You\u2019ll have to trust me on this one. I can\u2019t tell you where this happened for a number of reasons \u2014 I can\u2019t tell you the reasons, either. But here\u2019s the story\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was shortly after the first of the year and three of us were assigned to a project in the place I can\u2019t reveal. An apartment had been rented for us and whoever occupied the apartment before us was apparently there for Christmas because there was a fairly large Christmas tree in the living room. It looked like it needed some water and was losing lots of needles. I assume it was decorated at one time, but there were no decorations on it when we arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The street outside our apartment had a rather big pot-hole in it when we arrived and it seemed to get bigger and deeper every day. After we\u2019d been there about a week, one night we sat on the front porch having a few drinks and watching cars dodge the now cavernous pot-hole. Then we had a spontaneously brilliant idea \u2014 we drug the Christmas tree out of the living room and \u201cplanted\u201d it in the pot-hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next morning, having breakfast, we noticed that the tree was still there, and cars were avoiding the hole \u2014 that was now clearly marked, thanks to our ingenuity. When we came back to our apartment later that night, the tree was gone \u2014 and \u2014 the street had been repaired!
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You\u2019ll have to trust me on this one. I can\u2019t tell you where this happened for a number of reasons \u2014 I can\u2019t tell you the reasons, either. But here\u2019s the story\u2026.. It was shortly after the first of the … Continue reading