[mountaineer]

I love seeing the Dems and Euroweenies suddenly left with nothing to say.

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A considerable change of subject:

I bought the neatest thingie yesterday. Perhaps y'all have seen it...a Christmas tree-watering device. It's a very long funnel. Plastic "cup" at the top with a funnel tube about 3 1/2 feet long. You stick it down through the back of the tree down into the container. The cup has a velcro tab which can be attached to a nearby branch.

Then you can simply pour water into the cup to water the tree...no getting on your knees, no spills. It also comes with a long "dip stick" with which you can detect when the water level is low.

As Martha would say, "It's a good thing".

(Home Depot, $5)