I'm 59, retired, and yes/no. The education system has a lot of good teachers, and some who needed to be burger flippers, but who would have done poorly at that as well.
Steve
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Do you compost?
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Thank you, Your Highness.
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Coming from a retired lawyer, that is both rich and hilarious.
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Has anyone gotten around to telling you not to use cooked or dressed food scraps in your compost pile? Raw foods only, vegetable matter only, no meat, no fats, no salad dressings, etc.
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This site is an exception to the usual conviviality found on many usenet sites. To earn your entry into the clique, you have to initiate or agree with some long-winded political screed. If you ask a question(s), you will be greeted with the hostility by this clique
-- but not by all herein -- as you have been. They assume many things: e.g. that you didn't go to Google, that you didn't do any other research. They are predisposed to question motives, not to engage in friendly discussions of gardening. There are some helpful and just plain nice folks here, but also a few self-appointed neighborhood bullies. Lurk and learn, but enter at your peril.
cheers
oz
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As if a supporter of Dixie Lee Ray has anything to teach others. Tell us again how acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming are natural phenomenon and not man made. You and Ann make a nice couple. I won't say a couple of what. You imply a conspiracy but don't explain that when people call you on your bull-shit, you wrap yourselves in the garb of martyrs. Dixie Lee Ray is mental and Bush belongs behind bars. Steve won't understand composting until it suits him. Screw 'em.
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I don't think anyone has told him anything quite yet. Nice note on these facts.. It's something people sometimes overlook and toss in.
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Why not? I've composted lots of things including lots of cooked food and also a dead chook (chicken in US speak) and had no problems at all. Someone I know swears that fat is a real worm attractant and that worms writhe and gorge themselves on fat from a commercial frying machine. Can't see it myself but he swears that it's true.
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Kids know how to learn....
Kids know how to learn....they ask questions
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Why?
David
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Tried it in vain. Composting would be great here, if it were allowed to work as advertised. Ants are the problem. Any kitchen leftovers with vegetable or animal protein is promptly attacked and drug off. Includes immediate burial stuff. The ants won't go away, tried Amdro etc. They keep coming back like Michael Myers. No, not building/buying an elevated compost bin.
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Billy expounded:
Troll.
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Ha! You should check out rec.guns, where any gun shop owner who charges more than Wal Mart is automatically labeled a socialist, by plaid shirt fellas who've never opened a dictionary.
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You can use cooked vegetable scraps, but stuff like butter, dressings & meat are more likely (compared to vegetables) to attract visitors you don't want around your garden. Manage the composter like a campground and you'll be happy.
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My teachers wouldn't answer questions whose answers were in the chapter I was asked to read the night before. Some said "That was in last night's reading," while others asked questions which made us think harder. Spoon feeding people is like giving them a fish. Teaching them to do research is like teaching them to fish.
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And biting on a troll's hook makes one a fish. The OP is very obviously a troll... he didn't actually ask any questions that have answers.
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I'm not so sure he's a troll. Just misguided, that's all. Sort of like the person who once posted a real classic in rfc: "Can I make lasagna at home? How?"
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Because of issues with rancidity and possible/probable contact with substances that don't break down cleanly into sweet compost, it's best to leave cooked foods out. The problem of animal visitation really hadn't occurred to me, as they will raid any garbage pile if they're hungry enough.
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How (using words) do you define "overly educated"?
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I have no doubt that worms writhe around in fats since they writhe around in everything, but to my knowledge they do not consume it. It compromises the compost to add meat and fats, as these don't break down at the same rate as vegetable matter and will spoil the end product in its entirety. It also attracts competing insects which can crowd out a worm colony and defeat the purpose of the whole thing.