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The Weather is Never Right for Roofing

When it's hot, the shingles melt;
Your standards slip below your belt.

When it's cold, the shingles crack;
You slip on ice and wrench your back.

When it's fine, you are a goof
If you keep working on a roof.


-- C. C. Thistlethwaite

The Weather is Never Right for Roofing
© D.M. Wideman, 1999