After 4 days of rain the sun peeked through the clouds in BFE. My basement was flooded as were many around the area. Many items were ruined that survived a previous flooding in the Spring. I got a couple of pallets from work and put boxes on them thinking they were safe, but as was explained to me, the flooding came from the drains when they couldn't handle the water. Anyway, this week I will be bringing boxes up and tossing ruined stuff and hoping to save as much as I can. Just less stuff my kids have to go through when I check out.
Class, Or Lack Thereof The Dwight Vice gravestone in Oquawka, Illinois. I bring this old chestnut out every so often just to remind me that class is classless. Dwight Vice was killed in his home near Oquawka in 2001. It was one of those things that can generate crime: two guys thought Dwight had a lot of money stashed at home because of his pot-selling sideline to supplement his fishing job. Not really one of those big drug deals gone-bad things. Marijuana was, according to the trial, about the only stuff Dwight sold. But these two guys barge into the house and killed Dwight and attempted to kill his 11 year old kid, Darryl, before they took off with what money they could find. His son, now 23, was stabbed in the back and left for dead. He survived and is wheelchair bound and has undergone several surgeries to repair his wounds. He will be paralyzed for life. None of this is pleasant. Reading the f...
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