Finale Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.Story
- Kill Your Lawn, Before It Kills You (may require registration or subscription). Thanks RedEye9.
Science
Thanks Max.
- Newly Discovered Molecule Fights Off Over 300 Kinds of Drug-Resistant Bacteria.
- Time to move beyond the anecdotes around animal-assisted therapies.
- Only human Lyme vaccine in development enters phase 3 trial.
- Clinical Trial Restored Sight to 20 People With Corneas Made From An Unlikely Source. In a pig's eye!
Media
- Who is Robert A Heinlein?
- Is This Novelty Lock Better Than EVERY Master Lock? Thanks RedEye9.
Follow-up
- The Coming California Megaflood (may require registration or subscription). Thanks j.c.f.
jdreyer wrote on Aug 16, 2022, 18:16:I thought about that, decided to go hopeful and think he had recovered sufficiently to do so.
IIRC, Prez used to have several dogs. I don't know if he could take care of them in his current state.
Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 16, 2022, 07:23:IIRC, Prez used to have several dogs. I don't know if he could take care of them in his current state.
Prez, I'm glad you found something to lift your spirits. Maybe you should consider getting a dog?
WannaLogAlready wrote on Aug 16, 2022, 03:05:Sounds like you did even better than I did WLA. I don't have a pension, but as a single person who was mostly reasonable in my spending and saving, was fortunate enough to get a reasonably well paying job, when I was laid off at 53 I was pretty much able to continue on as I had at a reduced income level. I mean hell, I was putting something like 28k per year the last few years into the 401k and IRA, so income reduction wasn't really that much of an issue. But I completely agree, life drags. I totally admire people who are able to find something to fill their life with a purpose they find satisfying and fulfilling.
No health problems, retired with a state life long guaranteed pension equivalent to a manager salary with no taxes applying.
Money piles unused on the bank, so far -of course everything can change in a minute-.
Truly I lack for nothing. But ...
Life kind of drags at times.
For me it's a conditional thing, if it gets bad, then it's transfer all to my daughter and going bye bye with a contented smile, like getting into that so sweet bed when tired.
Is it an age thing ?. Or because of the sad times we live ?
Are we ever entirely satisfied, or just for moments ?
At least I'm never bored, thanks world for so much to do and enjoy.
Anyway hope the world gets better, I know so many people are trying.
Also you Prez, give Rosie some hugs for me
Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 16, 2022, 00:10:
Anyone you think is writing on Hamilton and Banks level is worth mentioning. I'll take a look at Neal Asher, that's a new name to me.
Which of Asher's series would you give a nod to as his best?
Edit: Oh wait... all of those "series" are part of the Poilty universe... so I assume those starting at the beginning. Hmm, the series are not published sequentially. What order should they be read in?
Rectal Prolapse wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 23:53:Anyone you think is writing on Hamilton and Banks level is worth mentioning. I'll take a look at Neal Asher, that's a new name to me.
I really enjoy Neal Asher's Polity SF series too. I've read Iain (M.) Banks (his regular fiction is great too, and his non-Culture novels), Peter F. Hamilton, etc. as well. Too many to count.
afka Rossini wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 15:56:No not yet. Figured I'd hit Vinge, Bujold, and Leckie first, since I already have them.jdreyer wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 15:46:
Speaking of Heinlein, I'm working through CJ Cherryh's Foreigner. The novel starts out well, but gets bogged down with the main character Bren. I get what she's going for, but man is it a slog. About half way through. Does it get better, or should I bail and start reading Vernor Vinge instead?
It's been a couple of decades since I read the Foreigner books so I don't remember them well enough other than I enjoyed at least the first two or three. It's also been a while since I read Vernor Vinge, but A Fire Upon the Deep I recall being amazing. Have you read any Iain M. Banks yet?
Burrito of Peace wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 22:17:And also, don't forget to wear your best "Kiss the Cook" apron.1badmf wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 21:01:
but if i don't have a lawn how can i tell those damn whippersnappers to get off it?!?!?
Just stand in the driveway and yell. It will have the same effect.
1badmf wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 21:01:
but if i don't have a lawn how can i tell those damn whippersnappers to get off it?!?!?
Beamer wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 18:41:Kxmode wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 17:17:
With this thread dominated by lawn discussions, have we reached peak old man status?
That would be the lawn maintenance discussion.
The lawn removal or replacement discussion is heavily driven by millennials and GenZ
Beamer wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 18:49:Several folks out here in the northern tip of the Chihuahuan Desert have zeroscaped, xeriscape or a mix with drought tolerant native grasses and plants.
More people more aware of environmental impacts and less willing to be utterly wasteful at the expense of the planet, and lately, their direct communities.
They're also driving the native plant movement, and paying attention to the health of the native insect population in our yards. Basically, trying to have a healthy ecosystem over a green lawn
MeanJim wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 19:42:Assuming no HOA, this is usually covered by municipal rules/law and it varies widely from town to town, some times even neighborhood to neighborhood.
As for alternatives to grass, I don't know if there is any city/county law that regulate what you can or can't have in your lawn.