JOHNJWILSON -> JOHN MASSEY wrote:

 J> Interesting stuff. All this 'Joe the Plumber' stuff seems a trifle
 J> effete, a taint of scorn concerning a trade about which I know nothing, but
 J> for which I have a lot of respect. (I was blown away when visiting the
 J> palace in Crete when I learned they had three different water distributions
 J> one for drinking, one for washing, one for effulgent. Pretty neat for
 J> something built more'n 3,400 years ago...)

This is one of the things people are doing to combat the drought around
here. We have retrofitted a couple of houses to have the gray water
separated from the black water. Believe it or not this is one area where
the GC and the plumbing sub have to educate code enforcement. One client 
wanted to put in a 6500 gal above ground tank system to catch, filter,  and
store rain water for the garden, and yard.
Code and health initially balked.


 J> I can barely imagine the frustrations

Part of the job,

 J> and satisfaction

I find historic restoration satisfying. I must admit I do get satisfaction
when some one thinks a repair/replacement, I made looks exactly like the
100 year old original.

there must be for those in construction.

Or any job.

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