For those not from Illinois or Iowa, Mendard's is a hardware
store/home center.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
| The BBQ is always fired up, and the beers always cold!
|
| Hey -- that's *my* line! I *knew* I liked you Ozzies for
| something! :-)
|
| We headed home after I started this thread last night,
only to sit in
| the dark. All of our camping gear sure came handy,
especially those
| "wind-up-dynamo" lights and radios that went on sale after
the Year
| 2000 didn't become the disaster everyone predicted...
;-)
|
| Came in at 5:30 this morning to start the clean up. The
hotel looks
| pretty much the way it did after the tornado last spring,
except our
| new fence wasn't demolished -- only broken where a big
tree limb
| smashed down on it.
|
| I just got back from Menard's, where I bought a chain saw.
There were
| 25 guys in line buying chain saws -- they'll be sold out
in an
| hour... We've got limbs the size of my leg down
everywhere.
| Thankfully, no one was hurt -- but a guest with a
beautiful new Chevy
| pickup truck learned that it wasn't wise to park under a
tree in an
| ice storm...
|
| The good news is: They were wrong about the snow. It got
too warm,
| and it ended up just rain...thankfully. And, hey, our
Governor has
| declared our county in a "state of emergency"...
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|