As with most government, my city has done an outstanding job of doing road construction at every possible way out of my subdivision. Now, I'm all for better roads and people having jobs, but is it really necessary to do it all at the same time? Spread the love...or pavement as it may be in this case. It's provided some headaches of course but it has definitely added some amusement. While sitting there the other day with my window down I got to hear a daughter shout to her mom (she was the worker holding the stop sign) from across the street that she was pregnant. Lots of key words were exchanged and it ended with, “be glad there are people around or else I'd come hit you with this sign”. Sadly I don't know if she ever did as I the sign moved from STOP to SLOW and I had to move on. The other guy that works there just always looks bored to tears. About a week ago I brought him cookies. I asked if that was against the rules. He told me he didn't care it if was, those cookies … [Read more...]