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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

>  Just for
> snicks and grins, I think I'll see what's in the well water this spring, but
> I'm not sure what I'll do if it's loaded with pesticides.

There are good filters that will remove such things. At Heartwood we drink 
the bacteria-too-numerous-to-count stream water purified only by a ceramic 
filter.

> Marie, in beautiful Menard County where yesterday's nearly 60 degree (F)
> weather has deteriorated into an ice storm and stepping off the front porch
> (with it's 1/2 inch of ice) could be a mortal experience

Gene, in dry Maricopa County for the winter, where it will again be sunny 
and in the seventies today. Might be cloudy tomorrow. Sunny and warm almost 
every day.