“I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition,” Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine told her colleagues on June 1st, 1950.
I’ve started browsing more with Chrome lately just to see how the Blog looks on it. I really wish browsers were more standardized because some of my content looks messy with other browsers compared to Firefox. It is very telling how much my comfort zone is challenged when I change my routine.
MjL 01 Jun 2025, 3:36 a.m.
Ben called the other day. After catching up on things like pets, etc. —— he asked a “Dad Question”. I have to say it is flattering when your son with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Science asks old uneducated Dad a serious question.
I hope I had the right answer. He was using a test swab to detect lead on dishes, sinks, plumbing, etc. and discovered the kitchen faucet tested positive for lead. I told him it could be one of two things I could think of; lead used to solder the copper pipes or white lead in the plumbers putty. My advice was to test their drinking water and consider a good water filter for water they consume.
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