Genius Promotes Tourism. Kinda.

I talked to Genius on Mother's Day. He was sitting on his balcony in Pittsburgh. Said he was two weeks behind getting his crop into the field pots. He'd better plant some pots of pretty peppers if he expects to have a harvest this year!

Genius said his potato salad turned out well. He used a waxy potato variety. And added more mayo than I use, along with celery seed, and perhaps some apple cider vinegar or rice wine vinegar. Some kind of vinegar, anyway. So now he has his own recipe.

I asked if his apartment pool was open yet. He said they never drain it, but it turns a bit green, then they treat it. He thinks it will be ready by Memorial Day. He's been walking to work. The weather is nice. In fact, some of his friends were riding jet skis already.

That made me think about the river that runs near his apartment. I asked him if fishing was allowed there. He had a tale about how the EPA ran tests on that river a while back, and forbade people from eating fish caught in it. IF they could catch any fish! According to Genius, the main problem was the water TEMPERATURE of 95 degrees! Because the factories just discharged their cooling water into the river. Anyhoo... Genius thinks the fish are safe now that emissions have been controlled for years. Though he DID say, 

"I wouldn't eat any fish caught there! But yes, some brave people DO fish in the river."

Monday morning at 10:30, Genius sent me a picture:

"Here's one of the brave ones fishing."

Heh, heh! That could be a postcard. Or maybe a tourism poster. Looks like a lot of trouble and expense for somebody who did not plan to eat the fish. So I suppose they're safe enough.