AH HA! Young Ace claims he's been real busy gardening for ole Miss Evangeline. Says he's been peatmossing and watering her orchards and has to wear a uniform. Right, and the dog ate his homework too! Cept, he don't go to school and he don't gotta dog. So I made some comment about all the snow and inclement weather and he says, straight faced, the orchards are in her greenhouse. Well her greenhouse is a lot bigger than my sugarhouse, and, I've never been in it, but, I kinda very strongly double doubt there's much of an orchard in that glittering over priced hall of mirrors. So now my bater starts acting up. Why that scandalous Coottess has Shanghaied my driver! So I ask him about the uniform business while we're standing around in 15" of new snow pumping the Brook Tank and he says, with that same game face, the harness leather chafe really hurts and he prefers loose clothing when he's playing. Oh dear, why I'm going to call his mom.