Commit this concept to memory. There will be a test. The test is called "life".
Mrs ERJ laughed
The people who shut-down the economy over Covid
The people who insisted that we wear rags over our faces, socially distance and take experimental "vaccines" are now horrified that tax-payers don't want indigent people shitting in their yards and on their sidewalks and littering the same with used "sharps".
It isn't about public safety. It is about feeling powerful and the "rush" of imposing their will on others.
Daily Grafting notes
I did some "bench grafting" yesterday.
Pyrus betulifolia seedlings in various diameters and Harrow Sweet scion, also in an assortment of diameters.
I whip-and-tongue grafted and secured with masking tape 11 trees in 16 minutes for an average of about one bench-graft every 1.5 minutes or 40/hour.
More uniformity would have sped the process. For instance, MM-106 apple rootstock are smooth and cut like butter and are sorted to a very fine resolution by the industry. If the root-stocks are very uniform then you can also sort the scion to match and save the time needed to sort through the gallon ziplock baggie of random diameters to find a match.
I could not find my "good" snippers which was more of an aggravation than a slowdown. But it was still a stumbling block.
Having somebody cut/tear the masking tape to 5" lengths and staging them for wrapping the grafts would have eliminated about 10 seconds out of each graft. I am sure Mrs ERJ would have happily set a timer and done that...maybe staging 20 every 20 minutes had I had only asked.
I believe that one-benchgraft-a-minute is very doable, but I did not hit that target yesterday.
Coming down with a cold
Quicksilver showed up on Monday with a head-cold.
I woke up with a stuffy nose this morning so I suspect that I am coming down with a cold.
I had a weird dream last night. It was weird enough to wake me up. I was on a commuter flight packed with elderly women. We were being shipped to a "time share" sales presentation. I was trying to get off the plane and my seat toppled over backwards. The Karen who was running the rodeo made some notes on her clipboard and informed me that I would be charged for the damage I had caused.
I think that qualifies as a nightmare.
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One of the life-goals my wife and I share is to be able to help our children, by being able to be-there to help raise our grand-children.
ReplyDeleteWe raised them in a city 1.5 hrs away and paid babysitters to watch them while we worked/outside of school (not that they would have watched them anyways). The notion of home-school was ridiculous. We have, ahh, since added home-schooling them to our goals as well.
A couple of miles away, a old couple had a small farm with a nice two acre orchard, all fenced in against deer. Sold it to a young couple. They have sheep and ponies in the orchard. I would try to explain to them, but they had a Harris futze sign in the lawn. Woody
ReplyDeleteYou either have an orchard, or you have horses. PERIOD. 'Same goes for goats...
DeleteAnyone paying attention should have realized by now that society falls into two groups. One that just wants to be left alone to live their lives and the other who want to control EVERYTHING...especially the first group.
ReplyDeleteWe moved into Michigan to be closer to the grandparents. Unfortunately I married the first born, and apparently her parents are convinced her sister needs them and we’ll be just fine. After several years of disappointment, I’m open to moving, but four hours away minimum. I talk to other guys who are grandparents, they look forward to spending time with their grand kids… I don’t understand the in-laws… sigh.
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