Two thumbs up for Bush’s plan to try the Guantanamo detainees. Whew! Now we’re a lot safer.
Wait a minute; what about the NSE report that tells us terrorism is on the rise because of sympathy generated by the Iraq war. Oh, Bush fixed that. He released 4 pages of a 30 page classified document. That explains everything.
We can’t keep evildoers in secret CIA prisons any more. Other countries that allow a certain amount of forceful persuasion just won’t cooperate any more. Surely not because the CIA’s methods were too distasteful even for Egypt?
You have to get a little rough with people to get just the right information out of them. Remember the Spanish Inquisition? Now those guys knew how to get at the truth.
I’ll grant you, we can’t put people on the rack, we can’t even pull out a few fingernails. That would be inhumane.
Instead, we can chain these evildoers to the floor in fetal positions until they defecate and urinate on themselves. What could happen? Maybe they’ll get diaper rash. Surely that wouldn’t induce them to say things that are untrue, but useful to the inquisitors (I mean CIA Agents), just to end the pain.
We went to war with Iraq based on rock solid evidence, obtained by water boarding, that Iraq had atomic bombs and links to the 9/11 attacks.
Wait another minute; now Bush says Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. But he can’t wait to get more evidence against terrorist by using these “humane” tactics. It doesn’t matter that the JAG office is against these procedures. Maybe military lawyers don’t want to bring terrorists to justice. Or maybe they would like convictions that will actually hold up on appeal.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Letter to Senator Salazar
Dear Senator Salazar,
The Geneva Conventions were created to protect those who are imprisoned because of acts of war, and it sets the standard for humanitarian behavior. 194 countries have ratified them, but now the Bush administration wants to redefine Article 3, the article that forbids captors to torture prisoners.
The documented abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prove that Bush has neither the wisdom nor the morality to re-interpret treaties that have been accepted as civilized behavior since they were entered into force in October of 1950.
My father became a POW in April of 1942 when the Philippines fell to the Japanese army. Dad told us he survived his ordeal through his faith in God and his love for his country. The memories of the atrocities he endured plagued him until his death in 1973. What must he be thinking now? The country he fought for and believed in has been torturing prisoners, and the Supreme Court had to force the President to accept the Geneva Conventions.
In order to preserve the façade of Republican unity, Senators McCain and Warner and Representative Graham have reached an agreement with the Bush administration on tribunal laws. CIA agents won’t have to worry that they’ll be charged with war crimes if they get a little too rough while interrogating detainees. I agree with Senator McCain’s earlier view that allowing Bush to “define” the Geneva Conventions will only make the world a more dangerous place for us and for our soldiers. Other heads of state will follow Bush’s example and change the Conventions to suit their own needs.
Obviously terrorists don’t worry about the rights of their prisoners, nor do they respect innocent life. But we are supposed to be better than that; we are the moral compass for the world. How can we win the hearts and minds of Muslims when we are becoming exactly like the villains we are supposed to be fighting?
Respectfully,
Joan Cron
http://grandvalleylefty.blogspot.com/
The Geneva Conventions were created to protect those who are imprisoned because of acts of war, and it sets the standard for humanitarian behavior. 194 countries have ratified them, but now the Bush administration wants to redefine Article 3, the article that forbids captors to torture prisoners.
The documented abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prove that Bush has neither the wisdom nor the morality to re-interpret treaties that have been accepted as civilized behavior since they were entered into force in October of 1950.
My father became a POW in April of 1942 when the Philippines fell to the Japanese army. Dad told us he survived his ordeal through his faith in God and his love for his country. The memories of the atrocities he endured plagued him until his death in 1973. What must he be thinking now? The country he fought for and believed in has been torturing prisoners, and the Supreme Court had to force the President to accept the Geneva Conventions.
In order to preserve the façade of Republican unity, Senators McCain and Warner and Representative Graham have reached an agreement with the Bush administration on tribunal laws. CIA agents won’t have to worry that they’ll be charged with war crimes if they get a little too rough while interrogating detainees. I agree with Senator McCain’s earlier view that allowing Bush to “define” the Geneva Conventions will only make the world a more dangerous place for us and for our soldiers. Other heads of state will follow Bush’s example and change the Conventions to suit their own needs.
