D.O.P.-T.

[weofodthignen]

Summer in suburbia. At high noon, one of the nextdoor neighbours was firing a high-pressure hose at his car in front of his house. Sounded as if he was using a grinder. Later his significant other washed their other car in the street. I guess we don't have drought restrictions yet.

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[warriorsavant]

All that car-washing. It must have immediately rained.

[weofodthignen]

I wish.

[dubhain]

we're currently in a severe drought. Our county has water restrictions that automatically kick-in, but can't enforce them in the towns and cities.

My town (which calls itself a city, but really,) doesn't post any. And, even if it does, we don't have anyone staffed for code enforcement — which means that if folks like you, or you've connections here (and I've family connections,) you don't really have to worry about it. But if you're a Snowbird, or a new transplant (or an old one who isn't well liked,) one of your neighbors will likely call you in, and you'll get nailed.

There's also the small Southern town thing of "Mind your own business, and don't interfere" going on. Which means that, even though my Neighbor's lawn has been three feet high for over four years, now, I don't call it in to City Hall, so long as I don't get anything crawling or slithering into my yard from his. (TBF, he may be in a nursing home. I haven't seen anyone at that place in a small forever, there's never any trash at the road, and I've gotten mail from medical collection agencies for him. I don't believe he's in there, dead, because he inherited the place when his folks died, and was only ever there when he and his girlfriend were fighting.)

(Aren't small Floridan towns just fascinating? /s)

Went through the car wash, t'other day. Got the Forester washed and waxed. It...waxed over the pollen on the paint. JFC....

[weofodthignen]

I'm glad you don't call in the tall grass, but I really hope nothing venemous takes up residence in there. And that the guy's all right. The collection notices suggest he's alive, kicking, and receiving care ...

A lot of people here patronise the local near-slave-labour carwash rather than go through the gas station machines, presumably because the poor sods are more likely to get the car clean. There aren't that many people that do the driveway car washing, partly because of the recent history of drought restrictions. But even in the last nasty drought, there were still misadjusted sprinklers watering the sidewalk. One morning our bus driver paused to call in a violation on El Camino, but there's also an apartment building near the house that ran its sprinklers every day of the week, even when it was raining. Luckily a small apartment building. If—when—we go back to drought rules this year, they're going to have to really work on educating the new residents; there's been a lot of turnover. But I think that couple have been next door for a couple of years. Hopefully this was their "last carwash before the drought"; and hopefully their unit is individually water-metered.