wood water pipes Are you serious? Holy cow! I mean, I know cedar can last a long time, but--mercy, that seems a bit short-sighted (looking back, of course).

soon forgot about its mission to pipe fresh water into manhattan, and was busy fuctioning as a money making company. Well, gee--now there's a surprise...
That reminds me of the Speed Bump comic in our paper today. Two men are sitting at a bar: one older, one younger. The older one says, "Back in my day, there weren't any contracts--deals were done based on a handshake." Then--"Son, those idiots paid for your college."