Obviously terrorists don’t worry about the rights of their prisoners, nor do they respect innocent life. But we are supposed to be better than that; we are the moral compass for the world. How can we win the hearts and minds of Muslims when we are becoming exactly like the villains we are supposed to be fighting?
Respectfully,
Joan Cron
http://grandvalleylefty.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Cure is Worse than the Disease
In the Philippines, on April 9, 1942, with troops weakened by disease and starvation, Major General Edward E. King surrendered to General Masaharu Homma. The Japanese army was not equipped physically or philosophically to deal with the 70,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers.
The captives, who outnumbered their captors, were forced to march 160 kilometers north to camp O’Donnell. Prisoners were randomly beaten, denied food, and executed on the spot if they failed to cooperate or fell behind.
After Japan surrendered in 1945, Homma was convicted of war crimes by an allied commission and was executed on April 3, 1946.
My father was serving on Corregidor. He spent time in the Hell that was Cabanatuan, and then was transported in the hull of a freighter packed so full that many suffocated, to spend 3 ½ years in Mukden, Manchuria.
Dad wouldn’t speak of his experiences, but his comrades lived to tell of the unspeakable conditions and treatment they suffered as POWs. I highly recommend Hampton Sides book Ghost Soldiers to anyone who has the courage to learn about the brutality humanity is capable of.
Dad told us he survived his ordeal through his faith in God and in his country. What must he be thinking now? His own country is torturing prisoners, and the Supreme Court had to force President Bush to accept the Geneva Conventions for enemy combatants. The Armed Services Committee is debating the values my father suffered so to protect. Debating. America assumes itself to be the leader of the free world, the champion of liberty and human rights, and yet we have clearly abused prisoners, some of whom have been proven to be completely unconnected with terrorism.
Obviously terrorists don’t worry about the rights of their prisoners, nor do they respect innocent life. But we are supposed to be better than that; we are the moral example for the world. How can we win the hearts and minds of Muslims when we are becoming exactly like the despots and villains we are supposed to be fighting?
The captives, who outnumbered their captors, were forced to march 160 kilometers north to camp O’Donnell. Prisoners were randomly beaten, denied food, and executed on the spot if they failed to cooperate or fell behind.
After Japan surrendered in 1945, Homma was convicted of war crimes by an allied commission and was executed on April 3, 1946.
My father was serving on Corregidor. He spent time in the Hell that was Cabanatuan, and then was transported in the hull of a freighter packed so full that many suffocated, to spend 3 ½ years in Mukden, Manchuria.
Dad wouldn’t speak of his experiences, but his comrades lived to tell of the unspeakable conditions and treatment they suffered as POWs. I highly recommend Hampton Sides book Ghost Soldiers to anyone who has the courage to learn about the brutality humanity is capable of.
Dad told us he survived his ordeal through his faith in God and in his country. What must he be thinking now? His own country is torturing prisoners, and the Supreme Court had to force President Bush to accept the Geneva Conventions for enemy combatants. The Armed Services Committee is debating the values my father suffered so to protect. Debating. America assumes itself to be the leader of the free world, the champion of liberty and human rights, and yet we have clearly abused prisoners, some of whom have been proven to be completely unconnected with terrorism.
Obviously terrorists don’t worry about the rights of their prisoners, nor do they respect innocent life. But we are supposed to be better than that; we are the moral example for the world. How can we win the hearts and minds of Muslims when we are becoming exactly like the despots and villains we are supposed to be fighting?
Sunday, September 17, 2006
I Can Smile at the Old Days
This beautiful cat is named Tangerine. I didn’t name her that; she named herself. She showed up around the cat food bowls in our back yard a couple of weeks ago. She was pathetically thin, but she was so friendly and affectionate we knew she was no feral cat. Some idiotic sub-human abandoned this sweet girl.
We currently have six cats way down from the thirty or so cats we had a few years ago.
It all began with four cats, a calico, two fuzzy gray cats, and one mottled gray cat with a brown streak on her nose.
These emaciated cats were living in our next-door neighbors shed; she was doing all she could for them. But Jo, our neighbor, was elderly and slowing dying of COPD, so we ended up looking after all these very pregnant cats.
We’ve found homes for the kittens, and we’ve spayed all the girls
Two years ago, when we got home from a camping trip, we found a litter of four starving kittens trying to get into our trash. We only managed to catch one, a little tuxedo kitty that we named Syllie. (Short for Sylvester.) We’ve neutered him, and he is now the lone tom on our colony of six cats.
