Re: Smoke gets in my eyes

You have a point there dear.  Speaking of water, I'm off to do a little of
that my own self....

On 6/30/08, james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Pam, remember that we used Chinese labor to build most of the levees
> throughout the west. Maybe we can use Chinese labor to build water
> pipelines.
>
> On Jun 30, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
>
> Never thought of hosing down the roof - good tip Donna.  I always do the
>> yard and all the vines on the fences. Now that we have a REAL police chief
>> we can call the police.  Before we had a bunch of lazy incompetent fat
>> freeloading losers who didn't want to do spit.
>>
>> That sounds like an interesting idea Bonnie (China) but of course we need
>> to
>> remember they have an enormous supply of what's pretty close to slave
>> labor
>> by our pay and working standards.  Never be able to afford to do it here.
>> More's the pity.
>>
>>
>> On 6/30/08, holmesbm@usit.net <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The Chinese are creating pipes as long as our interstates to move water
>>> from areas that flood to areas that have droughts, a huge project.  Might
>>> beat levies.
>>>
>>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>>> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Date: 6/26/2008 6:20:21 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>>>>
>>>> Crazy isn't it?   I know when we were going through that 2 1/2 drought
>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>> looking at pictures of NOLA under water I kept thinking pipe it up here!
>>>> They don't want it and we need it so badly.  Too bad there's no way to
>>>>
>>> even
>>>
>>>> it out.
>>>>
>>>> On 6/26/08, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT <
>>>> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's so frustrating - they're under water in the Midwest, and we're
>>>>> desperate for some rain here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyndi
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>>>>> Behalf Of David Franzman
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:51 PM
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Cyndi
>>>>> Its so smokey here that I can taste it.  The nearest major fire from
>>>>> me is 40 miles away as the crow flies but its like winter here as well.
>>>>> No
>>>>> sun for the last 3 or 4 days...only nuclear night.  Very strange.  At
>>>>> one
>>>>> point there were almost 1,000 fires in California.  So many that fires
>>>>> that
>>>>> hundreds are going without anybody trying to put them out.  AND ITS
>>>>>
>>>> ONLY
>>>
>>>> JUNE.  Just wait until September after six months of no rain.
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----
>>>>> Original Message ----
>>>>> From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
>>>>> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June
>>>>> 25, 2008 2:49:27 PM
>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Smoke gets in my eyes
>>>>>
>>>>> How are our friends
>>>>> in northern California? It is incredibly smoky/hazy
>>>>> here. While we are
>>>>> hundreds of miles from all the fires burning up north
>>>>> we seem to be getting
>>>>> all the smoke. This morning the sun was just a
>>>>> bright red ball on the horizon
>>>>> and visibility now is pretty low. My eyes
>>>>> are definitely bothering me.
>>>>> Had a
>>>>> great weekend in the local mountains, although our horses think
>>>>> they had to
>>>>> work entirely too hard. Came home to some giant zucchini and
>>>>> - hallelujah -
>>>>> green beans ready to pick! Don't know if I'll manage to
>>>>> can anything this
>>>>> year, I may not get enough, but right now there are
>>>>> more than plenty for fresh
>>>>> eating.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyndi
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>>>> Pam Evans
>>>> Kemp TX
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