Ardith Hinton wrote to James Bradley, "-Plegias  2B." on 11-17-05 17:52


 JB>  Oh... You know I had my tongue FIRMLY in cheek, right?

 AH>           Yes, I got that impression from the
""....  :-)

You're saying, you've seen my type before, then? {-|[


 AH>           I enjoy raking leaves.  Even though they're high
 AH> in carbohydrates I'm not about to let all that free
 AH> composting material go to waste.  And besides, I like being
 AH> outdoors in spring & fall.  It's not too hot & not too
 AH> cold....  :-)


Not this cowboy. I'd be glad if the idiots start hitting a trash
bin.... I just gave myself an idea. I'm going to leave a trash bin
chained to the front yard.

Some goofballs, think the road is their personal disposal site. Every
wind, it seems, blows it straight into my yard, where - let's just say
- it's kinda free-form brambles. After collecting trash twice, I just
noticed I could stand to pick up again. Time for the Bylaw enforcer,
me thinks.


 JB>  I did spray so much paint however, that I lost most
 JB>  of the mucous production in my mouth. So much thinner
 JB>  washed across my hands, that I have a cracked nail,
 JB>  that just shed its hang-nail tonight.


 AH>           Good grief!  But of course you wouldn't think of
 AH> using a face mask or gloves in such situations.  I can
 AH> relate.  I probably wouldn't either....  :-))


Well, the gloves, even when they are double layered, tend to stick to
everything once a patch of paint starts to dry out on
them. Mask... Nothing short of a cartridge is going to benefit the
situation. 

I'd say, half the time was spent with a reasonable glove system. If I
was more toying with (de)construction, they were heavier, but I was
covered for a good part. Still, the hangnail turned out to be the nail
itself that was segregated. Just last night, did I feel the manicure
was keeping up to the damage.


 JB>  I could go on and on, but I think you said it best,
 JB>  that I'd likely die with my boots on, just not yet. 


 AH>           Ditto.  IIRC Pablo Casals died at ninety-six,
 AH> while playing his cello
 AH> ... i.e. doing what he loved.  It seems to me one could do
 AH> a lot worse....  ;-)

Russians have a saying, "Better to go out to music." or something
along those lines. Crescendo, or decrescendo, it makes a lot of sense
to me.


 JB>  The leaves? Whoever put them there, will take them away.
 JB>  ...Eventually. <-;


 AH>           I must confess to similar feelings regarding a lot of the other
 AH> stuff which tends to appear uninvited during a high wind...
 AH> empty plastic bags, pages randomly selected from old
 AH> newpapers, and whatnot.  If I wait a day or two most of it
 AH> will blow away again & come to rest in somebody else's
 AH> yard... [chuckle].

This exemplifies the drawback of not reading ahead. 

See, my yard has the most pointy things in it, so I'm the
repository. Just on cursory inspection, I saw "Big Gulp" cups,
cigarette packages, and as you say a random number assorted paper
goods. Shoot, this wasn't funny when I *first* move in.


... I was not CREATING a disturbance, I was improving one already there.
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