A Special Spot

[Greenbare Woods]

But back to California's problem; my daughter told me of corporations buying up land with water rights that will eventually sell water as a commodity to what will become the highest bidder. Attitudes will have to change as long as this drought continues; pre conceived ideas of water usage will doom many. Speaking of which didn't a nudist resort get accused of stealing water? Also some star also sending water trucks to get water for his ranch from a local fire hydrant? Chinatown in the near future? Maybe!

Water has been the focus of wars for thousands of years.   Civilizations rose and fell depending on the supply of water.  Irrigation and aqueducts were the great engineering feats for thousands of years.  Blocking the water supply defeated your enemy.  It is unlikely to change now. 

[nuduke]

I am uncomfortable with designating anything human designed as "too important to fail".

Sorry, Duane, you are bang on there.  I am similarly uncomfortable with protectionism.  Sorry, I let my customary liberal precision drift there a bit!  Interestingly when I was 'corporate man" we used to get a lot of that sort of thing when people left jobs.  "Gosh how is [process X] going to happen without [Person Y]" people would say.  I used to say that everyone's replaceable, that [Process X] was probably going on before [person Y] was born (or whatever) or that we'd probably find more efficient ways to do [Process X]. 

You are both right - if the water runs out, new directions will emerge and change will happen.. It'll hurt in the short term though!  Who will produce the prunes!? Spanish Prunes, Turkish Prunes?  Doesn't have the right ring to it at all!!  LOL 

John

[jbeegoode]

I am uncomfortable with designating anything human designed as "too important to fail".

You are both right - if the water runs out, new directions will emerge and change will happen.. It'll hurt in the short term though!  Who will produce the prunes!? Spanish Prunes, Turkish Prunes?  Doesn't have the right ring to it at all!!  LOL 

John

UH...yea, I hear that too much sun messes up the skin and makes them look like prunes, but I've never seen evidence of this in the general population, only in distinct genetic groups. Hard life worry and strife in the sun, coupled with genetic predisposition makes prune people, like an old shirveld Hopi grandma, a stalwart old farmer on a tough tract. A deep tan probably helps the looks. Its like claiming that everyone who doesn't wear a bra will sag...little truth, more complex.

Oh! Did I change the topic?
Jbee

[nuduke]

No matter how young a prune may be it's always full of wrinkles
People have wrinkles on their face, Prunes have them everyplace!

Old tyme song by a guy called Frank Crumit

John