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SLURRIED

I didn't write a post yesterday. I was too engrossed in the street paving operations that were going on around us.

Every summer, the city puts down a new black coat of 'slurry' on streets that have cracked and worn. It is a mix of asphalt and fine gravel and it flows around in and out of the cracks. The heat makes it work better.

It takes a few hours to dry, so that means no parking on the streets, no driving when it is wet, and staying away from the machines that put it down, the trucks that bring the gunk, and so on.

Yesterday was our day.

I parked the Jeep up the hill two streets over and then let it sit because I didn't want to lose my parking space. Only a little nuts. But, my destination was not that far away and I walked. Got a ride home.

For awhile we thought they would mistakenly do our drive which is private. They had warning signs out front and so I figured.........well. No, and we decided it is just as well. A lot of people, too many, use the drive as a shortcut. It passes from one street through to another. We have signs but stop short of going out and chasing people.

The drive has always been a little shabby. Now, by comparison with the newly topped streets it is more so. Therefore, more obviously a private drive. A rationalization. I don't imagine it will deter anyone presently used to flying down the hill to save a couple of minutes.

Yeh, I know this is pretty boring stuff but it was what made up a lot of the day yesterday. Every day can't be filled with hairbreadth escapes, victories over evil, and saving the helpless victims of dastardly villains.