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[greatguns]

You're young Janet, you can handle it!   I do worry about the elderly though in this lovely weather.  Sometimes I do think they are tougher than we are.  Have a sunny and wonderful week.

[kdfrawg]

We have a friend who is doing a year in Cottonwood Falls for her third DUI. She also says that it is unpleasant. However, she says that she would rather be in the heat in Cottonwood Falls than in the air conditioning in the Johnson County jail. I think I'm pretty happy to be in neither. I am also sorry that it is hot for you, Janet. You didn't do anything wrong.

[emptynest]

Pretty hot and humid---even if one has the luxury of being near a swimming pool.  Sometimes while watching the water and seeing those in it---you almost halucinate about being in it yourself.  I know my guards take shorter shifts being up in the stand and get in when they have the chance.  Today I even sprayed the swimmers with the cooler water in the garden hose, because our water is beginning to feel like bathtub warmth.  That makes it harder to keep balanced because the chlorine reading gets zapped by the sun and the heat.  But we do have some pretty water and if I am lucky---I can cool it off a little with some water treatment tricks.

And yes, we could use some rain.   Hate to say that too loud----

[Janet Harrington]

Receiving info from a secret source, I learned today that emptynest did join the swimmers in the water.  Some fun for the Peeping Jim that used field glasses to spy on our emptynest.

[kdfrawg]

< nod, nod >

They told me the spys were everywhere. It turns out they were right! I wonder if that means I'm paranoid or justified...

[Janet Harrington]

You are just paranoid.  Just keep watching for a big man with field glasses.

[kdfrawg]

Oh, I took him down a couple of weeks ago.

Was that bad?

[emptynest]

OK---I don't know who the secret source is......but yes, a certain man (who will go nameless at this point) showed up at the City Pool today (he works for the City) with a pair of BIG binoculars.   I had entered the water to play with the kids and we were having a game of sponge ball/dodge ball.  At our pool, the kids just beg and beg for the staff to get in and play with them, or race them and if we have enough guards we rotate this request if the crowd isn't overwhelming.  However, this particular man stood at the doorway from the bathhouse and watched me through his binoculars.  My lifeguards referred to him as a Pervert.  Thank goodness I was up to my neck in water plus I had a kickboard to shield myself.  He came closer to the water---so when my lifeguard approached him and asked him if he needed something,  he thought we were plotting against him (which we were), so he left.  I have decided that now I must post a "NO BINOCULARS" sign right next to the No Gun sign, which by the way, we have had at the HOWARD CITY POOL. 

But, boy was the water great-----I spent a total of 5 1/2 hours in it today---several of which were for Swimmercise and Maintenance.  I am quite exhausted from the sun, heat, working, and playing. 

But, Janet, if you see this Binocular Boogie Man, you might tell him........Better watch out.....2 can play this game. (And I'll win!)

[kdfrawg]

And I though she was kidding!  Yikes!

[Wilma]

Not to worry.  This particular big, boogie man is just a big teddy bear.  The exterior may be rough but the interior will do anything for anybody if he thinks they need help.  This town would sure miss him if he weren't here.