Re: HOSES
At 08:59 PM 6/5/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Good topic!!
>
>Of my various and sundry collection of hoses, I have one (expensive?) hose
-- as I recall it was, like, $35 for a 50-footer. Bought it several years
ago during a moment of complete mental clarity. I love it. It doesn't tie
itself into knots, doesn't crease no matter how it's hung or tossed onto
the ground, and although quite supple it's relatively heavy so it doesn't
fly up on it's own and
>thrash the plants.
>
>I've lately had another moment of total mental clarity and have given all
the other hoses -- the $10-$20 kind -- warning that their days here are
numbered. The next time I have any "extra" cash they are all going to the
curb, to be replaced by more of the expensive ones. Normally I tend to be
on the (cheap?) side, but I've had it with the spigot "going geyser"
because a hose tied itself into
>a knot. There's a saying, "It's not a bargain if you don't need it." I'm
going to adapt that and say, "It's not a bargain if it's a useless piece of
sh*t." ;-)
>
>Dean Sliger
>Warren, Michigan, USA
>Zone 6B
>
Take it from a genetic and habitual packrat, you may need those old hoses
some day. They're useful to lay out the shape of a new flower bed, to be
cut up for tree or limb supports, etc. Margaret L
>
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