Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruce Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Need eggs? Rent a chicken. Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 07:46:23 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <67b22dec$19$2760$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <81tb8l-ff7.ln1@anthive.com> <7k2c8l-2vd.ln1@anthive.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:46:38 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5e9fba122cd86a8abdfb30dd2787432d"; logging-data="1390110"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1//0u0KHmmWZYlSBRvqymNL" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:UhC3cFGGWDJE3JXsBxOlh5GzRvc= Bytes: 2542 On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:24:41 -0000, Janet wrote: >In article , >j_mcquown@comcast.net says... >> >> On 2/17/2025 10:53 AM, songbird wrote: >> > Ed P wrote: >> > ...worms... >> >> Pets? Just curious, I know how many people treat their pets. Do you do >> >> the same? Like have them sit on your lap while watching TV, some even >> >> have them sleep in bed with them. People walk pet dogs, do you take a >> >> worm out for a slither? >> > >> > no. once a year they get taken out to the gardens and >> > are used to fertilize the plants i'm putting in. i keep >> > some back and then restart the buckets from them so i don't >> > have to sort them out - it saves a lot of time. >> > >> > >> > songbird >> >> Yeah, yet you call them "pets". They're not. They aerate your garden >> soil and compost heap. They're living tools, not pets. > > I don't regard our compost worms as " pets ". They >don't even have names. Besides, what does a songbird do with a worm? -- Bruce