[snopercod]

To see the future, one only need go back a couple of years and review what happened to El Paso Natural Gas when one of their major lines supplying California's habit broke.

When they shut it down to make repairs, XGov. Davis loudly accused them of purposly shutting off the supply to jack up the price. Incredibly enough, that story is the one which prevailed in the media and therefore in the minds of most Americans.

[First_Salute]

If only a body could research well enough to write a book about how history turned upon a valve, a switch, the nut that failed.

Maintenance plays second fiddle, be it the body with which, or the tools by which, we work to survive.

I keep hoping that the self-improvement concept of conditioning the body, though much of that appears to be for the purpose of "looking good," will rub off on taking care of your car, that is, your horse.

Investmenet in short, medium, and long term maintenance costs less that waiting for a break in the action.

Ask any pilot.