Too Much Paper Clogs Things

A thank you to my blog readers.  The number of persons who have viewed this blog now has exceeded 11,000.  I am so excited and of course astonished!  Thank you!!

I was going to say that paper clogs things "up"....but that grammar made me cringe..... Oh my...

When you look around in about every corner of your universe, you can see paper.  Newspapers ...... magazines ..... bills ..... books .... manuscripts ...... labels on cans ..... labels on envelopes .... bathroom tissue .... kleenex ..... oatmeal boxes ..... cardboard boxes ..... paper sacks.

Think of the number of trees it takes to get all of this paper.  Paper is our world.  But think about that paper stuff going down your drain.  If you use paper when you go to the potty (I don't know what else you would use unless it's a Sears Roebuck Catalog), that paper can gum up and form a big old ball of impenetrable ick which will try to go down a 2 inch across plastic pipe to your sewer line. 

When you think about it, people want to buy the thickest toilet paper they can so that your don't get the three finger penetration through the paper trying to assure the hiney is clean as a whistle.  But the thicker the paper, the less likely that paper is going to make a clean escape down the drain.  No sirrreee it's going to roll into that ball and stay there......about 4 inches below your main drain pipe.  And. it will especially stay there, solid as a rock, if someone in the kitchen poured a half cup of used flour down the drain to get rid of it.......let's see....flour plus water equals paste.  And when mixed with paper it's sometimes called paper mache.  When that mixture sits a while it becomes a solid rock hard ball of pure trouble.

It's times like this that you wish you'd gone to college to become a plumber who makes $200.00 per hour plus a huge service call fee, getting out huge toilet paper balls and little cars, and little pieces of toys, and even bottle caps. 

I say we should all start buying skinny toilet paper to save trees.  Skinny means a one ply sheet roll.  Then, use as little as possible and hope for the best.  Trees are important!  Save paper and keep it out of clogged drains!  And wash your hands carefully!

Vintage Springfield And Area

(you can click on most pictures to get an enlarged view)

Sangamo Electric 1950's

Theo J. Schweer Fine Candies 1909

Springfield Bernie's Cafe matchbook

910 East Ash Street

Unknown date

Springfield Boiler Co. 1925 Advertisement

Springfield Hall and Herrick Men's and Boys

Outfitters Located on Southeast Corner of the Square Downtown

This postcard shows the new Exposition Hall at the Fairgrounds with Hall and Herrick's name on it for advertising purposes.

Thought For The Day

Sunlight is painting.

--Nathaniel Hawthorne

Sometimes when things are tough you feel like putting your head in the sand like an Ostrich.  It's not because you're embarrassed, it's because you know that a string of expletives might come out of your mouth so, if you bury your head, your mouth will fill with sand and you won't be able to cuss.

Cussing can get you in trouble but it sure can make you feel better.....I occasionally have one of those kind of mornings where cussing is the right thing to do.....even the poor dog will get out of my way.

So if you have the need to cuss.....if you are on the beach, bury your head and let it rip, but your mouth might fill up with sand.  If you are in your car, roll up the windows.  If you are at home, go for it loud and clear.  And if you are on the telephone, well.....do it at your own risk.

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