WOOD YOU BELIEVE?

Came across this article at aldaily.com (linking to Slate.com) 

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/transport/2012/08/pallets_the_single_most_important_object_in_the_global_economy_.single.html

ALL ABOUT THE PALLET...

"...arguably as integral to globalization as containers. For an invisible object, they are everywhere:   There are said to be billions circulating through global supply chain (2 billion in the United States alone). Some 80 percent of all U.S. commerce is carried on pallets. So widespread is their use that they account for, according to one estimate, more than 46 percent of total U.S. hardwood lumber..."

...remarkable example of a ubiquitous object which appears in form and function to be  almost the antithesis of everything we associate with the modern world, and yet it is the very glue that connects all the parts of that world together.  And if the story of the pallet strikes your fancy, you'll probably get a kick out of the ...

 “raggle stick,” another quietly ubiquitous feature of the supply chain. Raggle sticks are the scalloped pieces of wood or plastic you’ve no doubt seen (or better yet, not seen) used to help efficiently stack pipes or rods on the back of trucks. They are basically pallets for round objects...."

So after reading the article, I'm now wondering if I'm a latecomer to the Pallet party and whether this simple serving platter has also proven itself useful outside its heroic performance in the role of transport serving platter.  And lo and behold...I find that they are ...

Wish I had known about them before we started building in the Springs.  
(Yeah, right, who am I foolin?)  Fat chance we would have put up something like this...

 Don't think my fellow Drifters would have found it... Palletable...(I heard that groan) But I just might start thinking about some small scale things that may solve the problem of storing and housing some stuff like our (still to be procured) Kayak and Sunfish.  Maybe some kind of modular mount for stacking the two...ah, nothin like pondering the evolving vision of a soon to be tackled project.  Usually beats doing the actual project itself.