If that waterman had been an obamanite, someone might be in jail. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote:
> > *Subject:* [RumblesAList] Wet RTS > > When driving home yesterday, the news comes on and says that the main > water pump that feeds the elevated storage tank in Jarrell had broken and > that water restrictions would be in place until "further notice". > > I collect rain water in a 1700 gallon cistern and use it to water my lawn > and gardens. I turned the irrigation system on around 8:30 last night. A > guy knocks on my door about 9:00: > > Water Man: I'm with the HOA. This area is under water restrictions. You > can't water your lawn. > Me: I don't use HOA water to water the lawn. I have my own supply. > Water Man: You can't water your lawn, sir; this area is under water > restrictions. > Me: I'm not using water from the your tank. I have a cistern in the back > that I collect rain water in. My irrigation system only uses water from > that tank. It is not even connected to the districts water supply. You can > check the meter. > Water Man: Doesn't matter. The rule says you can't water your lawn. > Me: What if my dog pees on the lawn. Is that allowed? > Water Man: <puzzled look> > Me: My dog peeing on the lawn costs this district the same amount of water > as me using my own water supply to water the lawn. So why should my dog be > allowed to pee on the lawn but I can't use my own water supply. > Water Man: It isn't fair that you get to water outside when no one else > can. > Me: <deep breath>... I paid for the water reclamation system and the > cistern and the plumbing supplies and put the out the effort to install it > all. How is it not fair that I get to use it? > Water Man: No one else can water their gardens. > Me: Did you vote for Obama? > Water Man: What? No. I'm a Republican. > Me: Do you realize that your argument against me using my own water supply > is Socialism? If the co-ops electric supply goes down... should I shut off > my windmill so that my lights go out just like every one else? > Water Man: <hurt look becomes look of realization> I get your point. > Sorry to bother you. > > Another satisfied customer. > > Pepsiman > > > > __._,_.___ > > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Change settings via the > Web<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnYWoycWRlBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMjUxMzgzNDA4>(Yahoo! > ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>| > Switch > to Fully > Featured<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Fully+Featured> > Visit Your Group > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcTNtcW5qBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNocGYEc3RpbWUDMTI1MTM4MzQwOA-->| > Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>| Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > __,_._,___ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
