Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Everything A Nail

Vergennes, VT
44 10.17 N 073 15.48 W

Have you ever heard of the man with a hammer in his hand?  He saw a world made of nails.   The scene below reminded me of that.  

At the public dock this morning appeared this large ladder truck from the Vergennes Fire Department.  I was surprised to say the least.   Soon the truck set up its outriggers and extended the ladder.  I asked, "What are you up to?"  They said, "We have to replace the flag line.  The last storm blew it down."   They went about doing exactly that as I watched.   When they were done and as they were tying the new halyard to the base of the flag pole I went up and said something that marked me forever as an enemy of the Vergennes Fire Department.  I said, "Do you know that the base of this pole is hinged to allow it to be lowered?"






1 comment:

  1. Very typical of tax paid employees
    to do something like use a million
    dollar fire truck and crew to replace
    a line on a flag pole.Nice to see
    tax dollars hard at work. I wonder
    if tax dollars paid for the unused
    hinge?

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