APRIL 21 2019

finally - i figured out how to save the oceans- well at least part of it affected by our sdp operation-- LETS TAKE IT IN STEPS OBSIRDITY  THE FIRST- I DRINK BOTTLED WATER AND IPSWICH IS KNOWN FOR IT'S FINE WATER - ----CONCLUSION... I AM BAD....AND ONE OF THE CAUSES OF TEH "PLASTIC" PROBLEM... OBSIRIDTY THE SECOND THE COST OF BOTTLED WATER IS RIDICULOUSLY LOW....   not only the money, but  FOR THE DAmage it creates... IF THEY  HAD TO CARRY GALLONS ON THEIR  HEADS FOR MILES, SDP EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS WOULD THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT LEAVING ONE CUP   IN A 2 CUP BOTTLE ON EVERY FENCEPOST AROUND TEH FARM...  OBSIRIDITY THE THIRD... I AM TOLD BY REPORTS, THAT BOTTLED WATER  RARELY COMES FROM ANY SPRING- IF YOU READ TEH LABELS YOU WILL SEE  THINGS LIKE  "BOTTELED IN BROOKLYN" WHICH IF TRUE I WOULD SEE A CONSTANT STREAM OF TANKERS ON RT 95 TRUNDLING WATER FROM MAINE TO BROOKLYN...  I HAVE SEEN NONE. I was persuaded- by advertising-- to think buying 1 cup bottles would aleviate teh problem  of  leaving  water on fence posts...-- so i bought a pallet of 1 cup sized poland springs... (?3000?) and was very smug--- i had made an effort ----until yesterday.... when linda asked me to buy the larger size because "THEY" WERE COMPLAINING About teh one cup size- "  AND I THOUGHT----JUST WHAT IS THE SIZE OF TEH CONTAINER ( STOMACH) THAT IS TO RECIEVE "A DRINK" -- SO I TESTED... -- I CAN SWIG A CUP OF FLUID-- BUT ANY MORE IS A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE- AND THERE IS NO ONE AROUND WHO WILL QUESTION  TEH SIZE OF MY  RECIEVING RECEPTACLE...- SO THAT DEFINES A PROBLEM-- MORE THAN ONE CUP AND IT BECOMES MORE THAN A THIRSTY PROBLEM. IT BECOMES A LACK OF RESPECT FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO GET THAT  EXTRA FLUID IN  THE HANDS OF A THIRSTY PERSON.  it took a long time (81 years) for me to stop and think...      SOLVE TEH PROBLEM -- DON'T JUST FUSS ABOUT IT.  WELL THAT IS THE LAST BOTTLED WATER  SDP  WILL BUY-- BECAUSE FOR 99 CENTS AND ONE OUNCE OF INGENUITIY  WE JUST WILL NOT NEED IT.. THIS LAST FEW CASES OF POLAND SPRINGS I BOUGHT HAS A DARN GOOD SNAP TOP--  SO I WILL "HARVEST" THOSE BOTTLES--  THEY WILL BE RINSED AND PUT THRU THE DISHWASHER'S (VERY HOT TEMP) THEY WILL THEN BE INVERTED AND SUSPENDED BY ONE ELASTIC BAND WHICH COMES DAILY WITH OUR MAil- from any nearby rack. or nail ....  the tops (-- here comes the expensive part)  you will need a collandar/ strainer to let the tops ventilate and drip if necessary. in the strainer also will be a bottle of nail polish-- for some creative marking--  if necessary...  but will be recycled  if left on the fence. now for the "YES BUTTS"-- DON'T I HATE THE  "YES BUTTERS"  !!!  ****PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO STOP AND FILL TEHM------- FINE ,,,GO THIRSTY ****THEY AREN'T AS HANDY-----NEITHER IS GETTING THEM OFF THE FLOOR OF TEH OVERFLOW ROOM  -  ***GERMS? I BELIEVE IN DISHWASHER TEMPATURES- OTHER THAN THAT---  RE- WASH YOUR OWN IT IS THE UPSIDE DOWN AIR DRY/ STORAGE THAT MAKES THIS ACCEPTABLE . AROUND HERE EMPTY BOTTLES LYING ON THEIR SIDE ARE  OFTEN MOUSE CONDOS. AND SEALED / MOIST CONTAINERS JUST SMACK OF TROUBLE.... FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY ( AND CPAP ADS)  PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE CHANGE-- I KNOW THAT--- IT TOOK US YEARS TO THINK WE HAD TO DRINK BOTTLED WATER....  THERE WE HAVE THE    'GET 'EM YOUNG, TRAIN 'EM EARLY" ---- IF BABIES AND AGING  NEED SIPPIE CUPS, IT IS THE  6 TO 80 YEAR OLDS THAT NEED TO BE RETRAINED. HOW BAD IS IT?  SOMEONE HANDED ME A GLASS OF WATER YESTERDAY AND I SPILLED IT ALL OVER THE FRONT  OF ME-     THERE ARE A FEW THINGS YET TO BE TESTED...LIKE THE DISHWASHER--   BUT I AM ON IT. DOG FEST--- PERFECT FUN GAME--- CARRY A GALLON OF WATER ON YOUR HEAD FROM TEH BARN TO  THE  T-TENT-- I CANNOT THINK OF TEH REWARD I WILL OFFER-- BUT I WILL THINK OF SOMETHING !!! ****** Hi Judy and Carlene!  I just want to thank you so much for coming to Rockport to speak to the club yesterday.  Your project is amazing and so important for those with mobility problems.  I'm attaching some photos that one of our members took.  I've had much positive feedback on your presentation and hopefully we've inspired some volunteers/donors to the Service Dog Project. Anne  ***** DEAR CARLENE, JUST A QUICK NOTE... LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO DINNER WITH TWO CPS (SASSYBELLE & ANITA, WHOSE NAMES YOU MAY RECOGNIZE)...WHAT A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY WHERE 3 COUPLES CAN ENJOY DINNER, AND WE ARE ALL BROUGHT TOGETHER BY OUR LOVE OF DOGS.  SASSYBELLE WAS EXCITED TO MEET SEAGRAM. SHE HASN'T MADE IT TO CRAZY ACRES TO VOLUNTEER LATELY, SO IT WAS NICE FOR HER TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF A DANE. AND WE ENJOYED MEETING SASSYBELLE AND SEEING ANITA AGAIN.  SEAGRAM DIDN'T FALL ASLEEP IMMEDIATELY, AS SHE OFTEN WILL DURING A DINNER OUT. RATHER, SHE WATCHED THE TRAFFIC AT THE FRONT DOOR, SINCE SHE WAS POSITIONED JUST OVER 2 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE. ANITA WAS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HOW SEAGRAM WAS UNAFFECTED BY THE STREAM OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN COMING & GOING, MOST OF WHOM DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE HER BECAUSE SHE WAS SO WELL-BEHAVED (UNLESS THEY HAPPENED TO LOOK DOWN DIRECTLY AT HER). DURING DINNER, WE WATCHED A PERSON OUTSIDE STRUGGLING TO CARRY A RATHER LARGE DOG THAT WAS SQUIRMING SOME (A GOLDENDOODLE?) - WHAT A CONTRAST TO SEAGRAM POLITELY SITUATED ON HER FLUFFY. SHE EVENTUALLY FELL ASLEEP AS THE TRAFFIC QUIETED SOME. IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL TO GO OUT TO DINNER, BUT BACK WHEN I WAS USUALLY USING A WALKER, THESE ADVENTURES WERE QUITE CHALLENGING (EVEN IF I COULD SOMETIMES DOWNSIZE TO A CANE). HOW GREAT IT IS TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT MORE EASILY - AND TO MEET SUCH NICE PEOPLE.  THANK YOU FOR SEAGRAM AND THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT COMES WITH HER! AMY