Aside from the class issue which has been mentioned, these measures have to be made accessible to people who are not fit and healthy. The elderly, people with disabilities, people with illnesses both chronic and acute, we all need to be able to participate.

I’d love to be able to ride my bike everywhere, but even when the weather would allow it, my health does not.

LS @ 30

Texas firepups are “camping” as we speak!!!

Waaah. Sniffle. Pout.

Srsly, have fun all of you! Is Betsy there? I feel like I know some of you just from reading all of your comments. Feels like family.

Most of us central Texas firepups who are going are going for the afternoon tomorrow. I’ve been in “therapy” today at the Austic Celtic Music Festival and will go again tomorrow evening. If there are any Celtic music fans out there, I heard the group “Patrick Street” today for the first time and they are awesome. And our own Scottish transplant in Austin, Ed Miller has a voice that melts me.

Yikes! Then I guess there’s the delivery issue. Don’t think I’m going to cram 20 of those suckers into a Honda CRV :-/

Fold down the back seats and you should be able to get six in without much trouble. Ok, that’d be 3-4 trips, depending upon how far away the place is…… and enlist help from your friends!!!

peanutbutter @ 154

christine @ 148
I just checked around online. Given my location, is $200 reasonable for 20 bales? Hmmmm…

YES!!!!! But will qualify that with depending up on the size of the bale. If it’s a standard (and I’m guessing) 18in x 18in x 2ft, yes, that’s a good price. That’s about 50 pounds per bale. IIRC the big round ton bales cost around $1,500 each around here.

Yikes! Then I guess there’s the delivery issue. Don’t think I’m going to cram 20 of those suckers into a Honda CRV :-/

Climate change is likely to breed new conflicts, but it already is magnifying existing problems, from the desertification of Darfur and competition for water in the Middle East to the disruptive monsoons in Asia which increase the pressure for land, the report said.

What better use for Five Million Acres?

The government is appealing to the patriotism of the community, but the landowners are skeptical of the appeals to national security.

Got Hemp?

Hemp requires little to no pesticides, replenishes soil with nutrients and nitrogen, controls erosion of the topsoil, and converts CO2 to Oxygen very well, considering how fast it grows. Furthermore, Hemp could be used to replace many potentially harmful products, such as tree paper (the process of which uses bleaches and other toxic chemicals, apart from contributing to deforestation), cosmetics (which often contain synthetic oils that can clog pores and provide little nutritional content for the skin), plastics (which are petroleum based and cannot decompose), and more.

Who could have imagined that growing hemp was both patriotic and climate-friendly?

Yeah, I just look like a barrel of laughs, eh? It was a good time – honest!

At least RBG and TheOtherWA look happy. The rest of us, not so much.

It was a blast! We talked nw politics, and some backstage stuff. The mods here rock! RGB is a hoot. Before this I knew there was a lot going on behind the scenes, but had no real idea how much.

It’s truly amazing. I have learned over the years that if you just mow on the border very week it stays back. The Japanese make a flour out of it. If only we could hybrid it with panama red!