A plea to stop Nestle from stealing more water...

Nestle is responsible for taking water from public land in California and then bottling it in plastic and SELLING it back to people. And they have permission from the State to do so. First of all -- who was the bright person who thought that was a great idea? And then, when Nestle took millions of gallons more than they were permitted to do, who was the bright person who said that was OK? Now Nestle wants another permit to raid the water supply under a new label.

Given our very serious, some might even say catastrophic, drought in the West right now, companies taking public water to make a profit has to stop.

Please consider adding your name to the petition to end this blatant form of wanton capitalism over the public good.

	https://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/no-new-water-permit-nestle/

Riddle me this....

They can send people to the moon and send spacecraft to Mars. So why, with all this technical knowledge and scientific/engineering know how, is someone incapable of designing a hose that doesn't kink, is lightweight, tough enough to withstand yards with multiple surfaces, and, wait for it...has enough water pressure?!?

After spending almost 3 hours watering my getting-larger-every-day yard, and spending waaaaay too much time unkinking the hose simply because it doesn't like to go around corners or pots, my patience, short at the best of times, has worn to a nub.

Now before you mention all the as-seen-on-TV hoses that claim not to kink and are as tough as nails, don't bother. I'll grant you, they are amazingly lightweight and they don't kink -- hurray! But, and here's the thing, the water they dribble out does nothing for getting the spider mites out of the hedges or giving the carob trees a deep soaking. Sigh.

Okay - I'm done. Just had to throw that out there in the universe. Maybe someone, somewhere, will hear this plea and decide to engineer something that actually works on Earth instead of worrying about missions to Mars.

A girl can dream.