No plumber coming
I'm involved with a community gardening group here in Seattle. We grow several thousand pounds of vegetables for local soup kitchens every year, but currently our water is turned off due to system leaks. We're in desperate need of a plumber.
The Boeing company sponsors a volunteer outing it calls Boeing Community Service Day, a Saturday event (Apr. 17 this year) when its employees pitch in for a half day to help non-profit groups finish "those wish list jobs that never seem to get done". I'm sure some of Boeing's talented engineers and machinists could help with our plumbing problem, were it not for one thing: fear of trial lawyers. The email memo jointly sent out by Boeing and United Way reads: "Due to liability reasons, Boeing volunteers cannot help with plumbing, electrical, and other major structural projects". So it seems we're out of luck. -- Brian Ballard, Seattle, Wash.