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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: UpNorthJoe   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Just Three Months Ago
Date: 01/09/25 11:46 AM
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"Can’t say that I blame anyone from doing that, but the net effect of thousands of people spraying down their own properties is a drop in water pressure in the mains. Hence, fire hydrants don’t have the necessary pressure to do much good."

And it's likely the same can be said for every community in the Country. Engineering is a compromise between effectiveness and cost, so I gotta believe that the water mains and water towers are not designed for virtually every one connected to the system trying to run water full blast. It's the same when people overwhelm the phone systems during emergency and then nobody can make a call. It's a design compromise that can't be engineered out. Trump and MAGA are either so freaking stupid and they believe the bs they spout, or they just willingly spew BS knowing that it's a lie. One things for sure, the MAGA base will believe anything spewing out of Trump's mouth, no matter how juvenile or idiotic.

This Country is going to fall apart if it doesn't break free of Trump's dimwitted rantings.
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