If you remember living through the gas crisis you must have a bit more Grey than I first thought.
No, I was born during Watergate. The year that Labour's percentage of the proceeds of yearly growth became and remained zero, while Capital took the lot and has every year since. Non coincidentally it was the same year that wage growth, effective compared to inflation, also zeroed out and never recovered. No, before anyone asks, I'm not a communist, I just read. 2011-2018 I traded energy and agricultural derivatives freestyle from home for a US firm. I'm down w/ free enterprise and the profit motive, but with strong regulation.
Do you have a background in Botany as well as economics?
Basic English BA and Journalism Masters. My intro page discusses my ill-fated career in journalism. I mean, I've worked at it, but not nearly as intended.
So I went to the sea. Was always that or the mountain, for me to get my head straight. I eventually earned a 60 ton Master and Marine Engineer Coast Guard cert., so I ran sm. ferries, whale watching, oil spill cleanup rigs, Superyachts.... yadda yadda. If I have a talent for anything, it's probably seamanship.
But I knocked up one of my crew and so moved to The Netherlands, where she and both of my parents are from. Nowhere I'd rather be. Too bad I ain't. Now I'm back home, Van. Island. Been dealing with severe health issues my entire life but last 10 years unable to work-work, or get out of bed for a few years there. At one point I bought five used 55-65" TVs and had mounted on all my walls up against the ceiling so I could work on my computer from bed and trade... I think mostly crude futures, at that time. Ugh.
Now I tend to my people, my soul and my gardens, thankfully, usually, simultaneously.
Oh hey, got my new thread started. First indoor grow of my very own. "Can I get a Hallelujah brothers and sisters!?!" And it's legal! "Amen brothers and sisters!!!" Blow-me-down I still have to pinch myself. Also just got spec. approved for, like, a gajillion plants. Haven't been smoking for years, and gonna make up for lost time like a mutha f^%r after harvest.
Plans are for a monthly harvest from 2, 5x5 flower tents - essentially the same but one's DWC, the other organic SIP, all from same tote, same footprint, same 1100watt 10 bar LED. Supported by some mothers in the develop'd attic, an aeroclone site, and sm. zen veg space. Link should be in my signature and I'll tag-in a bunch of people next post on the journal. Love to see you all there!
Bill, that river, and fly gear.... man, proper fly fishing is like getting properly laid, you know, when that smirk survives on to the next day...to eventually become fish tales. Peace be unto you, my brothers and sisters.