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Thu Jun-07-07 03:58 PM
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| 84. Plumbers in Illinois must be pretty wealthy, LOL |
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As for throwing used TP in the trash--that's what we've done for years. Unless you've got a houseful of people with raging diarrhea, it doesn't add much to your trash output. And unless you plan on plunging your hands into your trash bag for some reason, it's perfectly OK to throw the wipes into a bag, then tie up the bag and dispose of it. We also use biodegradable TP. Maybe it's because our family has dealt with ill people over the years, that we don't get squeamish over such little things. Now, if you're dealing with a patient who has been hit by an attack of diarrhea before he/she can make it out of bed and onto the commode...THAT'S something to get squeamish about.  |
| -LA residents told to cut showers as drought deepens (driest in 130 yrs) |
UpInArms |
Jun-07-07 06:24 AM |
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interesting... extreme dought on both coasts |
ixion |
Jun-07-07 06:29 AM |
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Extreme populations tax the resources |
ohio2007 |
Jun-07-07 06:59 AM |
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While that may be true it really doesn't address the drought unless |
Bandit |
Jun-07-07 11:09 AM |
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Peak population has been reached and the |
ohio2007 |
Jun-07-07 04:23 PM |
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The L.A. Basin is a desert with a carrying capacity of 650,000 thousand people |
candice |
Jun-08-07 01:32 AM |
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Bingo-Overpopulation is the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. nt |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-09-07 08:58 AM |
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In SC, we're in a drought. Don't know if it's an extreme drought, though. nt |
raccoon |
Jun-07-07 09:45 AM |
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What is an extreme drought? |
BarstowDeath |
Jun-07-07 11:52 AM |
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Here ya go... |
progressoid |
Jun-07-07 01:11 PM |
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thanks |
BarstowDeath |
Jun-07-07 04:07 PM |
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Here in Fargo it's it's so wet we have flooding. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-07-07 03:24 PM |
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New England is doing well. nt |
VTMechEngr |
Jun-08-07 11:00 AM |
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Trash in toilets? |
BeyondGeography |
Jun-07-07 06:32 AM |
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that`s were we throw our trash here in illinois |
madrchsod |
Jun-07-07 07:00 AM |
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In Chicago the park water fountains used to run continuously. |
bigmonkey |
Jun-07-07 02:45 PM |
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Somewhere (here or elsewhere on the web) |
Delphinus |
Jun-07-07 03:44 PM |
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Plumbers in Illinois must be pretty wealthy, LOL |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 03:58 PM |
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LOL! n/t |
Megahurtz |
Jun-07-07 04:06 PM |
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LOL |
Screwfly |
Jun-08-07 08:03 PM |
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Talking trash... |
Joanie Baloney |
Jun-07-07 12:55 PM |
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Yep. Toss the dental floss in and flush. Toss a kleenex in and flush. |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 01:53 PM |
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how do you wipe with dental floss?!!! |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 09:09 AM |
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People use their toilets for TRASH disposal because they are too |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-09-07 10:53 AM |
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Dental Floss is a versatile thing. They even use it to make |
Buns_of_Fire |
Jun-10-07 08:55 AM |
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Time to take Navy showers |
tinymontgomery |
Jun-07-07 06:33 AM |
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I wouldn't mind this, actually. |
Delphinus |
Jun-07-07 03:45 PM |
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Go to a place like Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:00 PM |
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Yep, that's what I'm doing... |
devilgrrl |
Jun-07-07 04:04 PM |
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fill one tub with wash water and another with rinse water... |
grasswire |
Jun-08-07 11:00 AM |
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My sink is real small and doesn't have a drain that plugs... |
devilgrrl |
Jun-08-07 12:10 PM |
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You can buy a plain rubber cover that fits in your drain to plug the sink. |
yardwork |
Jun-08-07 01:32 PM |
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I use Dr. Bronners soap too :-) |
devilgrrl |
Jun-08-07 01:47 PM |
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That'll work! |
yardwork |
Jun-08-07 02:01 PM |
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Many Europeans bathe this way |
catgirl |
Jun-08-07 11:57 AM |
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Never stopped taking "submarine" showers |
Ezlivin |
Jun-08-07 01:54 PM |
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I learned to do it that last time Honolulu had a drought in the 80's |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 08:52 AM |
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Unless water is rationed to each household. this will not be enforceable |
rodeodance |
Jun-07-07 06:45 AM |
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No, it won't, but they could raise rates in an emergency! |
BikeWriter |
Jun-07-07 06:52 AM |
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when everyone moved there |
madrchsod |
Jun-07-07 06:57 AM |
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And when everyone moved to New Orleans |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:15 AM |
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Need your morning coffee? |
arikara |
Jun-07-07 11:27 AM |
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Thank you. They still are building MORE AND MORE. If they would |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 01:57 PM |
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When people move to the arid West from the lush areas of the |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 12:37 PM |
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Another expert on living in California...let's see where you're from. |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 12:57 PM |
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Not exactly ! |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 01:34 PM |
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And there you are hoggin' all the rain, hedgehog |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 01:48 PM |
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I guess the question is, how many transplanted Westerners live in a state of denial? |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 02:22 PM |
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Well, I've lived in California and Arizona |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:05 PM |
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I lived in the LA area from 1954 to 1978... |
KansDem |
Jun-07-07 02:48 PM |
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You were getting water from the Owens Valley in the 50s. |
candice |
Jun-08-07 01:33 AM |
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Well, sometimes it does this: |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:01 PM |
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That is why |
ChazII |
Jun-07-07 01:56 PM |
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(or shower with a friend!) |
BikeWriter |
Jun-07-07 06:57 AM |
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That Could Use More Water |
iamjoy |
Jun-07-07 07:19 AM |
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"Conserve ... shower with a friend" |
SomeGuyInEagan |
Jun-07-07 09:40 AM |
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Can't we desalinate the ocean? |
JNelson6563 |
Jun-07-07 07:20 AM |
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Must be. |
edwardlindy |
Jun-07-07 08:06 AM |
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Desalinization is one of those things that looks like a good idea |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:22 AM |
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*ALERT" - In a daring maneuver to thwart Mother Nature |
InkAddict |
Jun-07-07 09:08 AM |
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We've got a desal plant here in Santa Barbara |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:08 PM |
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I think the Israelis are working on this |
ikojo |
Jun-10-07 09:04 AM |
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I have a better idea - shower with a neighbor |
TOJ |
Jun-07-07 08:12 AM |
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Can you spare a square? nt |
Javaman |
Jun-07-07 08:17 AM |
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In Colorado there's a saying: |
Robb |
Jun-07-07 08:22 AM |
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They have sprinklers going day and night throughout CA... |
rfranklin |
Jun-07-07 08:22 AM |
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Shit fire Dilbert, I don't even have shut-off valves on my sprinklers!! |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:41 AM |
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Oh man -- don't even get me started!! |
driver8 |
Jun-07-07 08:46 AM |
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It's the pristine-clean cars that bug me |
bunkerbuster1 |
Jun-07-07 09:43 AM |
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it isn't just CA |
bleedingheart |
Jun-07-07 10:26 AM |
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It's never neccesary to water like that. |
Xithras |
Jun-07-07 12:37 PM |
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Ahh someone with a sense of reality!! |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 01:08 PM |
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Great post. |
driver8 |
Jun-07-07 02:13 PM |
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Indeed, you don't have to water lawn much in SoCal |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:09 PM |
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LA is often HOTTER THAN PALM SPRINGS. I should know. |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:05 PM |
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you need to be planting veggies in that sun |
xxqqqzme |
Jun-07-07 01:44 PM |
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I tried the bucket in the shower idea |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:12 PM |
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Give "desert landscaping" a try... |
ordinaryaveragegirl |
Jun-09-07 09:03 AM |
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This is what happens when you put large metropolitan areas in what is essentially a desert |
MadHound |
Jun-07-07 08:25 AM |
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invalid reasoning. try again nt |
msongs |
Jun-07-07 08:27 AM |
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OK, I conceed that I was a little over the top calling the area a desert, however |
MadHound |
Jun-07-07 08:45 AM |
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So the Ogalala aquifer is draining into the San Fernando Valley? |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 09:06 AM |
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You are so deluded about the Southwest |
silverojo |
Jun-07-07 04:20 PM |
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I'm not absolutely certain about this, but I believe most golf courses |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 06:00 PM |
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Thanks for the defense of us desert rats. |
Coventina |
Jun-08-07 09:15 AM |
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Come to Los Angeles. Most of the millions of homes here have GRASS LAWNS |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:10 PM |
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We DO live in a desert here in SoCal. Most years we get almost no |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 02:07 PM |
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What's invalid about it? Are you saying that you don't understand |
acmavm |
Jun-07-07 09:18 AM |
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No. You have to understand that we in the west live with water shortage |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 09:28 AM |
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You are probably going to be the one with the problem. |
barb162 |
Jun-07-07 10:00 AM |
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Name removed |
Jun-07-07 10:47 AM |
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You have got to be kidding me! |
depakid |
Jun-07-07 01:50 PM |
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Another expert on Southern California who doesn't live here. |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 02:03 PM |
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I have news |
depakid |
Jun-07-07 02:19 PM |
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There are water wars, but |
huskerlaw |
Jun-07-07 12:56 PM |
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It's a totally different water system in the midwest |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:14 PM |
