Re: OT:Cooperative Extension Service


wmoores wrote:

>   Bill, I promise to me gentle!  

I wasn't really worried about you, Walta.. :-)

>  
> I am glad that the Extension service works in your state.

Well, a careful reading of my post reveals I didn't exactly say that ;-)  
I said, "Many Extension services now provide useful services to all 
farmers/gardeners, . . .
I was actually just trying to be diplomatic in light of my other 
criticism .....the onslaught I feared was from *defenders* of the 
Extension services. My own personal experiences with them have been less 
than productive, but I have come to expect nothing more from any 
government-associated bureaucracy.

> on-site inspection, which occurred
> in my driveway only because it was too muddy to get off the
> concrete because  the inspectors would muddy up their new boots
> and the new, shiny pick-up if they ventured into the field.

This would be funny if it weren't so sad.....

>   I had a strange (to me) tree growing on my
> property.  .....  It was labeled Common
> Green Ash, which it really and truly is.

Now this really is hysterical! I took one graduate level course in 
Dendrology 26 years ago, and *I* can identify a green ash! Too 
funny...(though I can see why you were not amused)

> I have no faith in the Extension service and its satellite offices.

Small wonder.....

Bill Wells


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