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��� JANUARY 2013 ��� WORLD FENCE NEWS ASTM publishes updated edition of fence standards W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Penn. ��� ASTM International now has available the 12th edition of its ASTM Standards for Fence Materials and Products. The new edition will be the most current resource for the fencing industry and will include 49 ASTM standards. The price of either a book or CD-ROM is $175. Anyone who deals with fence projects which include standards and specifications is urged to get the new edition, as many standards have been changed or revised, and there are new ones added. Forty-nine ASTM standards cover chain-link and wire fence fabric, fence SWAN-BOND Fused-Bonded Wire Be Sure To Visit Us At BOOTH NO. 1943 COMPARE AND SAVE ON TEMPORARY FENCE PANELS LI N N H E C AI N 600 W. Manville St., Compton, CA 90220 FE M AN TE U U FA IT C ST TU ER IN R S �� 800-688-SWAN (7926) www.swanfence.com K WE SHIP COAST TO COAST 3,000 + PANELS of 6 X 10 & 6 X 14 ARE IN STOCK C 50 construction and installation practices, fences for playgrounds, sports fields, sports courts, and other recreation facilities, fence fittings and protective coatings, industrial and commercial horizontal slide gates, fencing materials used in detention and correctional facilities and many more areas. E-mail Suzanne Daulerio at sdaulerio@astm.org for bulk quantity purchases. For more information, visit www.astm.org. A different kind of drug problem Editor���s note: Here���s something funny (and a little poignant) that we found on the good old Internet, and have published once before. Like much web stuff, there was no author���s name attached to the piece, but we���re sure they would not mind us sharing. The other day, a ���middle age plus��� person at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me, a fellow ���middle age plus��� person, a rhetorical question: ���Why didn���t we have a drug problem when we were growing up?��� I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young. I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn���t put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me. I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity. I was drug out to pull weeds in mom���s garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad���s fields. I was drug to the homes of family, friends and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood, and if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed. Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack or heroin. And if today���s children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place. God bless the parents who drugged us!