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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?"
Very typical of tax paid employees
ReplyDeleteto 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?