We haven't gotten as much snow as they predicted, but they sure got the "blowing" part right. Of course it ain't over yet, so we still might get a foot or so like we got in the last storm. If we do, we will have gotten almost as much snow in April as we have gotten the whole rest of the winter. Our electricity went out this morning from 12:30 AM until 5:00 AM, but it could have been worse. I understand that there have been numerous outages throughout the state, and some of them are not restored yet. Ah, the joys of rural living!
A legalized pirate who is licensed by a government used to be called a "privateer". The practice was quite common in those days, but privateers were only allowed to prey on ships that flew the flag of an enemy nation. John Paul Jones was a privateer you know. They call him "The Father of the American Navy" because, for awhile there, he was the American Navy. He provided his own ships and crew, and was responsible for making his own payroll.
To my knowledge, prison labor is entirely voluntary. They don't get paid much for working, but they get room and board for free whether they work or not. I didn't know that they were contracted out like that, though. I thought that they just worked inside the prison making license plates and stuff like that. Inmates of the Cheboygan County jail grow a vegetable garden, and I think the produce is given to some local charity. They also wash police cars and do other odd jobs around the jail, but I don't think they are contracted out to private businesses.
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