flint water crisis stupid question-

ok, so, i saw a map of the water quality in flint. they said that the faster the water was transiting the pipes, the cleaner it was.
the map showed how the wealthier hoods having the better water.

this begs 2 questions, imho, but maybe i am stupid.

1-is this related to how many people have had their water turned off?
i realize that are a lot of other possible factors here, and not even assuming a cause and effect, but it does beg the question.

2-if this, or anything like this relating to lower water delivery to poorer hood, shouldnt there be a water bill amnesty? i mean besides on principle, but if water moves faster through those pipes, the quality improves.
suspend billing and encourage people to run the taps and flush as much shit as possible. (yes, i saw the pics of the hydrants. but still, all that water and sediment DOES have to be flushed out of those pipes, unless they are gonna get in there and get them replaced immediately. )

or am i stupid?

any madtown debate parties?

will be there to take the dog to uwm vet school.
would love to hoist a few.

ok, who's planting? who is drinking in the seed catalogues?

i'm predicting that el nino is gonna bring us a good growing season this year.
first round of seedlings started today. hot hot peppers. always slow to germinate for me, and often iffy. more to follow in the next week or 2.

pouring over seed savers right now. anybody spot any must haves in there?
have plenty of tomato, pepper and bean seed, and learned the hard way that squash family members are iffy to save seed. liked tigger watermelon and pattison panache squash. got a few fruits in a really awful year, which is a good enough sign for me. might do cukes, which i havent done in a couple years.

bought some novelty strawberry (blue and yellow) seed. looking at a fruit tree or 2. need a good crab apple pollinator.

had fun last year with a rainbow of carrots. all taste a little different.
need a couple beets. looking at cylindra, a long one.

should have a lot of volunteer lettuce, but will start some to sell.
mostly have enough herb seed leftover from last year.

back to shopping.

inbox

soooo. there is an option to delete all read but a far more useful option would be to delete all unread mail.
especially folks serving on mirt, and i assume hosts, who get a lot of notices that they can also see in their work forums.

makes it tough to find a message that you wanted to revisit if it is more than a month or 2 old.


to you guys and your families. hope everyone is fat and happy.

surprise surprise. my cobra is affordable.

ex told me that cobra would be $1500/mo, nearly twice what i was expecting for an aca plan. turns out that is the figure for the full family coverage that he/we have had. individual w scripts and dental is a little less than $600.
good news.

in the process of tracking down all the bills that he was paying, which, of course, he decided to make a little harder by not giving me any account numbers, etc.

he has been such a vindictive little shit. but, i get to talk to my kids and say- hey, that guy that hates me so much? nothing new. that guy used to come out and make my life miserable all the time. especially in a crisis. i could always count of him coming out to kick me when i was down.
who can live with that lurking around every corner?

anyway, everything worked out fine. i got a good settlement, all in all. i only got 7 years of fairly low maintenance, but i got enough assets to make up for that by actually making some money off my money.
gonna get it away from wall street and where it is actually investing in good things.
got some good real estate deals coming along.

all's well that ends well, i guess.

Question submitted by mopinko