][< asks: Is Ohio a SHOW-ME state? Sort of, but what's a real pain in the arse is the fact that it's a HOME RULE state which means each county has a county engineer who is elected beauty pageant style rather than being hired for their qualifications. The counties own and maintain their roads, except the state routes, including the bridges. There lies the ultimate and sadly terminal fate of all of the covered bridges. The county engineers, with the exception of John Shmollen in Ashtabula County, don't know shit from Shinolea about covered bridge conservation so some unbelievably horrific things happen to them. Glad I got THAT off my chest. Better get back to skimming! Rude -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>