SH> Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 10:53 on 19 May
 SH> 2003:

 BF>> There ain't no Queen Mary's here you know.

 SH> I'm sure there are not.  But canals in North America were built to handle
 SH> barge traffic.

Ours are so old and at that time there were only small boats.
Before they built the locks at Trollh„ttan the vikings had to drag their boats
with cargo uphill and around instead.

 SH> Especially in Roman times.  It says something about the evolution of
 SH> technology that they would build an aqueduct to carry water and that we
 SH> now move water through pipes with the help of pump stations.

But still, water is both good and bad.
To much of it causes diseases and mold and to little causes death and falure
of the crops. It is a thing we just dont get just enough of. We have this month
had to much of it, I think it is over 200 mm now and many of the plants have
drowned. Right now I am digging ditches so that the green-house dont learn to
swim. Then I will lay down drainpipe so that the lawn will look nice again.

Btw, did you get the picture from Crete?
If you want I can send some over my house.

//Bj”rn

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