YES BUT YES BUT YES BUT--- I AM SOOOO TIRED-- SOMEONE SAID-- THE MINUTE YOU HEAR "BUT" YOU CAN JUST DISMISS EVERYTHING THAT WENT BEFORE THAT WORD. I HAVE HAD MORE YES BUTS LATELY THAN I CAN STAND.
I AM JUST A SILLY OLD LADY-- CRAZY IDEAS... YOU KNOW I WOULD NEVER LET NATURAL GAS BE PIPED INTO A HOUSE I BUILT OR LIVED IN.... YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE HAVE MADE FUN OF THAT.. WELL TELL THAT TO ANDOVER MASS TODAY-- 80 HOMES EXPLODED OR ON FIRE-- TOWN EVACUATED-- RED CROSS SET UPS-- IT WAS SOMETHING TO WATCH OVERNIGHT-- AND THE MAP OF THE FIRES WAS WIDE RANGING.... I KNOW EVERY ROAD THEY HAVE BLOCKED-- THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE JUDY AND I WERE YESTERDAY WITH OUR PORTAble shatting. THEY SHOWED ONLY MARKERS ON THE MAP- BUT IT EASILY COULD BE THE RETIREMENT HOME WE WERE IN ON RT 114 IN NORTH ANDOVER... THEY TALKED ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF RT 125 AND 114-- JUDY AND I TURNED THAT CORNER AT ABOUT 3PM..... THEY SAID THE FIRST EXPLOSION WAS 4:30--- WHY DO I FEEL DISASTER IS CHASING ME???
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MAPS OF THIS GAS PROBLEM WHY 80-- NOT MORE-- NOT LESS.. WHAT IS THE COMMON DENOMONATOR OF THOSE 80 THAT BURNED? SOME REPAIR GUY WHO USED THE WRONG TORQUE ON A WRENCH?-- IF IT WAS A HUGE PRESSURE PROBLEM I WOULD EXPECT MORE HOMES--
OR MAYBE IT WAS A COMBINATION OF THAT WRENCH BIT AND EVERY TIME ONE BLEW, THE PRESSURE GOT RESTORED TIL THE NEXT BLEW.. AND NOT ALL TH EHOMES BLEW UP...SOME JUST CAUGHT FIRE....I DUNNO; I WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE ANSWER IS..
IN THE MEANTIME---- NOT ONE HOME BLEW THAT DID NOT HAVE GAS PIPED INTO IT
IT IS WITH GREAT HESITATION THAT I NOW HAVE TANKS OF PROPANE RIGHT OUTSIDE MY WINDOW FOR THE GENERATOR OUT THERE...-- I AM VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THE GAS PIPED INTO THE BARN -- FROM TANKS..
FIRE IN GENERAL MAKES ME NERVOUS.. SOMEONE LATELY SUGGESTED I PUT IN SPRINKLERS IN THE BARN IF I WAS SO WORRIED ---I WONDER IF SRINKLERS WORK IN A GAS FIRE--- OR DOES THAT JUST MAKE STEAM VERY QUICKLY ???
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GAS..... I REMEMBER... IN LYNNFIELD-- I WAS RIDING A HORSE ALONG CHESTNUT STREET-- THIS PUT MY NOSE ABOUT 8 FEET OFF THE GROUND. AS I PASSED TEH TELEPHONE POLE JUST NORTH OF THE DRIVEWAY AT #308, I SMELLED THAT FAMILIAR GAS LEAK SMELL-- AND IT CAME OUT OF THE PIPE WHICH PROTECTED THE WIRES-- THERE ARE OFTEN PIPES ON POLES LIKE THAT...
SO I CALLED THE GAS COMPANY- AND EXPECTED THEM TO COME DIG HOLES AND FIND THAT LEAK..
I LIVED AT #308 FOR Anothe 6 years or so aND IT WAS NEVER DUG UP - I MADE A POINT OF RE- SNIFFING IT EVERY SO OFTEN-- AND EVEN REPORTED IT OVER AGAIN... ZERO--- ZIP ---NOTHING. NEXT TIME I HAVE NOT TOO MUCH TO DO, I SHOUDL GO BACK AND RESNIFF-- I BET IT IS STILL THERE. I KNOW TEH POLE...
NOW APPLY THAT TO THE HOMES ON FIRE IN ANDOVER...
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OUR TRIP TO THE RETIREMENT HOME WAS A FANTASTIC SUCCESS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE PORTABLE SHATTING...-- WHEN I SUGGESTED IT TO THE "AUTHORITIES" AND EXPLAINED HOW-- ETC.. I GOT THE USUAL "YES, BUT... WHAT HAPPENS IF XXXXX" FOR SOME REASON THEY LET ME GET AWAY WITH " JUDY AND I WILL FIGURE IT OUT" LUCKILY they let us do it in a room-- i suggested that at the last minute as judy was not being successful at getting the 8' long table top in a normal elevator.
john--- bless him--- was not available to be the chicken- but a kindly soul who worked for the home donned the thing and went squawlking down the hall in great fashion-- a small crowd did gaTHER AND MOST SPENT $2--
HIND SIGHT- WE COULDHAVE GIVEN THEM 2 NUMBERS FOR THERI $2 BECAUSE TEH ONLY PLACE IT MATTERS IS IN THE ODDS THE REST OF THE PEOPLE HAVE ON WINNING. GIVING SOMEONE 10 FREE TICKETS DOES NOT AFFECT THE EARNINGS... LUCKILY THE SHAT WAS A NICE TIDY ONE-- AND I-- IN MY JUDGE'S ROBE AND WIG SCOOPED THE NEAT PILE INTO A DIXIE CUP.
I THINK IF WE DID IT AGAIN, WE COULD DOUBLE OUR "TAKE" WITH SOME PRE SHAT ADVERTISING
THE NORMAL SHAT STARTED SMALL TOO--- I THINK THE FIRST SHATTING BROUGHT IN $120.00.
I DON'T HARDLY WANT TO GET IN ANOTHER BUSINESS... BUT... ( SEE THERE IS THAT O WORD AGAIN....)
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TTHERE WERE 5 INDIVIDUAL BARKS SO FAR ( 6AM) OVERNIGHT--- NOW THAT I AM SENSITIZED TO BARKING....I WAS 100% AWAKE TO HEAR THEM... AT 2:10 THERE WAS A CAR DOOR THEN 2 BARKS... NOTHING UNTIL 5:05 WHEN A DOG BARKED 3 TIMES--- AFTER ALL WAS QUIET. AND AT 6:00 PAULA-- 3 WOOFS BEHIND ME IN RESPONSE TO BOTH THE NEIGHBORS DOG AND SOME ONE IN THE BARN. THERe ARE VOICES AND A CAR DOOR AT 5:59 PROBABLY ALL ON TEH CAMERA video if anyone wants to watch it.;
6:11 CONTINUED BARKING OFF AND ON... ALONG WITH NEIGHBORHOOD NOISES.. THE WORLD IS UP AND OUT
