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Opposite of “pipe dream”

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If you’re curious about water pipes breaking in our sub-freezing weather, keep an eye on the city’s fire dispatch as-it-happens site (look for the “water job” calls). I believe I saw part of the problem from the one listed at midmorning in the 5400 block of California — thick ice in the gutter, a couple feet wide at some points. Go get your skates!

Out in the cold

February 18, 2006 10:14 am

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20-something degrees at 9-something am — a crowd stood, shivering, waiting, outside a Morgan Junction business.

No, not tickets to a Barry Manilow concert. No, not one-buck gas. No, not two-for-one teriyaki.

Seems Video Vault launched its going-out-of-business sale today. Sign on the window says Feb. 18-25, “closing sale.” And more than a dozen people wanted to have first crack at it.

Well-worn copy of “Porky’s,” anyone?