All of a sudden...I wonder... Rat Erection... Chewing gum
preservation... could them big city dudes be having some fun at the
expense of the carbon monarxide challenged?

Hey I won the trivia contest at the new coffee shop down the road!  I
knew that S stood for sulfur!  And I ain't never studied
chemistry....on purpose.  Now I'm a notch closer to a free cup of fancy
coffee!  Of course...I never order the fancy coffee...which surely
annoys them...since I don't feel obligated to tip either.

But just as I was wondering if maybe this working at home stuff might
be a little too lonlie, someone opens up a coffee shop...damn near
walking distance...just like in the big city...certainly bicycle
distance...and it looks like they got tasty sandwiches too.  The
clientel might be a little hard to fit in with...seems like like
suburban ladies...but it might be too early to tell.

I thought they were out of their minds when they started building this
little shopping center sort of deal, and I still don't think the
traffic patterns are safe, nor the parking adequate, but I like coffee,
sometimes I need gas and the liquor store will be handy if I ever use
up what I have.

Remember 3.2 beer?  We still have it in the grocery stores here.  Don't
know why.  I bought some.  Haven't gotten around to opening any...
these things generally last a long time around here...except the wine.
Must be getting old and sophisticated.

How is the kitty doing?  What did she end up with for a name?  Myles
and Spyder send their regards.

-jc

On Nov 13, 2003, at 1:33 PM, mitch wilds wrote:

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>> Rat pumping refers to the giant (15' high, +/-) inflatable rat the the
>> construction unions (particularly the laborers) set up on sites where
>> non-union construction workers are employed, generally at the
>> beginning of a project.
>>
>> As for unions, we understood that plumbing was not as universal Down
>> South as it is Up Nawth, but one would have thought you guys at least
>> had access to, or at least technical knowledge of, the various
>> fittings. Ralph
>
> Ralph,
> When did rat pumping begin? I don't recall seeing them in NYC 20 years
> ago at the non-union non-profit CBC construction sites.   Do the union
> guys inflate them with helium and use them in the Labor Day parade ala
> Macys?
> As to plumbing, we can tell if sumpthing is straight up and down as
> well
> as Yankees - or in your case Southern emigree-  but we don't need no
> Union feller fer that, just a strang and a chunk of metal with a point
> on it.
> Mitch.
>
>
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