thelerner

Quite the opposite, its hard to find a lazier gardener. I didn't even trellis anything last year. Things grew, then over grew, then stretched out across the lawn. Much waste as tomatos and cucumbers lay on the ground, sometimes rotting before being picked. But, they were remarkably healthy and vigorous. I don't think my PVC teepee idea should be too much work. Cut an edge so they stand up better, fill'em with dirt and see what happens.

It's very serious but far from apocalyptic. Number one as water gets more expensive people will conserve and leave the state. Water extensive crops will be stopped (sorry almonds). If it gets too expensive we'll desalinize. Its already being done.(http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article3017597.html#storylink=cpy)- "They are building the Carlsbad Desalination Project, which will convert as much as 56 million gallons of seawater each day into drinking water for San Diego County residents. The project, with a price tag of $1 billion, is emerging from the sand like an industrial miracle." The cost is twice as high as the highest current source, $2,257 per acre-foot, but at 325,800 gallons an acre foot that .0069 a gallon. from article: Customers in the city of San Diego will help pay for the Carlsbad plant through their water bills, which could increase as much as $5 a month. In the future as more plants get built they'll probably be able to do better. Californians are already cutting there water use by (one measure) 22% and they can go much further. Some cities are: quote "Cities across the region might have to adopt extensive wastewater recycling systems like the one in Orange County, California. The facility has pumped billions of gallons of purified wastewater into an underground aquifer since 2008, creating a continually replenished source of drinking water for the county’s 2.4 million residents. from : http://www.ibtimes.com/southwest-great-plains-states-are-ill-prepared-megadroughts-century-1821046 Simply put economic realities tend to create balance long term.

so no creative editing replacing there text with 'on deeper consideration I've concluded thelerner is completely 110% right."

*Note this was a Controlled Forum Topic (experiment) Please direct all responses to the link below. Not anymore. Experiment over. The only violator was Dawei . Creating a Thread on the regular site and directing people to answer in a Link in your PPD may be a value method for people who want greater control to keep there topic in line, ie it allows them to hide or delete messages they deem disruptive or off topic. Hopefully it won't be abused. I doubt it'll be widely used. But for some people, maybe it'll be there thing. As far as this thread, please feel free to discuss eating puppies; for.. against.. recipes, its all good.

.. experiment over. Though personally I think the discussion that it linked too has gone to the dogs.

I see in the PPD we can delete (or hide) other peoples posts. I thought we could edit them too. Looking at it now, I can't. Is that because I didn't set it up that way or that is it too much power for even a PPD?

I started my idea here. We'll see how well it works. ie.. *Note this is a Controlled Forum Topic (experiment) Please direct all responses to the link below. please do not post here: use this link: http://thedaobums.co...iment/?p=614157 Note responses added to this link will get a message, saying Yo send all posts to the link in the OP. Yet doing so is purely volunteery and should be done knowing that posts are controlled and edited by the OP's writer who wants a discussion that they can control and keep on track. Hopefully not to abuse, except for this one, cause its mine and its mostly bogus. Note this was originally we should be able to eat babies, but that was getting to dark even for me, so its puppies. I think we should be able to puppies. I'd like to be able to go into a McDonalds and order a Big Max, or Burger King and get a Wagger w/ cheese. I think you should be able to pick the breed of your hot dog and every order should come with hushed puppies. *direct all responses to http://thedaobums.co...iment/?p=614157

Someone used this expression here in a conversation on prostrations 'burning off bad karma'. Concepts of karma run pretty deep. How do you burn off bad karma? I'm not a complete believer in a Cosmic karma, but I do see forces at work be it cause & effect or my conscience. I'll help people when I can, often out of a sense of being a good person or you build the world you want to live in. Living well, I sacrifice a clutch of chickens in the form of a dozen going to some needy family through Heifer charity http://heifer.org/.

So.. should we plan on dying in China so we're not legally bound to reincarnate or avoid it so we do?

hmnn, how do you take a picture without God in it? On a rainy day, having some pictures isn't so bad. We can be in the present even when viewing the past. Few things make you look at the world as closely as having a photo safari day. And when ones list of sins is so long the 'P' section includes making Photos it may be better imo to rip up the list and go by instinct.

wow, that sound exactly like the 1960's. Strangely also like the 1860's..