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I had no idea there were so many California-bashers here on DU |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 08:31 AM |
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Yawn. Stretch. Waste water. |
Joanie Baloney |
Jun-07-07 09:06 AM |
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I'm not bashing California. I just don't get why people try to make it look like Connecticut... |
NorthernSpy |
Jun-07-07 10:18 AM |
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LOL. They want to look like Connecticut.... |
VTMechEngr |
Jun-08-07 11:24 AM |
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LOL-- Californian here and I agree with the bashers.... |
mike_c |
Jun-07-07 10:41 AM |
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Hey Mike |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:18 PM |
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Because as I drive around El Dorado Hills... |
Throd |
Jun-07-07 12:31 PM |
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Yell yeah, but white flight suburbs tend to have high concentrations of the spoiled and stupid. |
LeftyMom |
Jun-07-07 09:21 PM |
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If it's yellow, let it mellow |
RedEarth |
Jun-07-07 08:42 AM |
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Name removed |
Jun-07-07 09:23 AM |
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California is stealing water from the entire country? |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 09:32 AM |
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LA has been stealing water for decades |
AZDemDist6 |
Jun-07-07 09:42 AM |
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Every urban area in California steals water from another part of the state |
XemaSab |
Jun-07-07 08:33 PM |
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Huh? |
Le Taz Hot |
Jun-07-07 10:13 AM |
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Did you intend to reply to the other poster? |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 10:53 AM |
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No, dahlink, |
Le Taz Hot |
Jun-07-07 10:59 AM |
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Ever seen the film Chinatown? nt |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-09-07 09:27 AM |
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group showers are much more effective |
DrDan |
Jun-07-07 09:48 AM |
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everyone: get a copy of "Cadillac Desert" and read it |
kineneb |
Jun-07-07 10:23 AM |
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Great book...Marc Reisner (RIP) was a visionary |
BeyondGeography |
Jun-07-07 01:12 PM |
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Misleading headline...again |
PaulaFarrell |
Jun-07-07 10:28 AM |
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I skipped a shower this am and.. |
BadGimp |
Jun-07-07 01:06 PM |
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Delete. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 01:13 PM |
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Message to the West: Don't even consider Great Lakes water diversion. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 01:15 PM |
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Bog it down in the courts, nothing! |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 01:37 PM |
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All Great Lakes Canadian provinces and American GL states are in "the same boat". |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 01:58 PM |
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totally agree - Buffalo born, live in Vegas now... |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 09:03 AM |
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Delete. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 02:03 PM |
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Don't worry, we're looking more at Alaska :) |
Xithras |
Jun-07-07 07:05 PM |
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It's bad here in southern middle Tennessee- no rain in months. |
Wcross |
Jun-07-07 01:45 PM |
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Your rain has slid north. |
roamer65 |
Jun-07-07 02:05 PM |
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They need to move on a number of cogeneration desalination projects. |
BrightKnight |
Jun-07-07 02:18 PM |
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How about reverse osmosis on the sewer outlets? |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 02:29 PM |
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Well we were going to try something similar in San Diego, buuut |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 05:55 PM |
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That's too bad. I think eventually all sewer plants will have to engage |
hedgehog |
Jun-07-07 06:09 PM |
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I hope to see thermal polymerization plants |
MindPilot |
Jun-07-07 06:35 PM |
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Too many illegal aliens |
one more state |
Jun-08-07 12:06 AM |
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How would they know...the government has no idea who is here, and |
candice |
Jun-08-07 01:35 AM |
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Over here, fake IDs are sold by a city councilman's father |
barb162 |
Jun-08-07 01:10 PM |
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time to close the Oregon border to migration |
grasswire |
Jun-08-07 11:26 AM |
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I'm surprised there aren't more people in your state. |
barb162 |
Jun-08-07 01:12 PM |
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shhhh..... |
grasswire |
Jun-08-07 07:14 PM |
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Time to redistribute population according to rainfall? |
ozone_man |
Jun-08-07 11:42 AM |
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hey - let me whistle past the graveyard in the dark a while longer please! |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 09:05 AM |
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Sheesh, guess we might be the next "boom" area LOL... |
ordinaryaveragegirl |
Jun-09-07 11:46 AM |
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It's probably best to stay as the bread basket. |
ozone_man |
Jun-09-07 01:31 PM |
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I just took a very WET walk around downtown LA this morning |
Cronus Protagonist |
Jun-08-07 01:45 PM |
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I have been doing my part since Sep 1 2006. I have not watered |
kestrel91316 |
Jun-08-07 01:51 PM |
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Save water - shower together!!! |
TankLV |
Jun-09-07 08:51 AM |
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Two ideas Brown Lawns and Front Loading Washing Machines. |
TheGoldenRule |
Jun-09-07 09:12 AM |
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But what will Paris do if she cannot |
ikojo |
Jun-10-07 08:58 AM |
#145 |
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