Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (This did not happen to/Pablo Picasso) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Grass Message-ID: <3456@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 15:51:20 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3456 Posted: Mon Aug 5 15:51:20 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:28:02 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 27 Re: Grass_______________________________________________________________________ I hate power mowers. They're a waste of non-renewable fuel, they pol- lute, they're dangerous, and they're far too noisy. I hate the whole idea of "keeping up with the Joneses," especially since America uses more fertilizer for its lawns than India does for food! Finally, I find antiseptic rolling fields of untouchable green grass aesthetically revolting. But most of all, I hate power mowers. Perhaps it's my hatred of power mowers that led me to invent Dyer's Rule of Lawnmowing: You don't need more lawn than that which you will mow with a manual lawn mower. If you use your lawn for, let's say, volleyball, then you've got the strength to manually mow the volleyball field. What about the rest of the property? I guess the first thing to do is to keep the developers [sic] from knocking down every tree on the lot before they put up a house (which appears to be standard operating procedure in these parts). The rest can be planted with vegetables, herbs, and wildflowers in an organic self-regenerative way. (Has anybody read _The_One_Straw_Revolution_?) <_Jym_> :::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer ::::' :: `:::: Dracut, Massachusetts ::' :: `:: :: :: :: DYER%VAXUUM.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA :: .::::. :: {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer ::..:' :: `:..:: ::::. :: .:::: Statements made in this article are my own; they might not :::::::::::::::: reflect the views of |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation.