I never heard of thunderbird a year ago, or else was not paying attention.

not sure which

Shame I don't live in Roanoke any longer, I'd
have had plenty of spare rooms for my neighbor's kids who came to visit.

In the meantime, I've got a condo now

mk5000

"The Water Is Wide" (also called "O Waly, Waly") is an English folk
song that has been sung since the 1600s and has seen considerable
popularity through to the 21st century. It is related to Child Ballad
204 (Roud number 87), Jamie Douglas, which in turn refers to the
ostensibly unhappy first marriage of James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of
Douglas to Lady Barbara Erskine...
Originally entitled "O Waly, Waly", the ballad's author remains
unknown,no one really knows when, to the best of my knowledge.
Contemplator.com states it was published in 1724. The tune "Lord Jamie
Douglas", which would refer to the Douglas Erskine marriage did not
come along until 1776, with the instruction that it be sung to the
tune of "O Waly Waly" (see www.contemplator.com).

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Someone thought it a neat idea to do something my little town regards as
unheard of. They painted swears in blue paint in several places.

The road crew for the town thought it a good idea to paint over the lines of
the words with black spray paint lines. But this only masked it a little,
and essentially made black cuss words with a glowing blue halo on my road.

The road is your basic asphalt I think. Typical Massachusetts very short
dead-end road.

Is there anything I can do to remove this graffiti myself? Does a power
washer generate enough force? Is my only option to paint over the thing
entirely with a rectangle of black?

Thanks

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