Ok Brettski it's time to bring out the ultimate weapon....guilt.

Here goes:

Donna-ski, it is imperative that you allocate to me the required amount of resources to complete my pond projects. Without adequate funding the ecological balance of our pristine nature preserve could be irreparably damaged. Innocent flora and fauna would suffer needlessly. Fish would become disease ridden and yes even die. Dying fish give off green house gases. Green house gases cause global warming. So I ask you Donna-ski, do YOU really want to be the cause of global warming????

JHAP
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"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."
...Hedley Lamarr (that's Hedley not Hedy)