Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Day 1374 - Where's the food? Where's the GROUND?
Greetings, Bloggy 'Is Thanksgiving EVER going to get here' readers!I need to pause in my daily food journals and talk about these little flags on the hydrants in Maine.
No - they are not just cute.
Do you know what purpose they serve?
You've got it - it snows so much that the hydrants are completely covered, and the flags give the crews a marker so they can dig them out!
Conservatively, you can have about a 6 foot snow and still be able to fight a fire.
Isn't it odd that with 6 feet of snow things CAN catch fire? Well, I guess...
Digging them out is another story - it doesn't sound like fun, because packed, frozen snow is some of the hardest material known to man...
Be safe and watch for snowstorms! TTFN!
# posted by Karen @ 11/24/2009 05:01:00 AM 
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Is that why people carry flags in parades? In case it snows?
# posted by 
: 9:21 AM, November 24, 2009
: 9:21 AM, November 24, 2009
haha! Wouldn't THAT be funny, Marcia. I am getting so excited for Thursday! We have our Thanksgiving dinner at Janet's tomorrow after i get out of work, then onto the BIG Thanksgiving! I cannot wait to see Savi in action. I am sure she is gonna work that crowd like a pro. Always the entertainer. haha!
# posted by : 11:42 AM, November 24, 2009
: 11:42 AM, November 24, 2009
We went swimming at Karen's time share this afternoon--nice warm water in an outside pool. Very relaxing! Then we came back here for a KFC dinner, Karen's treat; then Karen, Charlie, and Evan went to Walmart for stuff for stuffing, and Dave and family and myself went to see "Blind Side"--really excellent true story; and Gil went to call Bingo. And now we're all ready for bed. Yup, Thurs. will be here very soon!
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# posted by : 9:55 PM, November 24, 2009
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