Now Tangerine has shown up. We can’t keep her, that wouldn’t be fair to her. She is a loving little thing that snuggles up and purrs whenever we pick her up. She deservers her own family, and she will bring joy to anyone generous enough and loving enough to adopt her. I plan to call the local no-kill humane society on Monday to see if they can take her and find her her own home.
I never thought of myself as a cat person. I've always had dogs, but these kitties have won my heart, and now I'm a bi-preference pet lover.
Please, anyone in the blogasphere, spay and neuter your pets, and don’t dump your cats in rural neighborhoods. Feral live miserable lives picking out of trashcans and preying on songbirds. They die of disease or are eaten by coyotes. Don’t allow an animal to come into this world if you are not human enough to care for it.
We currently have six cats way down from the thirty or so cats we had a few years ago.
It all began with four cats, a calico, two fuzzy gray cats, and one mottled gray cat with a brown streak on her nose.
These emaciated cats were living in our next-door neighbors shed; she was doing all she could for them. But Jo, our neighbor, was elderly and slowing dying of COPD, so we ended up looking after all these very pregnant cats.
We’ve found homes for the kittens, and we’ve spayed all the girls
Two years ago, when we got home from a camping trip, we found a litter of four starving kittens trying to get into our trash. We only managed to catch one, a little tuxedo kitty that we named Syllie. (Short for Sylvester.) We’ve neutered him, and he is now the lone tom on our colony of six cats.
Now Tangerine has shown up. We can’t keep her, that wouldn’t be fair to her. She is a loving little thing that snuggles up and purrs whenever we pick her up. She deservers her own family, and she will bring joy to anyone generous enough and loving enough to adopt her. I plan to call the local no-kill humane society on Monday to see if they can take her and find her her own home.
I never thought of myself as a cat person. I've always had dogs, but these kitties have won my heart, and now I'm a bi-preference pet lover.
Please, anyone in the blogasphere, spay and neuter your pets, and don’t dump your cats in rural neighborhoods. Feral live miserable lives picking out of trashcans and preying on songbirds. They die of disease or are eaten by coyotes. Don’t allow an animal to come into this world if you are not human enough to care for it.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Evangelical Paganism
A long time ago, well certainly not more than 6,000 years ago, a young virgin petitioned the Temple of Baal because she had a startling revelation. Since her great-grandmother's time the women in her family had been keeping records of each year's harvest. The young virgin tallied up all the yields for the past 50 years, and she could see no correlation between crop yield and virgin sacrifice. Upon hearing the girl’s wonderful news, that it would no longer be necessary to spill human blood to guaranty a good harvest, the high priest looked gleefully at the child and said, "The gods be praised! Please don't reveal this sacred information until I've had a chance to consult with other priests. We will inform the community before next spring."
As the virgin skipped away the priest called a meeting of all the dignitaries in the village. He glowered around the room at the other men and shouted, "How did you let these women get away with this for four generations? If this gets out, we'll be on the streets begging for bread and water. We must neutralize this threat to our livelihood immediately."
Guess which virgin was sacrificed next spring.
Today, of course, we know that human sacrifice will not influence the good Earth God has given over for our use. Humans cannot influence climate or tides. Well . . . God can punish us if we displease him. He can wipe out thousands of unbelievers with a single tsunami. He can send hurricanes and drought to destroy the sinners. So whom do we blame? We can't sacrifice anyone, that's just forbidden. We can only warn people that their ungodly ways will bring His vengeance down upon them.
So we try to pass laws that prevent sin, and we try to eliminate the separation of church and state that that devil Thomas Jefferson foisted on us. Only then can we have peace and harmony.
There is the little matter of the Rapture. All the faithful will float to Heaven while the sinners suffer horrible catastrophes and war. So if you want to go to Heaven, here's what you have to do:
Make darn sure gay people can't get married. It doesn't count that you just consider it a sin; you have to make it a law. To Hell with separation of church and state.
Listen to all those nice people who run oil and gas companies. Global warming is a myth fostered by Godless liberals. There is no need for renewable energy; we don't have to lower greenhouse gasses. Why, even thinking about such things shows that your faith in God is not what it should be, and you won't be beaming to heaven with the rest of us.
