Re: ..OT: Watch your snow load!
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On 12/23/06 15:31, John Hasler wrote:
> Hugo write:
>> And here (Esquipulas, Oaxaca, Mexico) we dig wells by hand and lower the
>> concrete casings by hand. These are about 12 meters deep, so they are
>> very shallow but an extraordinary amount of work (minimum wage was just
>> "raised" to about 6US$ per day).
And people wonder why Mexicans travel across the border... :(
> Why? Well drilling is hardly high-tech: it's well over 100 years old. You
> should be able to pick up an old cable-drilling rig in Texas for scrap
> price. For that matter, you could drive a well to 12 meters. There also
> some interesting "low tech" approaches.
> Google "drilled well" OR "tubewell".
Probably because at US$6/day it's *still* cheaper to dig by hand.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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