Comments on: Victory!(?)

By: The Rewards of Countermeasures at Asymptotia

The Rewards of Countermeasures at Asymptotia — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:12:54 +0000

[...] has dragged on for a long chunk of the Summer, with attacks on three fronts, air (Flitty), ground (Slinky), and, most annoyingly, tree (Fluffy). While I do counterattack, including pointless and [...]

By: Anonymous Snowboarder

Anonymous Snowboarder — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:24:28 +0000

c: a G2 is a military intelligence officer at the division level or higher. One of their responsibilities is to keep the commanding officer appraised of current intel as it develops. As to your need for a bird in the sky, I had more in mind a low light camera of some kind as I doubt any of the 3 letter agencies will let you buy time on one of their ‘birds’. As you have found out, birds of the feathered variety are notoriously unreliable, allied or not.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:34:03 +0000

Mary :–

Let me know if it works!

robert :–

Ha! I did not know that about Brian. I’m a fan of his work, but we’d have to disagree on that aspect. Vermin and pests need to be monitored and controlled as part of the ecosystem we share. Plain and simple. The food (animal or vegetable) he eats every day is a result of farmers doing the same sort of control of pests on their land. If someone wishes to pretend otherwise, that’s fine, as long as they do not try to impose such a self-delusion on me. Cheers!

Anon. Snow. :–

Don’t know what a G2 is. Please enlighten.

Actually I did have some birds on my side for a while. A pair of nesting mockingbirds would attack Fluffy agents when they were trying to cross on wires near their nests… so although very load, they were my allies for a while. But that time has passed. Fluffy has direct access to the fig trees and young figs are already being destroyed.

Cheers,

-cvj

By: Anonymous Snowboarder

Anonymous Snowboarder — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:36:30 +0000

You need better battlefield intelligence and clearly lack a G2. At the least, get some birds in the sky watching the area, preferably in the IR.

By: Produce at Asymptotia

Produce at Asymptotia — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:48:01 +0000

[...] the War goes well, I ought to get more of these soon. Several plants are producing [...]

By: robert

robert — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:12:28 +0000

I’m afraid you have been away from England for far too long Clifford. A post like this could have the meat is murder brigade at your front door, and Brian May calling for the act of attainder to be brought into play. (I know that the lad is a guitar god and astrophysicist manque. Nonetheless he does take the old ‘four legs good, two legs bad’ thing a little far, especially w.r.t. the recent vulpine attack on a child; my granddaughter lives in Hackney and has started campaigning for nights under canvas in the back garden – as anyone might when they are seven). On the other hand my Granddad started work, at the age of twelve, as a rat-catcher’s assistant. So – way to go; splat a rat. And it is a lot less cruel than warfarin.

By: Mary Cole

Mary Cole — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:19:27 +0000

Enlgand did reclaim a bit of sporting self-esteem by beating the Australians in the one day cricket series yesterday though! I’m not sure what attacks our fruit and veg in the garden. A range of things I suspect. My three year quite likes to sit in the middle of the vegetable patch when he thinks I am not watching. Perhaps I should start dressing him up as a scarecrow!

By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:03:47 +0000

Thanks! I don’t think Matrix could take on the Fluffy drones. They are pretty big compared to the Slinky drone you see here…

-cvj

By: Carol&Co

Carol&Co — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:04:24 +0000

Having just about recovered from the drubbbing England received from Germany, I was a little bit wary of the victory title!! Hope your counter measures wins the war. My tomato plants a very small still having not planted till later than I should have so I have yet to experience war fare – which if it does happen I do hope Matrix (the cat) will be an able deterent. I can lend her to you for the summer if you like! cmj+

By: Nige Cook

Nige Cook — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:55:18 +0000

Congratulations on the victory against slinky!

I forgot to plant tomato plants this year, so am envious.

Cheese and tomato sandwiches aren’t at all tasty with supermarket tomatoes, which seem to lack the flavour of the home-grown item.