End a woman's right to choose what a she does with her own body. Don't leave such sacred decisions up to the individual and her doctor. Your personal objection to abortion, your belief that a soul is created at conception, has to become law! And, by the way, all those welfare mothers, they’re on their own. If they have babies they can't support it's their problem. If they hadn't been sinning in the first place they wouldn't be in such a fix. If we end abortion, we will show all these parasites what God is all about. And the babies? Well . . . that's their problem. A Godly person does not care what happens to babies that are born in sin; he/she only cares about saving innocent lives.
Elect leaders that will bring about the rapture. Sure, the theology is a little fuzzy, mixing the Old Testament with Revaluations, so only the true believer can understand it. Why would God want to make such an important prophecy easy for everyone to understand? Only the saved can see the truth. Are you a bit confused? Then you might be left behind. Just say you understand, even if you don't, and God won't know the difference.
We will bring about the prophecy with innocent blood spilled in Holy wars. Oops, forget that. God told us not to make human sacrifices. Attacking Iraq is a war on terrorism; just forget that al Qaeda and the Taliban had little use for Saddam Hussein. We don't like him, so he must have had something to do with the 9/11 attacks. The prisoners we tortured, oops, interrogated, admitted that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction and it was practically in Bin Laden's pocket. We did NOT attack Iraq to settle an old family grudge. We're spreading peace and democracy throughout the Middle East by kicking the crap out of them. Who knew they'd fight back. At any rate, we'll all be floating to Heaven soon, so why should we worry?
Back to gay marriage and abortion. Until we insure these things cannot happen by changing the Constitution, we will have hurricanes, tsunamis, and all manner of plagues. Once the Constitution is changed, we'll have to find something else to blame natural disasters on. There's always somebody somewhere doing something we don't like.
Only the true believer can see the logic of these commandments. God will only reveal his truths to the saved. "Thou shall not kill" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" are deceiving, and only to be practiced under specific circumstances that born-again Christians can understand. If you are confused listen to Jerry Falwell or Jimmy Swaggart, two holy men who receive faxes directly from God daily. Don't rely on your conscience and common sense. That's the way to Hell.
As the virgin skipped away the priest called a meeting of all the dignitaries in the village. He glowered around the room at the other men and shouted, "How did you let these women get away with this for four generations? If this gets out, we'll be on the streets begging for bread and water. We must neutralize this threat to our livelihood immediately."
Guess which virgin was sacrificed next spring.
Today, of course, we know that human sacrifice will not influence the good Earth God has given over for our use. Humans cannot influence climate or tides. Well . . . God can punish us if we displease him. He can wipe out thousands of unbelievers with a single tsunami. He can send hurricanes and drought to destroy the sinners. So whom do we blame? We can't sacrifice anyone, that's just forbidden. We can only warn people that their ungodly ways will bring His vengeance down upon them.
So we try to pass laws that prevent sin, and we try to eliminate the separation of church and state that that devil Thomas Jefferson foisted on us. Only then can we have peace and harmony.
There is the little matter of the Rapture. All the faithful will float to Heaven while the sinners suffer horrible catastrophes and war. So if you want to go to Heaven, here's what you have to do:
Make darn sure gay people can't get married. It doesn't count that you just consider it a sin; you have to make it a law. To Hell with separation of church and state.
Listen to all those nice people who run oil and gas companies. Global warming is a myth fostered by Godless liberals. There is no need for renewable energy; we don't have to lower greenhouse gasses. Why, even thinking about such things shows that your faith in God is not what it should be, and you won't be beaming to heaven with the rest of us.
End a woman's right to choose what a she does with her own body. Don't leave such sacred decisions up to the individual and her doctor. Your personal objection to abortion, your belief that a soul is created at conception, has to become law! And, by the way, all those welfare mothers, they’re on their own. If they have babies they can't support it's their problem. If they hadn't been sinning in the first place they wouldn't be in such a fix. If we end abortion, we will show all these parasites what God is all about. And the babies? Well . . . that's their problem. A Godly person does not care what happens to babies that are born in sin; he/she only cares about saving innocent lives.
Elect leaders that will bring about the rapture. Sure, the theology is a little fuzzy, mixing the Old Testament with Revaluations, so only the true believer can understand it. Why would God want to make such an important prophecy easy for everyone to understand? Only the saved can see the truth. Are you a bit confused? Then you might be left behind. Just say you understand, even if you don't, and God won't know the difference.
