A couple years ago, a month-long, divisive thread got started about
"whether one should burn plastics in a campfire" when a listee uttered some
minor quip about incinerating foam plates...

It was then I realized SOME jokes don't float here...a lot of the folks on
the list see our Vanagons and Westfalias as a means to get away from
tainted cities, to places where the ground, air, and skies are (at least
somewhat) cleaner. So it trips some triggers if you say your gonna burn
plates and drain your bilge when you are in our (shared) wilderness.

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
http://www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Bill Johnson [SMTP:bjohns@DTX.NET]
Sent:   Thursday, October 07, 1999 8:54 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: Fold-a-Carrier for Westy gray water

I was just trying to be funny.  Most were not amused.  I have
used the graywater from my washing machine to water my fig trees
during a draught.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry & Margarita Nichols <bmn@IGLOU.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: Fold-a-Carrier for Westy gray water

Bill Johnson wrote:
>
> Gray water is full of phosphates and good for the environment.
> It makes the grass greener and taller.

Grey water can be used effectively in well planned systems, but
simply
dumping it on the ground may cause real problems.  As with
anything, a
little goes a LONG way.  Excessive nutrient problems (nitrogen,
phosphorous, etc) may not be apparent to most folks, and the
small
additions each individual may contribute may not seem like much,
but
eventually, they become really serious.  Additionally, food
wastes
create nuisance problems (and mixed with soaps can create
wildlife
illnesses) while "other" wastes create additional concerns.
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