Phil,

Where does your friend's cotton end up?

interesting post Hasbeen.

There is so much to know.

I watch Landline, and we do have some very innovative farmers.

Chris Lewis,

I know a couple of Aussie farmers: Mr Bau Wau and Ms Me Au.

Nice people but they fight with each other like cats and dogs.

Dear Saltpetre,

From death comes life but not resurrection. Life that comes from death is in a different form. The same game is not played twice.

Dear Hasbeen,

I could be wrong.

Hypercomplex Numbers- Quaternion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion

Maybe this is better.

Quaternions are generally represented in the form:

a + b i + c j + d k

i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = -1

Quaternion plaque on Brougham (Broom) Bridge, Dublin, which says:

Here as he walked by
on the 16th of October 1843
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
in a flash of genius discovered
the fundamental formula for
quaternion multiplication
i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = -1
& cut it on a stone of this bridge

An ancient giant tree crashes down in the forest, making way for underbrush to flourish and long-dormant seeds to germinate, and offering sustenance and opportunity to a myriad - including the decayers, recyclers, fungi, ground dwellers needing nesting sites, and perhaps opportunity for unforeseen new possibilities.

Death and decay give rise to new life, to resurgence, birth, and seeds of evolution - a resurrection of vigour and form and possibility.

War precedes peace, stress precedes evolution, inspiration precedes advancement, disaffection precedes revolution, and superabundance precedes change and possible innovation but also supercharges possibilities for disease, for decimation and for destruction.

When single-use plastics are replaced with sustainable biodegradable alternatives, when forests and biodiversity are nurtured, oceans cleansed and respected, resources used sustainably and all life respected, then may we finally start to deserve our continued place in nature and our right to exist.