tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post5153377012916452426..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Lincoln, Nebraska Hates Flowers--A RantBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-39536887532994995762008-09-30T09:17:00.000-05:002008-09-30T09:17:00.000-05:00But you left out the salt-in-the-wound irony - you...But you left out the salt-in-the-wound irony - you had to pay for it. (I wonder if the financial aspect of this was pointed out to the city, this wouldn't happen again.) And then there's the extra gasoline used & pollution generated needlessly.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-13092081287915684002008-09-26T11:50:00.000-05:002008-09-26T11:50:00.000-05:00Les--Well, I understand if things were too close t...Les--Well, I understand if things were too close to the road, as bird / car collisions aren't good for anyone. But still, we know what's right....<BR/>TMG--They mowed hundreds of feet off the highway, in a low field. Grrr.<BR/>Layanee--But a swimming pool would make it better. It's 85 here today!<BR/>Frances--I thought about doing an op / ed piece or writing somewhere, but I don't ahve the time. Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-37683904345981096692008-09-25T17:22:00.000-05:002008-09-25T17:22:00.000-05:00Hi Benjamin, it does seem senseless. Maybe the bi...Hi Benjamin, it does seem senseless. Maybe the bird in the windshield thing? Here in our part of TN the ecologists had a time when the medians were planted with wildflowers and were left to seed themselves. Then we entered this drought and there was just bare dirt so no more wildflowers. For now anyway. I would say that you are not the only one bothered by this and might want to find like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-68046026775381961182008-09-25T16:50:00.000-05:002008-09-25T16:50:00.000-05:00Why is the question! I am outraged right along wi...Why is the question! I am outraged right along with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63591474577553659982008-09-23T20:01:00.000-05:002008-09-23T20:01:00.000-05:00Whatever IS their excuse? I gather they weren't ju...Whatever IS their excuse? I gather they weren't just mowing the margins of the highway? (And if they were, couldn't they time things better?) Yuck and yuck and yuck.<BR/>--Katethemanicgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750985315536912324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-32585320712540348462008-09-23T19:52:00.000-05:002008-09-23T19:52:00.000-05:00Don't they realize that those flower heads will of...Don't they realize that those flower heads will offer some kind of bird a delicious meal? Or is that what they were afraid of? VDOT use to plant Eleagnus fruitlandii or ebengii in the medium, until they started having mass bird-vehicle encounters as the birds suffered/enjoyed the effects of the fermenting fruit and were unable to miss the traffic. VDOT eventually pulled them out, but have yet Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.com