Posted on 09/06/2005 10:24:44 AM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer
A British man who kept a detailed diary on his lawn mowing for the past 20 years, has had his information included in a study on global warming.
Seventy-seven-year-old David Grisenthwaite's painstaking records on his lawn cutting were included as part of a study on global warming by the Royal Meteorological Society, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
Grass is growing for one month longer than it did 20 years ago, due to climate changes, according to the study.
I didn't see it as being anything significant, but the data was passed on to the Royal Meteorological Society and they graphed it all up in their journal and found that it showed that global warming was making the grass grow for a month longer than it was back then, said Grisenthwaite.
I'm a creature of habit. I also note down every time I shred garden waste and am a great enthusiast of bus timetables.
(UPI)
Paint dries one minute faster.
Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?
Why, I've been to London to see the Queen!
Pussycat, pussycat, how grows her grass?
How should I know? I'm just a cat.
I shudder to think what else he might have kept records of for 20 years.
Don't worry, they will (blame Bush, that is). I'm also sure this "scientific study" will get wide play in the ozone-addled MSM, whose facination with scientific inquiry frequently appears to mirror that of the average seventh-grader playing with his Bunsen burner. What's a control group for anyway? Might it be that grass seed, as currently produced and genetically-engineered is hardier these days? Or that weed killers are more effective? Or that the Gulf stream has been more active for the past 20 yrs or so, warming the British Isles slightly while cooling the West African coast? Who knows? And who cares, anyway - one good Enviroscare story is as good as another when (as the Media) you're trading in fear, doubt and uncertainty). Anyway, it sure beats the Hell out of having to think a problem through.
On Saturdays I get to drive slowly on the driveway.
-Raymond Babbitt (Rainman)
He does have something to do. He can spend every spare moment obsessing about the length, density and hue of his own grass, and be labeled a kook. Or, he could have spent his entire working life obsessing about the length, density and hue of everyone else's grass and be labeled a great humanitarian environmental activist.
Too. Much. Information. LOL!
really ?
then why in the sam hill has the citrus frost belt in Florida gone over 100 miles south from where it was before the mouse came?
Is this a great country or what!?
So, this guy keeps a diary about his lawn?
Wow, this guy is even more boring than Eric Olthwaite!
(Ripping Yarns, by Michael Palin, now available on DVD!)
Study of methane emissions?
Love "Ripping Yarns." I've always wanted a boat so I could name it "The Greasy Ba$tard."
The Viking era coincided with the last inter-glacial warm period. The warming of northern Europe lengthened the growing season, produced a population boom and reduced ice flows that hampered navigation.
FEED ME, Seymour!!!
No doubt he also keeps careful track of his bowel movements. Wonder whether they have been affected by global warming, too?
Who needs actual research, or reproducible results, when we have anecdotes and computer models?
Adding fertilizer to his lawn would have the same effect.
A growing urban heat island would have the same effect.
Wetter seasons would have the same effect.
Lots of things other than global warming can explain his observations.
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