Mail Call
Mail call 7/25/05
Editor's note - Please be as brief as possible when calling Mail Call, The Daily Mail's reader call-in line. Calls should be limited to 30 seconds.
Mail Call is not staffed on weekends or holidays so it is best to call Mail Call during the week. The Mail Call number is 301-791-6236.
You are welcome to leave a recorded message on any subject, but some calls will be screened out. You must include your town or county of residence.
Here are some of the calls we have received lately:
"I just want to call in and inform somebody that Clinton was not impeached for lying. No president has ever been impeached and before you call into the newspaper to give somebody some information, why don't you check your facts first."
- Hagerstown
(Editor's note: Former President Clinton was impeached, but he was not removed from office. Impeachment is the process Congress uses to remove a president, but the evidence against Clinton was not enough to put him out of office.)
"To the person who called in and said that president Clinton was impeached and supports Bush. This shows the quality of people who support president Bush and their intelligence."
- Hagerstown
"Buyers beware, today I found a leak in my pool liner. Calling for help, I find my old faithful supply and repair business is now under new ownership. My pool has lost five inches of water overnight and I was told that they may send someone to look at it in four weeks. To all potential buyers offered new pools or spas, buy where you can get service."
- Washington County
"I noticed several comments about people leaving their cars running when they do some quick business in the store. Can someone please explain to me why they do this while they are at church or Sunday school. My husband did this recently and I have to keep a close eye on him."
- Washington County
"I'd like to say a special thank you to my husband, Mike, and all the men and women who are out there working in the hot sun and in the heat. The job you are doing is very important but so is your health. So drink plenty of water and take as many breaks as needed. We appreciate it!"
- Hagerstown
"To the people who drive on Pennsylvania Avenue. It is U.S. 11. However, it is the city limits and the speed limit is 30 miles per hour. There are many homes and businesses along Pennsylvania Avenue and people getting in and out of these businesses. Remember you have two pedals, you have a brake and an accelerator, not just an accelerator. Be kind to your fellow drivers and use your brake occasionally. Be a courteous driver and not an aggressive driver."
- Hagerstown
"The person who called in about the neighbor who keeps trapping her cats and taking them to the SPCA. Maybe you should keep your cats in your own yard. You're not allowed to let them run. It's like a dog, you keep your dog in your own yard so why don't you keep your cats in your own yard?"
- Hancock
"I wish that Woodmoor was getting lights like Greenberry Hills development is."
- Halfway
"I'm calling about the lighting in Greenberry Hills. I do not want it and I live in Greenberry Hills and I will not pay the bill if they put it in. This is still America and I will not pay the bill. And No. 2, the way they have the lights up, it would not benefit me, anyhow. If I want a light in my front yard, I will put a light in my front yard. You will not tell me when I can and can't have a light."
- Halfway
"I am not a city taxpayer but anything the city government does affects me, too, because I buy in the city. I think it is time that this mayor and council start acting like adults. They should start acting like adults and work with the mayor and work together as a team. Take a look at the county government."
- Hagerstown
"For the person who put in Mail Call that we are over in Iraq because of 9/11. Iraq has nothing to with 9/11. We are over in Iraq for their oil. As for 9/11, we should be chasing bin Laden."
- Hagerstown
"I just wanted to call and congratulate Tim on winning the mail-stuffing contest in the marketing department at Washington County Hospital."
- Hagerstown
"I would like to congratulate my boss for not saying anything stupid in the last 24 hours."
- Keedysville
"To keep bananas fresher you have to either keep them on a banana tree or in a paper bag."
- Hagerstown
"I have a reply to the individual who is trapping cats. I would love to know how to trap cats. I cannot even sit on my patio without smelling the bathroom remains of five neighborhood cats. They won't potty in their own yard, but they come run over to my flower beds and it stinks in my yard. Please, neighbor, come and trap the cats in my yard."
- South County
"I am getting sick and tired of people bashing Bush. Bush is the best that has happened to us in a while."
- Washington County
"How can wealthy people donate a lot of money and still leave a 10 to 15 percent tip for good food and service. It happens a lot."
- Greencastle, Pa.
"I think this Mail Call is the most ridiculous thing I have heard of. It just shows how much of a hick town this place is."
- Hagerstown
"In response to the person who said that all the Bush lovers should move to Canada or Mexico. Why would we want to move up there with Barbra Streisand and the Baldwin Brothers and all those beautiful actresses. I don't think that we would really fit in with those people."
- Washington County
"I am so sorry that I voted for Bush just because all the people at my church said that he would be good. Now I think he is the worst president ever. I don't even go to the church anymore."
- Fairplay
"To the person whose cats are being trapped. Unfortunately, the County Commissioners passed it on a few years ago that cats need to be on a leash on your property the same as dogs. We had the same problem with our neighbors but a little different. I don't want to say what they did because I don't want to give your neighbors any ideas."
- Hagerstown
"To the person with the bananas. When your bananas get too ripe to eat, freeze them, then combine them with fresh fruit, yogurt, orange juice and you have a smoothie."
- Washington County
"I have read comment after comment how we should dress when we go to church. I truly don't think it matters to God what you wear. In the scriptures, it says 'it's what's in your heart that counts.' What if you wore a tuxedo and had evil in your blood?"
- Hagerstown
"I would like to respond to the person who said, 'I like Clinton but I do not like George W, simple as that.' All I have to say is that Clinton is no longer our president but George W. is simple as that."
- Hagerstown
"My message is that your neighbor wouldn't trap cats unless they are off the owner's property."
- Hagerstown
"In regard to neighbors trapping cats and taking them to the SPCA, I would like to say, keep your cats on your own property and you wouldn't have that problem."
- Hagerstown
"I would like to know why our co-pays went up and medical insurance when the state of Maryland had a $1 billion surplus?"
- Hagerstown
"This is for the person whose neighbor keeps trapping her cats and is taking them to the SPCA. Good for your neighbor. Apparently, your cat was in her yard or she wouldn't have done it. Cats are indoor animals and they do not belong outside."
- Sharpsburg
"Washington County does have a leash law for your cats which requires you to have your animals on a leash or tied up in your yard. You are allowed to trap animals and take them to the SPCA if they are on your property."
- Smithsburg
"The other day a few co-workers had to remove bubble gum from underneath the tables. To people who do this, please use a napkin and stop being so disgusting."
- Hagerstown

