today was a beautiful day.
the sun shone, temperature was mild, the air was clear, the pool was open
I sorted, archived and deleted 2,200 e-mails.
Took me almost all day, though I did get an hour and a bit of walking in.
I had estimated I couldn't do more than a thousand per day, but at this rate
I'll be mostly done tomorrow.
Might even get to hit the pool before the rain moves in.
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Water policy and water problems always seem to be someone else’s responsibility.
by Steven D. Levitt, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
[Editor's note: A version of this piece was published in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 28, 2001 under the title "Pools more dangerous than guns." ]
Accidents in swimming pools can be serious or fatal (drowning, broken necks) but fortunately they are rare. For pool operators one of the more likely nightmares of daily operation is when someone has "a fecal accident." In other words, someone craps in the swimming pool.