Joe Pump says:
You should be careful of what you wish for. You just might get it. I've been complaining to the water company since I moved here that my pressure wasn't high enough. They would come up my house and put a pressure meter on the outside faucet and it would read 30 lbs. I was told that they only had to give me between 25 and 35 lbs. A couple of years ago they put a new water main up the hill. Now the pressure is 95 lbs. Since then every one of my hoses has ruptured. First the hose would swell, then develop what looked like and aneurysm on the side and then-WHAM!!! --it would let loose. I had to go out and buy reinforced hoses. Even one of the joints in the cellar ruptured. Any more joints rupture, I just might have to have a pressure regulator installed.
BAH!!!!!!!! HUMBUG!!!!!!!

Speaking of hoses, didja ever wonder why every time you water the garden, the wind suddenly blows in your face? You start getting wet and you wish you had windshield wipers on your glasses. You go to the other side, AND THE WIND SHIFTS!!!!! You throw the hose down on the ground in disgust, AND IT ALWAYS LANDS ON THE HANDLE WITH THE NOZZLE, POINTING RIGHT AT YOU!
BAH!!!!!!! HUMBUG!!!!!!!

Not all the news is this so downbeat. In my next E-mail, I will tell you all about the lawn mower I picked up that someone was throwing out.

Ta-ta, Joe Pump

EDITOR'S NOTE:
All of your E-mails are hilarious and it's been fun reading for all of us. You have responded in force and we welcome all of your snipes and gripes.