> Illinois Bans Horse Slaughter, Shutters Last U.S. Slaughter Plant
>
> http://www.hsus.org/horses_equines/illinois_bill_signed.html
>
> This is a very good thing.

>
> Now, please help take horses off the menu forever.
>
> https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2007_horse_slaughter2
>
> It only takes a minute and it means so much.
>
> On behalf of my rescued neighbors Hope, Casey, and Bunny,

>Your own fresh from the garden will have a crispness impossible to attain
>from storebought. What variety are you growing? Iceberg does not perform
>well here relative to other varieties. I like the Mesclun mix. It provides
>a variety of flavours, textures, and colours. It can be grown year 'round
>with successive sowings, is only taken out by weather extremes, but toss in
>a few more seeds and you'll have it again in short order. It has become a
>tradition for me to sow lettuce seeds on New Year's Day.

>> One small tomato finally made it to red. Not much to taste but there
>> are plenty of bigger green ones starting to come in. My wife wants to
>> fry the green ones. I remain to be convinced.

>
>It seems...

> We actually have a bonus one too. When I was planting the 4/4 an
> ungerminated seed or small plant must have got away and ended up in a
> crack in the drive. It is a little small but doing well (I thought it
> was a weed at first). I don't have the heart to pull it up.

> The ears are starting to show. Could be interesting. My mother is
> visiting starting Tuesday so at least I'll have something to show her.

> Bell peppers. They are looking good and there are many more of them
> than I was expecting (8 plants). I am a bell pepper fan and with the
> prices in the shop, I am pretty pleased at what I am seeing.

> I wish you folks would take over the rain we've been getting
> over here. Sure, we have great sunsets and rainbows just about
> every day and the trees are growing like crazy, but it's
> flooding down in Texas and the creek out back is carrying tons
> of topsoil downstream. Further, it's seriously impacting hours
> on the bicycle......

>it's a notion, that's all.

> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:06:46 -0500, Boston Blackie (PA Robert Black,
> or is it the other way 'round?) mail.com> wrote:
>

>> it's a notion, that's all.

>
> Wow, with notions like that, pretty soon KD will be thinking YOU are
> the smartest person here!

> On 2007-07-25 20:59:04 -0500, Joseph Crowe sbcglobal.net> said:
>

>> I wish you folks would take over the rain we've been getting
>> over here. Sure, we have great sunsets and rainbows just about
>> every day and the trees are growing like crazy, but it's
>> flooding down in Texas and the creek out back is carrying tons
>> of topsoil downstream. Further, it's seriously impacting hours
>> on the bicycle......

>
> It's always seemed problematic to me that parts of the US can suffer
> droughts while other parts are flooding. To my uneducated mind, a
> series of aqueducts would be appropriate, to route water from drenched
> areas to parched areas.
>
> Yes, it would...

>naw, I doubt she'd give up that title without a fight ;{)

> On Jul 25, 9:06?pm, Boston Blackie (PA Robert Black, or is it the
> other way 'round?) mail.com> wrote:

>> .
>>
>> Yes, it would be a massive undertaking, on the order of the Interstate
>> Highway system, and I don't really know if it would help alleviate the
>> surplus/deficit situation wrt water so it's a notion, that's all.

>
> Adjusted for inflation, it would cost .001%% of the interstate hwy
> system cost, to connect all major lakes with 36 inch pipelines and
> pumps ....
> or a minuscule fraction of the cost of bullshit's catastrophic war on
> Iraq AND The USA~!
> the filthy delusional son of a bitch~!
> : ) Lala