Pluggers by Rick McKee for August 19, 2021

of course

Symbolic much?

Happens every summer ;-)

Put thumb partly over the the opening to your drinking fountain.

Shut fountain/sprayer off with a kink.

On the farm with a deep well the water eventually got to cold to do it very long.

We’re remodeling and workmen are in and out for several weeks. Every night my wife complains about spraying in our bathroom.

Works just fine for me, has for… ever.

Or squirt gun.

And was fully adjustable and always at hand.

That was my fathers exercise , after dinner he would spray the lawn with the hose

Much more satisfying to use the thumb, especially latter in the season.. the water is pretty cold in the spring.

Still works today…..

Wow… haven’t thought about doing that in years. It was one of two ways my dad watered the yard. The other was to wrap the end in a burlap bag (remember those?) and put the water on trickle for hours. (he’d move it occasionally)

Who remembers the taste of hose-fresh water?

Garden hose water is highly toxic-including BPAs and lead and is not potable for humans or pets. And I doubt it was any better in the good old days when just about everything continued lead and asbestos.

Been there, done that.

Still my favorite.

That’s how you get a green (or blue) thumb – from doing this too long.