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To: Rambi who wrote (11667)	8/2/1998 9:13:00 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

penni, Back in '88 we had a bad Summer in the Midwest. High 90s to 100s and only down to the high 80s at night. No rain, fields that should have been growing 180 bushels of corn per acre were plowed under as they weren't worth harvesting. The city of Bloomington had less than 100 days of water left and banned lawn watering, car washing and pool filling. An alderwomen on the city council was found to have a swimming pool full of sparkling water and a water bill 6 times higher than normal. Dang it all if it wasn't a leaky toilet that used all that water. I never could figure how a toilet could leak into a pool. She is the mayor now. Couple of years back Florida was having a drought and a friend's father who lived in Florida was here for a few weeks. He had left his automatic watering system on. His neighbor called and asked if he wanted his watering system turned off and friend's father said not to bother. The neighbor told him that there was a $1,000 per day fine for watering and he already owed $6,000. The system got turned off. Bill

To: Rambi who wrote (11667)	8/30/1998 11:26:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Miss Penni, I read your marvelously witty article in Parents Magazine and will PM you my letter to the editor before I send it via e-mail. Heck, you can even post it on the thread if you like. Mental sabbatical from the threads? No, I think not. Compared to the 3D world, the threads, particularly the Thread of Rambi, are the epitome of mental health! Looks like we're out of Zinfandel again. A shame, really. But the Chardonnay is quite excellent, as ever. Holly