Response to Baer (2000-07-08)

July 8, 2000

Handwritten note from Steve Baer to Bruce (W. Davis), written the same day as the Corrales Comment irrigation column was published.

Bruce —

Here’s my advice about engineering for slobs (like me — like us)

Not a peep from anyone in response. I suppose most regard it as offensive

Steve

and I have more on H₂O if it interests you. In fact a nightmare about getting it straight out of our air.

The note confirms the irrigation piece landed without public response and that Baer regarded it as provocative. The postscript — “more on H₂O… getting it straight out of our air” — is an early pointer toward the desiccation satire that became “Sunny Days Ahead!” (July 2000).

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Source: Steve Baer, handwritten note to Bruce W. Davis, July 8, 2000. Transcribed from scan.
PDF: 2000-07-08_response_to_baer.pdf