Yesterday, whilst working in town, I saw the first Daffodil of this spring. This is not said daffodil. This is a pile of ashes. Here it seemed spring was so near, so ready to spring forth and fill the world with glorious color, and now, winter is to return. The ashes come from the wood stove. This is one more daily chore during this chilly season of ice and snow. One curious thing about hot ashes, is how long they can stay viable. Back in "The Days" this was a lot more common and we actually set a couple garbage trucks on fire with hot ashes. This sort of thing results in the hasty deposit of a large amount of garbage into the middle of a street. After that it was the street department's problem. One time whilst making our rounds, I came upon a burning can starting to ignite someone's carport. Plastic cans tend to melt in this situation. Less anyone think we are above this ourselves, we once set the back yard on fire with hot ashes due to poor communication. This resulted in the loss of a couple motorcycles among other things. We once set a garbage truck on fire with a bunch of chemicals from a swiming pool at the park. But that's another story.
But for now, winter is back, they're calling for snow and ice. Maybe they'll close school !
2 comments:
06:00 Still no snow.
Classic. Once you dump the burning garbage in the street it is not your problem anymore.
This is what I love about working for the government the most. It is so darn easy to take your problem and transfer it to someone else - so you can bail out early on Friday :)
I have not used the heat once this year. Usually I have to turn on the reverse cycle heat a few times. But not this year.
This means that if I have to use the central air heat next year there will be TWO YEARS of dust and cat hair and stuff built up on it. It should smell nice.
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