Soda vs Cement

[PETERPOOP]

Gene is out of control. I am getting flashbacks of the election days.

[Bob_VT]

I disagree on that. IMO Gene is educated and some are not. We will leave it at that. My wife's comments were directed toward Bailout.

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by Bob_VT

I disagree on that. IMO Gene is educated and some are not. We will leave it at that. My wife's comments were directed toward Bailout.

I disagree on that. Gene is indeed educated but he only uses his knowledge in one direction - deconstruction. When he finds something he doesn't like (which is an awful lot of stuff) he excels at 3 things:

1) Picking it apart piece by piece to expose its shortcomings and pitfalls, which every single object, idea or entity in the world has.

2) Making it sound as if every one of the things he finds is a be all, end all show stopper rather than something to be worked with, worked around, or engineered on.

3) Splitting off in so many directions and being so verbose about it that to respond to him will detract from and/or derail the original thread, and otherwise bore everyone to death with scrolling page after scrolling page of nested quotes and responses. Letting him get away with this can be maddening, as is the goal of it, I'm sure.

He may not suffer people that don't care much for harmful industries but I do not suffer those that won't even try to do things with less impact. Last night I let him get to me, against my better judgment. Yes, I did come off with an elitist attitude in my frustration with him, and I apologize for that.

Bob, please tell your wife that I am a budding organic gardener and despite last year being my first season with it and despite all of the beginner mistakes I made I grew enough "extra" food to be able to donate about 30 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to one of my local charity's food drives, and that the local and organic food coop, which I am a lifetime member of, is my first shopping stop each week. Please also tell her that when the temperatures are not too chilly I bicycle the grocery run, an 18 mile round trip, on a 15 year old bicycle that refurbished, with a used bike trailer that I refurbished, and using an old cooler that I've had since I was a teenager.

I also take my Little Brother to attend farming-related classes at the facility belonging to one of the major contributors to the coop as a way to introduce him to healthier food and to get him interested in where his food comes from.

I already have this year's garden planned and want to experiment with seedlings this Spring. I also want to learn how to can this year now that I know I can produce more food than we can use before the snows come.

[Bob_VT]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Bob, please tell your wife that I am a budding organic gardener and despite last year being my first season with it and despite all of the beginner mistakes I made I grew enough "extra" food to be able to donate about 30 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to one of my local charity's food drives, and that the local and organic food coop, which I am a lifetime member of, is my first shopping stop each week. Please also tell her that when the temperatures are not too chilly I bicycle the grocery run, an 18 mile round trip, on a 15 year old bicycle that refurbished, with a used bike trailer that I refurbished, and using an old cooler that I've had since I was a teenager.

I also take my Little Brother to attend farming-related classes at the facility belonging to one of the major contributors to the coop as a way to introduce him to healthier food and to get him interested in where his food comes from.

I already have this year's garden planned and want to experiment with seedlings this Spring. I also want to learn how to can this year now that I know I can produce more food than we can use before the snows come.

Bob_VT's wife.....
It redeems you slightly and you might want you re-read your posts with a jaundiced eye.

Bob_VT
Good job on crop sharing. The word in VT is to always grow an extra row or two for sharing. Check your PM