Think that's about all that can be said about gutters?
"If your gutters are in good shape, you can keep them clean with Gutter Helmet," said Jim Moon, who owns Unique Gutter Helmet in Bohemia, N.Y.
"Glam in the gutter," said Fern Kaye Tessler, one of the evening's chairwomen.
(His architect said that a gutter system was designed to catch the rusty drips, but they were not properly installed).
"He was on the ladder the other day cleaning out the gutter," said Stan Patrick, 70, who lives across the street.
"There's feces in the gutter," said Marlene Lee, a court reporter who lives across the street.
"With new construction, the biggest challenge is not related to cost but the perception of cost," Ms. Gutter said.
"I'm a business owner in Daytona Beach, and for the last eight years I've watched the business go downhill straight into the gutter," said George St. Pierre Jr., an airbrush artist who runs a novelty shop off Main Street near the Atlantic Ocean.
"They laugh when they throw a ball in the gutter," said Chuck Pezzano Jr., the son of the bowling writer who is director of the Junior Bowlers Tour, referring to laser bowling.
Morale is "in the gutter," said Mickey Hughes, a training officer based in Ardoyne, in part because the government-run Northern Ireland Ambulance Service does not help its staff prosecute attackers when they are caught.
