tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post3768771650428686108..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: The anti-social '90s: Compost piles agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-79256509058352730082012-12-28T17:43:07.679-05:002012-12-28T17:43:07.679-05:00My dad kept a compost pile for a long time, but it...My dad kept a compost pile for a long time, but it was mainly for grass clippings and the occasional vegetable waste (and sometimes orange rinds). So it wasn't particularly smelly like the compost piles you describe. It smelled something like damp hay. I'm not sure any of the neighbors had them.<br /><br />By the way, you're wrong about smells and memory. It may be hard for you to remember what a particular smell was like, but if you smell something which you have associated with a strong memory, you won't be able to not bring back that memory. <br /><br />Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389602137217799305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-77815815028900450892012-12-25T23:21:12.271-05:002012-12-25T23:21:12.271-05:00"People who compost, I have not experienced b..."People who compost, I have not experienced being relatively less social. Or wanting to keep people out of their garden. And they spend more time gardening, not less. It seems like kind of a weird autistic psychology which would ascribe that motivation to people who want to grow better plants in a more natural way."<br /><br />Well, I think a lot of people who do it are just trying to grow a better garden and are following rules they read in some book. But the point is that the ritual will end up making people less outgoing, regardless of their initial motivations for embarking on it.<br /><br />-Curtis<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-85355562617859691812012-12-25T23:18:35.810-05:002012-12-25T23:18:35.810-05:00" (rather than boozing it up in bar or someth..." (rather than boozing it up in bar or something or going hiking or what have you) is a cocooning hobby?"<br /><br />It depends on the context - if it leads to you talking with and socializing with other people over a mutual hobby, its not cocooning. <br /><br />"Boozing in the bar" isn't necessarily outgoing, either. Nowadays bards are dimly lit, little personal space, with shitty, offensive music blaring in the background. people play weird bar games rather than have spontaneous conversation. <br /><br />-Curtis<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-45852483248722216212012-12-25T17:04:29.538-05:002012-12-25T17:04:29.538-05:00People who compost, I have not experienced being r...People who compost, I have not experienced being relatively less social. Or wanting to keep people out of their garden. And they spend more time gardening, not less. It seems like kind of a weird autistic psychology which would ascribe that motivation to people who want to grow better plants in a more natural way.<br /><br />I think perhaps it is just that pottering around in a garden nurturing plants (rather than boozing it up in bar or something or going hiking or what have you) is a cocooning hobby?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-33724882078950695712012-12-25T05:45:06.178-05:002012-12-25T05:45:06.178-05:00Compost heaps are still popular in Germany, one of...Compost heaps are still popular in Germany, one of our many green fads. Yet I understand that they mustn't be smelly when properly managed, particularly controlling what goes in (in what state) and what not. Unlike farms with their dung heaps most urban backyards tend not to have large populations of livestock, if any. Extremists may add their own poop,* of course, but most won't. But yeah, I guess backyards ain't what they used to be.<br /><br />* I just read that the Japanese did this in olden times after proper fermentation in barrels--you didn't want to shoot anything in <i>that</i> barrel...theo the krautnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-17840966352241274032012-12-25T01:42:49.312-05:002012-12-25T01:42:49.312-05:00My family still composts. But our canisters (they ...My family still composts. But our canisters (they have lids rather than being open) are right up against the side of our house. We don't have any fences.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-79586920930068561422012-12-24T19:08:41.511-05:002012-12-24T19:08:41.511-05:00Compost heaps attract rodents. I'm pleased th...Compost heaps attract rodents. I'm pleased that they've gone out of style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com