Many dogs (& cats) are remarkable at picking up a sense of the person. Course you need to know the animal pretty well for awhile to gauge its nauances and accuracy.

slightly off topic'ish. The curse of the digital camera is, they can hold so many shots that you never print them out. You get to 870 pics in memory and its too much work and expense. I've found making making relatively inexpensive books w/ the pictures has been the best way to save memories. There are many places online from Walgreens, Apple to less expensive places that always have coupons. Note softcover way cheaper then hard, ofcourse. Once you have a theme, its easy to do the layout and you have a book that lays around the living room and begs to be opened.

What Perceiver says is right on target. I'd also add sometimes you can use the energy from a mistake as fuel for something good. ie get a camera and start taking pictures. Each day start taking some shots. Document something. Get some good momentum going, so that maybe in the future you'll find, it all worked out for the best.

I assume if someone gave the Guyana guy the 'first world problem' to his whining, a light bulb goes on in his head, and they (like me) sheepishly admit, it's not so bad. Imo the phrase is a great use of satiric humor; a little whack of insight to reset our sense of entitlement.

such as where..? The grass is always greener on the other side. We can idealize the far away tribe or the nearby Amish. And a brief visit would certainly show many of there benefits, but each life style comes with its own pro's and cons. Its the individual who makes the life worth living, finds the sweet spot and adapts well.

Maybe burning off bad karma is the wrong mindset. How should we understand bad karma? Is there such a thing as Bad Karma? There are times in my life where thoughtless or selfish actions have created a ton of problems that I can try to stay ahead but ultimately can't avoid. You could also say similarly there are genetic traits I've inherited as well as cultural behaviors. Like it or not my country's leaders decisions carry consequences for me. Consequences. To what extent is that word a good substitute for Karma? I think its a good substitute in some ways. It takes the morality/subjectivity out of Karma, much as we like to keep it in.

True, shit happens, we grow old.. then more shit happens. Yet, as my daughter uses the phrase, to sarcastically and accurately express 'Stop complaining, you've got it good.' about people with 3rd world problems.. apologies to the sensitive..

aww, i don't know maoshan from moonshine . and the video above is so old. we should probably let unpleasant dogs lie, cause the worst thing thing you can really do to them, is leave'em alone. Anything else, any engagement, just gets into game play. course that's true of most of life and doubly on the internet.

extra credit. Can anyone talk about how this might work in our bodies? How internally in 5 element theory the organ/gods turn metal into water?

The member we're thinking of was (and I'm sure still is) a great guy. Family members were cured through Mak Ti Sin's advice and/or Fu's and boom he ended up a true believer. The terrifying power of a healer and group acceptance. I had conversations with MTS here on the bums, but I can't help but think he's gotten darker and more paranoid over the years. There was another forum that was joined by MTS, he posted several times a day. His followers would echo his posts and praise him there. In short order he took over the forum and his posts were full of swearing and who his people should be against. Always on the look out for enemies. Currently even the (walking) dead aren't safe

Good luck to it. It'd be great to see some large island or country taking part in such a bold experiment. It's really doesn't seem too different from an idealized based Communist system with a little bit of sci/fy mixed in.

I remember Michael Winn had a version of an orbit that just went from the yin-hui point to the dan tien. As I recall he used the colors red and white, kind of a liquidy mix circulating. Red for blood, white for..I forget (semen?). Just doing a miniature orbit. Personally I think you need to begin with concentration on one point at a time, breathing into it, developing 'feel' for it, spending significant time, before moving on to circulation.

Gendao, if you don't have any thoughts Chinese pollution ignore the thread. You don't have to keep switching subjects 3 or 4 times within a post. There are threads around that touch on the various topics you mention. Sorry, but I don't see any connection between the various subjects you brought up and the OP.

I haven't looked at it in a while, but didn't the whole Venus Project rely on finding some sort of 'God machine' that would create/manufacture anything you wanted? So without the science fiction like tech isn't the Venus Project impossible?