* Curse drains & freezing weather. The laundry drain has been clogged since last year, and every time the washer is used, two pairs of eyes have to watch it so the drain hose doesn't fall out to soak the kitchen floor. This has happened twice, and I fear one of these days, the floorboards will give way. And now that the weather has turned cold, the tub we drain laundry water in has to be hauled to the bathtub instead of being dumped out on the deck. Laundry isn't fun to do - but I just wish that fact wouldn't keep making itself known every time the pile heaps over!
* Steve's father did pass away yesterday morning - please join me in condolences for him and the family. He has lost both his parents in the span of ten months. I cannot imagine what he's going through right now.
* Strange, or not so: Although the population of Detroit has been falling since the 1960s, the area has had to form at least three new area codes for phone service. It's proof positive that more people are carrying multiple cellphones with them. Even with the added area codes, we're running out of numbers quickly.
But you would think that numbers taken out of circulation would at least "rest" for awhile before being put back in use. Our current number must have taken an hour breather between users: two phone calls alone today from people looking to buy timeshare programs for air travel. We raised heck about those political calls - that was heaven compared to this.
* The photo at right is for my dad: Do you remember the icky-looking Telegraph/I-94 interchange? This is what it looks like now with the complete rebuild and Michigan'
s only tied-arch bridge. People have named it the "big blue blunder", but I actually like it. Further amazing is the fact that no grafitti has yet appeared. Are we sure this is Detroit?* And, Cobo Hall is slated for demolition for the 20th straight year, thanks to the Auto Show needing more space. It will never happen. Detroit does everything backwards: they demolish architectural jewels and leave "tanks" like Ford Auditorium standing vacant on the riverfront for 15 years.
Does the definition of "urban renewal" vary by city, I wonder...
