SB> whenever we want, except for the fist and third Tuesdays of the month.
 SB> On those days we are not allowed to park on our streets at all.  We
 SB> have to park on somebody's else's street, so they can clean our streets
 SB> with this huge, LOUD machine.
The parking arrangement is quite common in cities that get snowed on
frequently in winter.  In some places it's alternate side parking so they
can plow the streets, one side on one night and the other the next night.
In other places they declare a snow emergency during which there's no
on-street parking.  At least it's only in the winter.
Take care,
Robin
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