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My son-in-law runs our own saw mill — and planer. What size did you say you wanted? What species wood? Up to 16 feet… and not more than 24" square!

someone did manage to change the meter in the not so distant past.

Just for completeness: In my case (suburb of Milwaukee), everything from the curb stop to the house is my responsibility ("private portion"). The "public portion", i.e., from main to the curb stop, is their responsibility . The curb stop is located between the street and the sidewalk.

The municipality is running a program to replace all of the service lines (over a period of years). When they do your block, it is mandatory to have your private line replaced. However, they will cover 50% of the project cost at that time. If you want to replace your line at an earlier time, 100% of the cost of replacing the private line is the homeowner's responsibility (but they will replace the public portion at the same time on their dime).

I would have loved more pasta growing up, but my German parents preferred spätzle with their boiled beef tongue, liver and onions, oxtail and red cabbage.

I'm in what is called a "mixed marriage" I guess.
My wife cringes, and sometimes full-on hollers at me when I call it gravy (which is partly why I do it, of course). Her father is the original Italian playboy, having immigrated from Puglia at 16 years old and still can't speak English very well, wears gold chains under his unbuttoned shirts, and still tries to pick up ladies at his 82 years of age. My mother in law is a beautiful woman from Sicily and is just impossible, which is a whole 'nother story. But they were very much a food-centric, cooking-exquisite-meals-daily household. They are right about the saucy-gravy debate but my mom (pictured) and I will never admit that to them.

This is a nice nostalgic thread we have going here.