Sounded better in the original Shteyngart

Has anything in SSTLS NOT come true?

We should be so lucky

Is George Will still alive?

Old water plug with words “Fire Pipe”

Fire Pipe, #SomervilleMA #manholecovermonday

Photo of manhole cover with the word “Fire”

#manholecovermonday

Old manhole cover that says “Main Sewer” found in Arlington, Massachusetts

Main Sewer. Probably late 1800s. #ArlingtonMA

Manhole cover painted red with “reset” painted in middle

#manholecovermonday

Water Meter cover. Merrill Water Box Company

Merrill Water Box Co Water Meter. I’ve only found 4 of these. No info on the maker. #SomervilleMA

SF&P #SomervilleMA 3/3

Photo of manhole cover with the letters SF&P

SF&P #SomervilleMA 2/3

SF&P 1/3 #SomervilleMA

Fair enough

Give or take

From sometime in the 1890s. #somervillema #manholecovermonday

Thank you! And spam away if you feel so inclined

Utility cover says S Water WW

#Somerville Water Works. Late 1800s. #manholecovermonday

Old manhole cover from 1891

#Somerville MA manhole cover from 1891. #manholecovermonday

Old catch basin cover

#Somerville MA Catch Basin 1883 in original granite base. #manholecovermonday

Manhole cover with MSW marking

Medford (MA) Sewer and Water #manholecovermonday

Manhole cover from Medford Massachusetts dated 1910

Medford (MA) Sewer System. Carbon dating shows this came out in the early 1900s. #manholcovermonday

And the village idiot doubles as their Congressman

Iron utility cover marked G with some dried flower petals on it

Have you written Somerville into your books?

Sewer grate marked “Barbour Stockwell, Cambridge Mass”

Barbour Stockwell Company. Long ago at #cambridge Massachusetts

Manhole cover

#CambridgeMA

Actually, he has a greater obligation to resist and speak up than most people.

He also wore a dress