I use rubber bands in grafting. You cannot beat rubber bands for pulling the cut surfaces of the root-stock and scion together. The only caveat is that UV tears them up faster than they typically heal-together. That is easily remedied with a wrap of masking tape over the rubber bands. #33 rubber-bands work spiffy. I am trying out the #64s to see if I like them better.
Southern Belle and Handsome Hombre
Might be making an offer on a property today. It checks all of the major boxes. It is older and is quirky but they can make it work.
I think it has some major things like roof, decks and drain-field that need attention in the next five-to-ten years. That is scary to some people but HH is in the building trades and it is a lever to negotiate a lower price, especially if the inspection flags it.
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| Overhead imagery in late winter showing deer trails. |
For the record, overhead imagery shows the parcel is riddled with deer-trails. Lots of Gray Dogwood, Hawthorn, volunteer crabapples, Reed Canary grass, Staghorn Sumac and Box Elder. There is an enormous American Basswood in the yard.
The new stove
Mrs ERJ was serious about my having been exposed to enough frustration this month. She is hiring out the installation. He is scheduled to show up in the middle of next week.
I yanked the old one and have the new one parked in the hole. The experts will change the orifices and fiddle with the regulator.
The weather
Stiff south wind today and tomorrow.
Friday afternoon is predicted to have a 7mph northwest wind which will be auspicious for dropping a large pear tree with fire-blight in the crown. The tree is at The Property and is one of the trees marked to be removed. Does anybody know if pear wood is desirable for smoking meat? I am going to have an abundance of it.
Jeff Bezos
The essay he published explaining why he did not allow The Washington Post to "endorse" a political candidate was as fine of a piece of writing as I have seen in a very long time.
Maybe the glaciers are starting to recede and the remnant Homo sapiens population will not be pushed into the abyss.
Thank-you Mr. Bezos. Thank-you!
He makes it sound like it is our impressions of their honesty and integrity that are wrong and not the fact so many are lying leftists looking to curry favor from the machine.
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My impression is that he is reminding his employees that they will be judged by their work and their actions and not their intentions or by their (delusional) self-image. If they want to be respected as writers, then they need to rein-in their partisan leanings.
DeleteI read that Bezos also wanted to hire some conservative opinion writers.
DeleteVis a vis the Pear wood. It will probably work for smoking meat, but if you know a woodworker, you might gift them some of the bigger pieces.
I hope you're right and I'm wrong.
DeleteI don't trust him though.
I guess we'll see
maxx
Th Wa-Po writers seem to believe that what they write and the biases on full display for 20+ years have no bearing on the viability of the company that employs them. Imagine 200 writers all engaged in their own private vanity project. Bezoar has just firmly reminded them that he’s the boss and if you don’t like it you’re free to fire yourself. I wouldn’t be surprised if over the next year there’s more pruning of the deadwood.
ReplyDeleteYou'll like the #64 rubber bands. They've been my 'go-to' for over 20 years, since my source of red rubber grafting/budding strips went out of business. They are not all created equal. I buy mine at Office Max; one batch i got at WalMart several years ago would photodegrade almost overnight.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to HH and SB on their potential offer. In point of fact experience in the trades can be a great lever in negotiation.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Mr. Bezos is finding, as other corporate leaders and corporations are finding, that blowing off 50% or more of your potential market is bad for business. Not really a time to be involved in money losing propositions.
Right now, exposing your political leanings to clients will eliminate about half of the potential customers you could have when they care. Keep your political views to a select few - the public only needs to know what they need from you.
ReplyDeleteAll fruit wood is good for smoking meat - smoke a couple of hamburgers and give it a taste test( PS dry it first )
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