>K (taking a break from cleaning up after the flooding--and it's raining
>again!)
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>"We're in a fucking stagmire."
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>--Little Carmine, 'The Sopranos'
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How bad was the flooding? I hope you didn't lose too much. Flooding is such a terrible way to lose possessions because you get to watch them slowly get ruined and are helpless to do much about it. More frustrating than tornado or earthquake loss which happens so quickly you don't have time to dwell on it. Photos, artwork, heirlooms are so often tied to so much emotion they feel like more than material objects somehow. In a rather perverse way I hope one home in Englewood was destroyed. My brother and I inherited a home there a few years back and although we don't want it the family screams when we mention selling or donating it. It's on the water so maybe I'll get lucky if that's the right word. If destroyed I would be out from under it without alienating family members. I hope you and yours are doing well and good luck on your clean-up efforts. I may be doing clean-up of a similar nature next week myself.
John Thornton