Magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks San Francisco area

[Harv]

I'm talking about the guaranteed 10 foot rise that's coming over the next century from the part of the antarctic ice shelf that's already and irreversibly coming loose.

So what is the impact of cutting grass on carbon emissions versus letting the grass grow? Do cities fine you if you do not cut your grass and let it grow?

 

[Hygro]

So what is the impact of cutting grass on carbon emissions versus letting the grass grow? Do cities fine you if you do not cut your grass and let it grow?

Good question. I don't think we get fined here, it's your yard. I've been interested in replacing our lawns with trees or vegetables.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

So what is the impact of cutting grass on carbon emissions versus letting the grass grow? Do cities fine you if you do not cut your grass and let it grow?

With absolutely no knowledge whatsoever, I opt strongly for cutting grass raises sea levels. Someone please provide proof before my girlfriend notices I have not mowed the lawn yet this week.

 

[bhsup]

No excuses, slacker.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

No excuses, slacker.

I'm getting one of those for the back yard actually.

I'm going more for a 'cut grass emits more carbon dioxide as it struggles to recover from the grievous injury' angle, because that would fit in better with my previous 'how is it fair that we humans get to lop the heads off of innocent grass whenever we feel like brutalizing something' argument.

 

[bhsup]

No excuses, slacker.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

No excuses, slacker.

Is that a compost spreader?

And that is a huge patch of grass! That doesn't call for excuses, that calls for flat refusal.

 

[bhsup]

No, it's a lawn roller. That's what they used to do before mowers were made. They just rolled it down. Not sure what that guy is doing with it, though. They use them when laying sod, but that doesn't look like freshly laid sod.

 

[timtofly]

That is used to allegedly push the dirt down after all those unseen burrowers dig their unhuman tunnels.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

No, it's a lawn roller. That's what they used to do before mowers were made. They just rolled it down.

Wow. And I thought I was old.

Bhsup----> "No excuses you whippersnapper! Back in my day we had to roll the lawn, uphill, both ways! In the snow! Just so we could tell people to get off of it!"

 

[Harv]

Wow. And I thought I was old.

Bhsup----> "No excuses you whippersnapper! Back in my day we had to roll the lawn, uphill, both ways! In the snow!

In June! It used to snow in June! Ask your grandfather! Proof positive of global warming!

 

[tokala]

In June! It used to snow in June!

Well, it did.

 

[Farm Boy]

Good question. I don't think we get fined here, it's your yard. I've been interested in replacing our lawns with trees or vegetables.

Don't be so sure. It's plausible that it'd be fine in a dry area if the grass doesn't get too tall. Even if there is an ordinance it doesn't much matter unless you have a code guy spinning around or a neighbor complain. But at least in Illinois where the grass does grow municipalities often consider it a nuisance if somebody has an unmowed lawn. Bugs, property values, some weeds that you are legally obligated to remove(Canadian Thistle), all that. Generally they'll send you a warning or two that you need to mow, then they'll come out, mow it for you, and bill you an exorbitant amount. They can probably put a lien on you if you don't pay.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

We used to have code guys come out when the neighbor complained that we 'weren't taking care of our lawn and allowed it to die, creating an eyesore'. Now we have code guys sent out by the water district saying that we are over-watering, as indicated by our lawn not dying. My lawn is green with a couple brown spots, so I can get fined for either one, or even both at the same time.

 

[Farm Boy]

Sounds about right.

 

[really]

No, it's a lawn roller. That's what they used to do before mowers were made. They just rolled it down. Not sure what that guy is doing with it, though. They use them when laying sod, but that doesn't look like freshly laid sod.

Surely sheep or goats were used before mechanical mowers?
Rollers can be used to even out any bumps or divots.

properly maintained lawns are incredibly labour intensive - when the time comes I might plant a wildflower meadow which hopefully would take less maintenance.

That or I'll buy a few lambs in the spring.

 

[shadowplay]

So do you people make plans for the looming "big one" that's set to shake you off into the sea? Have you considered building an ark?

 

[Hygro]

Naw, we're actually pretty safe from any statistically realistic "big one". The big one probably won't go much higher than a 7.5, which is huge, but manageable.

~holds breath~

 

[Nuka-sama]

Personally, I'm in the Berkeley area and didn't feel anything/nothing was shaking in my apartment, but people in San Francisco apparently were feeling it and posted all over facebook.

No loss of life though, for the most part outside Napa no one was majorly affected.

 

[Hygro]

Personally, I'm in the Berkeley area and

yee whatup