f**king hot in Georgia today for anything to work properly.

Brought a large roasting pan from home, put it next to the computer. EVERY day, I stopped at store for large block of ice to put in roasting pan. Fan on the other side of the ice, blowing toward the PC.

Well, at least the old, over burdened computer was comfy. Got grant for a newer computer with enough memory to do what needed to be done and that helped, until the day it hit 114 degrees (in Montana no less!) Back to toting ice for a few days.

Finally managed to shame the locals into helping raise funds to fix that great old school building that housed the pre-school, public library, newspaper archives, and superintendent of schools office.

It got fixed after I left town, but got insulated, new stucco, new heat system small windows, and AIR CONDITIONING.

Even if ya don't get the benefit, leave a job site better than ya found it.

eom

Got them headed in the right direction, showed them the value of building coalitions to study and work the different avenues to get the big bucks in.

All it took were some kiddie wading pools in the hall to keep the rain coming in thru the roof off that fine old oak floor, that demonstrated the dire needs and shamed a few folks, then a couple pancake suppers, and some bake sales and other lil fund raisers to help some folks see that it wasn't impossible after all. Was happy when a couple of smart people took the helm and moved it to completion by getting grants and matching funds.

A friend sent a photo of the finished job and that picture gives me joy. Good to know that preschool doesn't get cancelled due to ceiling tiles coming down and the Super of Schools no longer has to try to work in an office that would get down to 26 degrees some days.

really needed. Some people, it literally takes the sky falling in, or worse, to help pitch in.

I guess being that the GOP living outside urban areas, and their nearest neighbors are still too close no matter how far they actually do live, and thus, don't need to spend a dime on anyone, anyone at all. Tight-fisted w/ everything, don't get me wrong, there are some things that do need fine-tuning, some repair work, etc. (and really, just about everything does eventually). This mania of being tightfisted has seemed to spread into a lot of the corners of the GOP world (w/ the exception of djt's wallet, which is a joke, being that he's a f**king billionaire, you would think he would help his fellow Americans for a little bit?).

We have a heat pump and I'm feeling a bit cold even though my thermostat is set on 75.