:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
:::Of Pensioner
:::Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:43 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: plumbing
:::

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:::
:::If the pioneers of yore had to put up with today's restrictions, they'd
:::still be in Missouri hiring lawyers and fixin' to get ready to hunker
:::down
:::and start findin' the handle to apply for permission to apply for a
:::preliminary permit.
:::
:::The first fish is $41 all the rest are free for the year...

The pioneers of yore lived in a world with very few people.  If they soiled
the space around them with waste or depleted the fish by harvesting all they
wanted, they could just move down the river and find more and let the first
place recover through nature.

There's too many of us for that now.  You wanna be the one to leave so
others can live as the pioneers did?

No, I thought not.

So the only way to go is to share and not leave any mess, so the next person
will be able to stay there and enjoy the fish when you've moved on.

Unfortunately, that means rules. Otherwise you won't have anything to enjoy
at all, because the person before you will have messed it all up.

Joy