We will bring about the prophecy with innocent blood spilled in Holy wars. Oops, forget that. God told us not to make human sacrifices. Attacking Iraq is a war on terrorism; just forget that al Qaeda and the Taliban had little use for Saddam Hussein. We don't like him, so he must have had something to do with the 9/11 attacks. The prisoners we tortured, oops, interrogated, admitted that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction and it was practically in Bin Laden's pocket. We did NOT attack Iraq to settle an old family grudge. We're spreading peace and democracy throughout the Middle East by kicking the crap out of them. Who knew they'd fight back. At any rate, we'll all be floating to Heaven soon, so why should we worry?
Back to gay marriage and abortion. Until we insure these things cannot happen by changing the Constitution, we will have hurricanes, tsunamis, and all manner of plagues. Once the Constitution is changed, we'll have to find something else to blame natural disasters on. There's always somebody somewhere doing something we don't like.
Only the true believer can see the logic of these commandments. God will only reveal his truths to the saved. "Thou shall not kill" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" are deceiving, and only to be practiced under specific circumstances that born-again Christians can understand. If you are confused listen to Jerry Falwell or Jimmy Swaggart, two holy men who receive faxes directly from God daily. Don't rely on your conscience and common sense. That's the way to Hell.
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Bathroom Re-Visited
I know every one on the ether world that is Blog is dieing to know the rest of the story.
I don't have that yet, but after going to every home improvement store in town we found some beautiful 6 x 6 floor tile, granite texture with a subtle pink, beige, & grey hue.
Sounds simple, but 6 x 6 floor tile seems to be a rare commodity. All the helpful people at the other home improvement stores looked at us like we had anthrax when we asked for it.
I sold flooring for nine years, and though I've been out of the business for eleven years, eleven blissful years, I know 6 x 6 floor tile is very common. It beats vinyl that can crack and peel, and that wet dogs can dig up when their not happy about being blockaded in the bathroom.
Sadly, I have no more dogs, but I want an indestructible floor, and I don't want to have to rely on a subcontract installer, who may or may not be in jail on the day we expect him, to install the floor. I want a floor that can be installed by a handy man, contractor & brother-in-law Skip.
Skip does very nice work, and he only gets drunk when his brother, my husband, presses a little too much Fat Tire on him.
When the effing bathroom is done, I promise to post pictures that will make Better Homes and Gardens and Martha Stewart weep.
I don't have that yet, but after going to every home improvement store in town we found some beautiful 6 x 6 floor tile, granite texture with a subtle pink, beige, & grey hue.
Sounds simple, but 6 x 6 floor tile seems to be a rare commodity. All the helpful people at the other home improvement stores looked at us like we had anthrax when we asked for it.
I sold flooring for nine years, and though I've been out of the business for eleven years, eleven blissful years, I know 6 x 6 floor tile is very common. It beats vinyl that can crack and peel, and that wet dogs can dig up when their not happy about being blockaded in the bathroom.
Sadly, I have no more dogs, but I want an indestructible floor, and I don't want to have to rely on a subcontract installer, who may or may not be in jail on the day we expect him, to install the floor. I want a floor that can be installed by a handy man, contractor & brother-in-law Skip.
Skip does very nice work, and he only gets drunk when his brother, my husband, presses a little too much Fat Tire on him.
When the effing bathroom is done, I promise to post pictures that will make Better Homes and Gardens and Martha Stewart weep.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Bathrooms and Other Strangers
I have 2 sons, and while they were growing up, they seemed to need to take infinite showers. They'd both shower until the hot water was completely gone.
I have no idea what they could have been doing in there. (Actually, I have nightmares about it, but let's not go there.)
The consequence of these steaming (don't go there) showers is that black mold blossomed all over the walls. I sprayed it with Tile-X once in a while, and that helped, but the only reason the mold didn't come back was because the boys moved out and bathroom door got to stay open once in a while.
So now our contractor, brother-in-law Skip, has ripped the bathroom down to the studs.
Richard and Skip took careful measurements before the demolition, and we went confidently to Lowes with a good idea of what we wanted.
We found the cutest 36" vanity and 15" linen closet, bright white, with a beautiful mirror and light bar to accessorize.
We hauled our treasures home only to find, after the drywall was torn off, that the fixtures would not work with our plumbing. Back to the drawing board.
