Just Asking

I understand the ideas behind sprinkling systems for lawns. BTW, did you know that David Buick (of Buick car fame) held a patent for inventing an early sprinkgling system? (He also patented a process for attaching porcelain to bathtubs.) But... Why do people put the sprinklers on timers? OK, so they don't have to turn them on by hand, as if that isn't the epitome of laziness! During rainstorms or even the day after a good drenching, there go the sprinklers! And the roads and driveways will be growing this year! The sprinklers are doing a great job of watering them, too! (Postscript: Out running today after the hard rain, it was hilarious to see quite a few front yards with several inches of water--and more--halfway up to the porch from the culvert, yet the sprinklers were on!)

If we need Zip Codes (and we've had returned mail because of wrong Zips), they are obviously key. Then, why must we continue to put cities and states on envelopes? So, if one of them is wrong, the mail still gets delivered? But if one of them is wrong, it is usually returned.

Why do so many supermarkets seem to build their parking lots on hills or slopes? Maybe they have hidden cameras and watch, laughing all the time, as shopping carts go rolling all over the place.

For that matter, why do so many online things, surveys, order forms, whatnot, have drop-downs for entering state names? Isn't it a lot easier and less time consuming just to let the filer/filler write MI or MA or NV? (Postscript: Hey, in filling out a survey this AM, I was surprised to find I could enter the state myself, without a drop-down. It saved a few seconds.)

Why do so many people think they can write? This goes for newspapers, magazines, and books. I am continually amazed at how poorly suupposed "writers" misspell words, have incomplete sentences, toss out incomplete ideas, use wrong grammar, etc. I know where the quality English teachers are, but where are the editors?

I still think I could have been a weatherman. Are they right at least half of the time? Maybe so, but it sure doesn't seem like it. Now, we're supposed to be having "light rain." Can it rain any harder outside of the rain forest? It's coming down in buckets.