[11:20] <JonathanD> morning PA
[12:11] <rmg51> morning JonathanD
[12:11] <JonathanD> morning rmg51
[14:45] <InHisName> morning JonathanD, rmg51, and PennBot
[14:49] <JonathanD> Howdy
[14:49] <JonathanD> InHisName: overslept?
[14:50] <InHisName> Nah, after sending kids to school, stopped at yard edge and pulled weeds without getting shoes wet.  Got tired of that and came to irc.
[14:50] <JonathanD> I need to mow
[14:51] <JonathanD> But I think it's probably still too damp
[14:51] <ChinnoDog> I hate mowing
[14:51] <ChinnoDog> You need a cow
[14:51] <JonathanD> Our yard is sort of small for a cow.
[14:51] <ChinnoDog> You need a small cow
[14:51] <JonathanD> Could I teach the dog to eat grass, instead?
[14:51] <InHisName> Soaking wet still.  Wife want to mow then put down corn gluten to kill off new weeds next spring crop.
[14:52] <InHisName> I want this years weeds pulled before being cut off.
[14:52] <JonathanD> It's nice out
[14:52] <JonathanD> I need a darn desk lamp
[14:52] <ChinnoDog> I do not think the dog will fare well eating grass
[14:53] <ChinnoDog> All that fiber will just make him poop more and make the grass grow faster. That is an unstable system.
[14:53] <JonathanD> What if I put chicken in the grass?
[14:53] <ChinnoDog> What is the chicken supposed to do for you?
[14:53] <InHisName> Goats or sheep eat grass down to the nubs.
[14:53] <JonathanD> help the dog.
[14:54] <ChinnoDog> chickens don't eat grass
[14:54] <JonathanD> ChinnoDog: cut, boiled chicken.
[14:54] <JonathanD> for the dog to eat.
[14:54] <ChinnoDog> oooh
[14:54] <JonathanD> to balance the fiber a bit.
[14:54] <ChinnoDog> I see. The main course
[14:54] <ChinnoDog> Same problem. poor dog
[14:54] <ChinnoDog> You could perfect the art of cutting grass with a laser
[14:54] <JonathanD> Where is the roomba lawnmower
[14:54] <JonathanD> (I bet the dog would eat that)
[14:54] <ChinnoDog> I've always wanted to build one of those, but it sounds really dangerous
[14:55] <JonathanD> ChinnoDog: not if it uses LASERS.
[14:55] <ChinnoDog> You would need a to put big tires on it so it didn't get stuck
[14:55] <JonathanD> use an oldschool rotary.
[14:55] <JonathanD> two of them, even :p
[14:55] <InHisName> Lets see, one dog (rotwiler), one chicken a day, 87 blades of grass.   Just about right.
[14:56] <InHisName> So for 870,000 blades of grass to cut.....  10,000 dogs plus 10,000 daily chickens.  Harumph!
[14:56] <ChinnoDog> A remote controlled lawn mower would be second best to an autonomous lawnmower
[14:57] <ChinnoDog> And third is a rent-a-cow
[14:58] <InHisName> Cows eat just the grass and leave weeds grow tall.
[14:59] <InHisName> Sheep de-nude the whole yard.    Better'n mower set lowest.
[14:59] <ChinnoDog> JonathanD: this whole problem would go away if you would replace the grass with astroturf
[14:59] <InHisName> In Phoenix its either asphalt or white gravel & cactus.  No watering or mowing.
[15:00] <ChinnoDog> I once went to Sanabel Island, FL and saw that nearly everyone had green rocks in their yard in stead of a lawn
[15:48] <ChinnoDog> Sanabel Island was an awesome trip. I wouldn't mind going back there