When I woke up we had over an inch of snow on the ground. The air was damp and chilly. Not a fun morning to do chores.
Chas and I went into town. I had to have my car serviced at the Campbell Chrysler service center. The cashier told me that I could get coupons for oil changing, etc by going to their Web site: www.campbellchrysler.com.
We dropped off the car at Campbells and Chas drove me to the Orthodontist where they opened up my brackets and removed my band so that they could redo a bracket that was slightly out of whack. Once that was done and the glue had hardened (using light to cure the glue), they put the lower band back in. I asked if they would trim the upper band because it was hurting my mouth. It was just long enough that the end on the left side would cut into my cheek. Sometimes it would hook the skin and I'd have to carefully unhook it.
My teeth were a little tender last night but should feel better tomorrow.
When we got home I did chores and we got ready to head for the Dryad Fire Station for a 6pm meeting to discuss what the Commissioners and Engineering Department wanted to do about the two bridges they were thinking of putting in, one at Leudinghaus & Mesker and the second at Chandler Road. The Leudinghaus bridge would be much cheaper to build but most of the people voted for the Chandler Road bridge. The Chandler Road bridge is twice as expensive as the Leudinghaus Road bridge.
The sticking point is that FEMA who will (may) supply some of the money wants us to build the bridge to the 1922 standards which would put the bridge under three feet of water in a 100 year flood. (We had a 500 year flood in 2007 that took out 3 bridges). The county wants to put in a bridge to current standards for building bridges. Where we'll get the money is a real problem. Lewis County is very poor.
On a positive side, we did get to meet with Gary and Mary N, and Mike and Mary H as well as some of our other friends. Mike had told Gary that we had a large oil tank that we weren't using. Gary wanted to know if we'd part with it. I just gave it to Gary even though it was probably worth some money. It will come back to me somehow in the future. That's the way it is in the country. If you have something and don't need it and someone else needs it, he or she gets it.
Gary told me that Mike's welder is burned out. Mike confirmed that. Mike did tell me that he'd made one of the two feeders I asked him to make me for me to use to feed my Dexters before his welder gave up the ghost. He says the feeder he finished is hell for stout. He tested its stability by standing on one side. It didn't tip over. I'm going to be very happy when I get it/them. It will be much easier to feed the Dexters some grain with a couple of good feeders.
When we got home I quickly heated up some leftover Hollywood Hash and had that for dinner.
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