To make matters worse, the concrete slab floor requires a tub with a drain that is 13 1/2" from the wall. Bathtubs like that are hard to fine.
Weary and disheartened, Richard and I met at Home Depot after work to see if they had any viable options. Home Depot's selection of bathroom fixtures SUCKS!
You can get any vanity and closet combo you want, provided you can afford the price, have the time to wait (up to 20 days). Let's not even talk about vanity tops.
We decided we will have to make due with a 36" vanity, can the linen closet, and try to stuff towels in the tiney vanity drawers. We looked at 48" vanities, but again, they won't work with our plumbing limitations.
That problem solved, Skip graciously went to Lowes and found one 29" tub that will work.
In our high-rent district, next to the railroad tracks, we can't do ceramic tile on the walls because the vibration would crack the grout, allow water to seep in, and we're back to black mold again.
Richard went to Lowes and picked up the tub. He found a surround unit that would work, but they only had 2 in stock. One unit had obvious damage, so the helpful folks at Lowes, and they are very nice, pulled the other piece down from a top shelf. Richard looked it over as well as he could, and it looked okay, so the helpful Lowes guy helped Richard load up the tub and the surround.
When he got the surround home and opened up the box he found a 5" crack on the edge of one of the pieces. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Richard took the damaged goods back to Lowes, and Lowes called a store in a nearby town to see if they had the same piece. They did, and they checked it over to make sure it was in tact.
It will be here next Tuesday.
Fortunately, there's just the 2 of us at home now, and we don't need 2 bathrooms, but I'm beginning to wish we had learned to live with the mold. Mold is a living thing. It's one of God's creations so it must be beautiful, right?
All those wonderful home improvement shows on TV never have problems like this. If they did homes would never be improved. We'd just wear one out and move to a new one. Teepees sound very good to me right now.
I have no idea what they could have been doing in there. (Actually, I have nightmares about it, but let's not go there.)
The consequence of these steaming (don't go there) showers is that black mold blossomed all over the walls. I sprayed it with Tile-X once in a while, and that helped, but the only reason the mold didn't come back was because the boys moved out and bathroom door got to stay open once in a while.
So now our contractor, brother-in-law Skip, has ripped the bathroom down to the studs.
Richard and Skip took careful measurements before the demolition, and we went confidently to Lowes with a good idea of what we wanted.
We found the cutest 36" vanity and 15" linen closet, bright white, with a beautiful mirror and light bar to accessorize.
We hauled our treasures home only to find, after the drywall was torn off, that the fixtures would not work with our plumbing. Back to the drawing board.
To make matters worse, the concrete slab floor requires a tub with a drain that is 13 1/2" from the wall. Bathtubs like that are hard to fine.
Weary and disheartened, Richard and I met at Home Depot after work to see if they had any viable options. Home Depot's selection of bathroom fixtures SUCKS!
You can get any vanity and closet combo you want, provided you can afford the price, have the time to wait (up to 20 days). Let's not even talk about vanity tops.
We decided we will have to make due with a 36" vanity, can the linen closet, and try to stuff towels in the tiney vanity drawers. We looked at 48" vanities, but again, they won't work with our plumbing limitations.
That problem solved, Skip graciously went to Lowes and found one 29" tub that will work.
In our high-rent district, next to the railroad tracks, we can't do ceramic tile on the walls because the vibration would crack the grout, allow water to seep in, and we're back to black mold again.
Richard went to Lowes and picked up the tub. He found a surround unit that would work, but they only had 2 in stock. One unit had obvious damage, so the helpful folks at Lowes, and they are very nice, pulled the other piece down from a top shelf. Richard looked it over as well as he could, and it looked okay, so the helpful Lowes guy helped Richard load up the tub and the surround.
When he got the surround home and opened up the box he found a 5" crack on the edge of one of the pieces. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Richard took the damaged goods back to Lowes, and Lowes called a store in a nearby town to see if they had the same piece. They did, and they checked it over to make sure it was in tact.
It will be here next Tuesday.
Fortunately, there's just the 2 of us at home now, and we don't need 2 bathrooms, but I'm beginning to wish we had learned to live with the mold. Mold is a living thing. It's one of God's creations so it must be beautiful, right?
All those wonderful home improvement shows on TV never have problems like this. If they did homes would never be improved. We'd just wear one out and move to a new one. Teepees sound very good to me right now.
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