Thanks to the Eaton Rapids Joe time machine we are able to show footage that will be filmed during the nationwide riots Antifa plans on November 4, 2017.
Remember ERJ-FNF, We report news before it happens!
Friday, November 3, 2017
Fake News Friday: Part III
Thanks to the Eaton Rapids Joe time machine we are able to show footage that will be filmed during the nationwide riots Antifa plans on November 4, 2017.
Remember ERJ-FNF, We report news before it happens!
Thursday, November 2, 2017
That is a lot of bugs!
According to research sponsored by the Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute:
The general rule-of-thumb used by folks who study this kind of thing is that the invertebrate biomass of all the other "bugs" is about 25% of the biomass of the annelids. Earthworms are just one, small twig on the annelid tree.
Thus, it is reasonable to estimate that fertile, well-watered soil that has been in "pasture plants" for multiple decades might have 1500 pounds of "bugs-other-than-worms" per acre.
That is a lot of bug!
It is also part of the attraction for the kinds of livestock that can harvest those bugs and turn them into eggs, drumsticks or fish fillets. Bugs are efficient at turning vegetation into animal biomass because they are cold blooded. They simply don't waste as much energy on maintaining body temperature. Another factor to consider is that they can harvest plant biomass that is below ground, something you cannot say about an Angus-Simmental calf.
As a point of reference, that same Angus-Simmental cross calf and her mother might produce 400 or 500 pounds of beef-on-the-hoof per year on that same acre. The shrinkage between the gate-and-the-plate is about 60% if you figure guts, hide, head and bones, so only 160-to-200 pounds of edible meat per year is generated off that pasture.
The issue is that most folks don't want to eat bugs but don't mind farm-fresh eggs or free-range chickens. Go figure.
The most striking observation was the difference in abundance of earthworms between cultivated fields and their uncultivated grassy borders....consider the living weight of the earthworms: an average of 78 pounds per acre within fields...and a maximum of 5,909 pounds per acre--in the grassy borders.Notably, as anybody who has ever dug worms for bait knows, some of the earthworms were likely to flee as the samples were being taking so the estimated high of 5,909 pounds per acre is likely to be low.
40 seconds of video showing footage of "leas", temporary pasture/hayfield being plowed. Footage taken somewhere in Britain. Note the dark soil which indicates a high organic content. When was the last time you saw birds following the plow like this? They tell us that this soil has a healthy invertebrate population.
The general rule-of-thumb used by folks who study this kind of thing is that the invertebrate biomass of all the other "bugs" is about 25% of the biomass of the annelids. Earthworms are just one, small twig on the annelid tree.
Thus, it is reasonable to estimate that fertile, well-watered soil that has been in "pasture plants" for multiple decades might have 1500 pounds of "bugs-other-than-worms" per acre.
That is a lot of bug!
It is also part of the attraction for the kinds of livestock that can harvest those bugs and turn them into eggs, drumsticks or fish fillets. Bugs are efficient at turning vegetation into animal biomass because they are cold blooded. They simply don't waste as much energy on maintaining body temperature. Another factor to consider is that they can harvest plant biomass that is below ground, something you cannot say about an Angus-Simmental calf.
As a point of reference, that same Angus-Simmental cross calf and her mother might produce 400 or 500 pounds of beef-on-the-hoof per year on that same acre. The shrinkage between the gate-and-the-plate is about 60% if you figure guts, hide, head and bones, so only 160-to-200 pounds of edible meat per year is generated off that pasture.
The issue is that most folks don't want to eat bugs but don't mind farm-fresh eggs or free-range chickens. Go figure.
If it has sparkplugs or wears lipstick...
"Hey mom, I need a gas card."
"Kubota, I already gave you one."
"Yeah, but that was last month. You said you would give me one every month."
"Kubota, I gave you that card on October 25. You get the next one on November 25."
"Mom, can I borrow your van?"
"Kubota, I already gave you one."
"Yeah, but that was last month. You said you would give me one every month."
"Kubota, I gave you that card on October 25. You get the next one on November 25."
"Mom, can I borrow your van?"
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
The day in pictures
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| The unevenness in color and height is due to uneven nitrogen distribution. This field was planted to a cover crop that doubles as a deer food plot. Oats and radishes, mostly. |
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| The plant on the left, held by the beautiful and talented Mrs ERJ and the plant on the right were planted at the same time. The one on the left got little N and the one on the right did. |
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| The day after Halloween is All Saint's Day. These puff balls look a bit like the backs of skulls. They got my attention. That is what happens when you bury your victims using a post hole digger. |
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| I tore apart the old washing machine. This is what hard water does to the inlet screens. |
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| I was moving hazelnut bushes and noticed this growth on the roots. I suspect it is ectomycorrhizas fungus. |
Ectomycorrhizas consist of a hyphal sheath, or mantle, covering the root tip and a Hartig net of hyphae surrounding the plant cells within the root cortex. In some cases the hyphae may also penetrate the plant cells, in which case the mycorrhiza is called an ectendomycorrhiza. Outside the root, Ectomycorrhizal extramatrical mycelium forms an extensive network within the soil and leaf litter.I have about half of the hazelnut bushes moved out of the nursery and it is time for a break.
Seven Transistor Radios!
In 1971, six transistor radios were the rage. And then Dougy Rademacher and Terry Opanasenko showed up, almost to the day, sporting General Electric seven transistor radios
All the boys swooned. Surely the evolution of coolness had crested. We dreamed of the day when we could afford the pinnacle of electronic sophistication.
General Electric no longer manufactures and sells portable radios.
Intel 286
IBM personal computers based on the Intel 286 chip were blindingly fast, for the time, at 4MHz. They also had the equivalent of 134,000 transistors. All the cool kids craved a 286 based box.
IBM no longer manufactures and sells personal computers.
Today's icons of coolness
An Apple smartphone and a Tesla.
How long before smartphones become a commodity and Apple's profit machine stumbles?
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| The good news is that it did not burst into flames in the attached garage. |
Time will tell.
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