I asked our Jamaican friend yesterday how many acres he could handle to 
farm. First he said we need money. No problem don't worry about that. 
Then he said he needs a tractor. No problem, ten tractors, no problem. 
We settled at first on 1,000 acres but he seemed so confident with that 
we upped it to 2,000 acres. Then he wanted to know what I was so anxious 
to grow and I said, "Lots of grass."

Switch grass is what I meant.

He liked the idea and said that rather than he be on the roof looking at 
the ground he would rather be on the ground counting money.

The seal to the deal I asked him if I could drive the tractor sometimes, 
he said, ALL the time.

On another front as a community experiment this year I have not once 
mowed our lawn. I am not simply waiting to see when anyone notices. Mind 
you in the unHamptons we don't live at the center of the universe where 
these sorts of things can go on without mention from the yard police. I 
like the stuff that grows there by itself, but more importantly the 
grass that survives and thrives there with neglect I want it to mature 
and reseed. One thing that I have noticed is that the guy across the 
street who pays for lawn maintenance of what amounts to a small parkland 
can't stand in his yard without getting bit by skeeters. For whatever 
reason I don't have that problem in our yard... do you think maybe I 
have them all confused. I have been claiming the project as Prairie 
Restoration.

As to Alaska... I understand that when the End Times heat up we will all 
want to run up there to Wassila Valley. They are waiting, preparing a 
sanctuary for us all, and somehow I can't get out of my head the cartoon 
about the ET folks on their space ship reading the book, "How to serve man."

If you are not as yet fully indebted to China then please hurry up and 
vote. ;-)

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Rudy R Christian wrote:
>
> 2.    Short white fibers were mixed in with concrete being set for 
> sidewalk. Eloquent construction guy says "they're fibers".   None 
> evident in prior sidewalk, simultaneously being ripped up.  Wassup wid 
> dat? 
>
>  
>
> Them there's fiberglass fibers which make a huge difference in how 
> tough the slab is. Good stuff. Spec and use 'em a lot.
>
>  
>
> Reminds me of the time the Japanese timber framer was doing a stint at 
> Tedd Benson's shop in NH. An architect friend deciding to pick his 
> brain about house building in Japan and asked what they used for 
> insulation. His answer: "Grass." Thinking this must be some pretty 
> exotic stuff she asked "What kind of grass?" His answer: "Fibergrass."
>
>  
>
> Never heard that on the prairie I'll bet.
>
>  
>
> Rudy
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