Leaderboard

A thoughtful letter and few hundred dollar bills. Eating out is nice, but she may want or need to use the money for other things. I believe most home care aides work for big companies and are paid shit. IMHO, it is a travesty how little we pay these people.

If you're looking for something fun and patriotic to do on July 4th, consider coming to Washington Crossing Park (PA side) https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/ and learn a little history. We'll be reading the Declaration of Independence (4 times!), have a military encampment, firing cannon, and generally celebrating what makes this nation great. Our schedule is: 12:30 Declaration Reading 1:00 Cannon 1:30 Declaration Reading 2:00 Cannon 2:30 Declaration Reading 2:45 Lecture on Ten Crucial Days in Auditorium (20 minutes) 3:30 Declaration Reading I'll be commanding cannon fire. We'll field our 4 pounder, which makes a lot of noise (5 ounces of 1F powder!). Stop by and introduce yourself! I'll be the tall guy hanging out with the cannon crew and telling you everything you wanted to know about 18th C artillery but were afraid to ask.

It'll depend mostly on the diameter of the stumps, and a little on how accessible they are, and if you want the chips left in place, or removed. It's been awhile since I've had any done, and like Griz said, the quotes were generally folded into the cost of removing the trees. It has been a lot of years since I've had a service out just to grind stumps. It wasn't inexpensive... If they leave the chips, check under them...I had one crew leave the stumps slightly above ground level, hidden under the huge pile of chips. I had to call them back to finish the job. If you want to plant grass over the stumps, you'll have to specify that you want them ground down at least 4 inches below ground level.

The problem is there probably isn't 100 airplanes in North America capable of dropping water or fire retardant. I'm not privy to any inside.info on this but I'm guessing there's maybe 20-25 aircraft in North America capable of dumping water. Now, if B52s could be equipped to dump water, with bombay and wing racks filled with water bombs that may have an effect. However, there are only about 70 B52s in service.

Yeah. But what came after that was really awkward. More on that mayor. French Mob 'Assassination' Attempt Sees Mayor's Wife and Child Injured (breitbart.com)

IMG_4087.mov

I think it's more of a logistical thing - not sure where they're getting the water from on this - but filling one plane at a time vs filling multiple? Or are they amphibious planes skimming a lake to fill up tanks? Also - most of these planes are owned by Civilian companies - not sure if all of the pilots know how to fly in formation. I'll ask my BIL if he knows - he's an Air Force pilot (now in reserves) and also flies for a commercial airline.