thanks, Bob!

When I told the story, earlier, of my having spent part of the morning and early afternoon weeding, I neglected to mention that Bob paid me $50 for the work. That's pretty generous; even though I did work continuously, at the end of the four hours I didn't feel as though much had been accomplished. Then again, that might just be the nature of weeding: with so many of the little boogers to deal with, you can spend hours in a single corner of the yard. I filled two 45-gallon trash bags with weeds, and when I looked around afterwards, it seemed as though I'd done little to nothing.

Hats off to Bob for his largesse.


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