Well Jack, you old sailorman you, seems like you like sand a lot. A lot more than crops to feed people.   Why not become a Bedouin and live in your tent and enjoy the sunsets over the sand dunes while looking for a mirage.

Reminds of a great story---man is dying of thirst and comes across a stand in the desert that sells neckties. He gasps for water and the proprietor says that there is an oasis with a nice restaurant about a mile ahead---how about buying a tie. Hell with ties---I need water, says the thirsty man. He continues on and about an hour later crawls back---sell me a tie---the damned oasis restaurant won't admit you without a necktie.

Bet you think the tie concession is owned by and Israeli. I bet the Oasis Restaurant is and the tie concessionaire is sitting on an oil well in the desert with a rather impressive headress----and a nice tie.

BH