It's been almost uniformly cold and gray during the time that my mother has been here to stay with us. That's been fine up until now – we have a warm fire to sit by and far too much food to eat. Still, she's only here for a couple more days, so we ventured out into the chill for a road trip to Washington, Missouri, for lunch today.
A pretty ride through the snow dusted hills on Highway 94 led us to the Missouri river crossing into Washington. The wind was strong and biting, so we did not dawdle on the pretty downtown streets. We found Cowan's Restaurant and settled in for some lunch and pie. Very pleasant it was too.
After eating, once again, far too much, we headed home taking in the riverfront road on the way out. It was here that Ruth spotted these shoes hanging from the powerline. We drove in closer to have a look. I had never seen such a sight before, but a little research reveals this to be a common phenomenon. All seems like a waste of perfectly good pair of sneakers to me, not to mention a bother for the power company. Perhaps life is somewhat duller in Washington.
I hope that is the explanation; Washington is in notorious Franklin County, home of methamphetamine labs galore, and Washington itself has banned over-the-counter sales of Sudafed and related medicines in an attempt to control the scourge of this awful drug. It would be sad if those shoes were a marker for drug sales.
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Richard, pseudoephedrine was removed from shelves in stores and drugstores in Texas two or three years ago. The only way you can get cold medicine containing the drug (like Advil Cold & Sinus) is to ask for it at the pharmacy, then you have to show your driver's license and the clerk checks the database on computer to see how often you have bought the drug. We, too, have a high number of methamphetamine labs in this area.
Ya' know something? I've worn out several pairs of shoes in my life, but it has never, ever occurred to me to toss them over an electrical line.I guess I'm just not very creative.:rolleyes::D
Well, I had a pair of white lace bikini panties end up on top of a flag pole once upon a time. Does that count? But I didn't put them there. Result of a panty raid. 😆
Hi Linda, that is the way it is throughout Missouri too. Washington (and Union, MO, too) will now only allow prescription authorized purchase of Sudafed. The state may well follow.
😆 I guess not, Star! 😉
I would expect such a thing would occur as the result of someone pulling an irritating prank on someone. Maybe during the summer if the owner of the footwear was having a bath.I would never expect this to have something to do with drugs. But waddayaknow?
we had shoes like this nearby for ages!… hmmm- where did you say you lived LOL