Pothole Mucho Grande
Typical Pot Hole Infested Road
Things back here in Western Pennsylvania have been running the gauntlet of a pre-spring last gasp winters trough. The temperatures have skirted the normalcy range all month, and with all of the above, the potholes have become the evil demon that demands payment for traveling across its roads. They have become particularly nasty this winter. Kids are building their hubcap collection, as auto parts and tire stores are building their coffers.
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A local Charleroi native is about to celebrate his 63rd anniversary of being rescued and released as a Prisoner of War in 1945. He was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. John D. Kanppenberger, who is now 85 years young, was a 1940 graduate of Charleroi High School. He was in the First Battalion of the 28th division, as a machine gun squad jeep driver.
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Sports Update:
Sidney Crosby is back from his 21 missed games injury, returning like a flash on the ice. He looks like he never left, and the Penguins are within one point of first-place New Jersey in the Atlantic Division.
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Keep your heads down,
Henry Hill, Plum Pennsylvania
1 comment:
The famous or infamous Pennsylvania pothole. It never ceases to amaze me that the residents of this state particularly those on the western end not only accept but brag about the poor condition of their roads as though it was some badge of honor.
I can only surmise that they have invested heavily in companies that produce the black goo used to fill the aforementioned holes, even if it lasts only for a day, in the hopes that the returns will boost their retirement fund allowing them to escape to another state that has managed to maintain their roads and infrastructure. One where for some reason the laws of physics are contained by political boundaries such that the "freeze thaw cycle" sited by those defending the poor condition of our roads doesn't cross into their state.
I can only hope that you brave souls defending our county return home with the same determination to hold local politicians accountable for their actions that you have been asked to do on foreign soil. God bless you all.
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