There is a lot of oil in those buggers. Would they produce a viable, economical energy source? Cars run on guac-o-line?
On Jul 20, 2011, at 10:22 AM, 118 wrote: > Alligator pears are abundant in California. On my property alone, our > two trees provide enough fruit to supply us what we need, and enough > to bring to the office to share. The bounty stays on the tree until > picked, and can last that way an entire year. Lately the market is > being threatened by avocados from both Mexico and Chile. In the past, > the competition was non-existent because of the seasonal differences > between Chile and the U.S. However because of the advent of > refrigeration in the third wold, this has changed the market dynamics. > Recently I went scuba diving with the president of the avocado > consortium in California, and he expressed his dismay after we were > sitting on the boat and taking in some sun. He claimed that this > flooding of the avocado market, off-season, was hurting the economy > and causing him to lay of his seasonal workers. I did not have any > solution, but made the following suggestion: If indeed the shipments > were arriving through the Long Beach port, then surely we could > involve the Coastguard. The laws off-shore are different than > on-shore. He said he would take a look at this possibility since his > son worked down in L.A. with the coastal commission. > > This brought to mind a possible application of the making of guacamole > within the spirit of Quality. The pits in the avocado are fairly > large, and the avocado is cut down to the pit and split in half. The > pit is removed, and the yellow-green "seed promoter" is scooped out > and mixed with tangy spices to serve with chips. Alternatively, the > flesh can be used as salad dressing. Finally, the fruit can be eaten > directly with lemon, a mixture of mayonnaise and ketchup (my favorite, > called Salsa Golf in Argentina), or simply just eaten. It is > fattening, however, so eat at your own risk. There are, of course, > many cosmetic uses for this fruit. The pit can be replanted and grows > into a tree quickly in this area. The pit represents the potential > for life. That is, the potential for Dynamic Quality. Before that it > is neither dynamic or static. We can relate this to other components > within the MoQ that are neither either. This may open up a whole new > subject apart from the levels and split between DQ and sq. I welcome > any suggestions that others in the forum may provide. We can help to > flesh out this component and perhaps add it to the Quality Manual. > > There are no stupid suggestions here. > > Thanking you in advance for your suggestions. > > All the best, > Mark > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
