First-World Problems...

Hanging plants! How damned hard is it to keep them alive? But I don't think my spectacular skill at killing anything that grows out of the ground is responsible for this. I think it was a plot by the nursery that sold me the plants. Just look at the perfect symmetry of the dead part.

They were out to get me, and they succeeded. But next time I will be ready for them and use fake plants. Or maybe coat these plants in epoxy.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Too much sun on the dead half?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2022 02:03 PM (llON8)

2 Eh, I might get a tomato this year if the deer, a rabbit or a raccoon doesn't get it before ripe.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 24, 2022 02:04 PM (8GBH4)

3 Got to go reace a electric switch so can get internet back on

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 24, 2022 02:04 PM (CpbTS)

4 Never met a plant I couldn't kill, but really hate fake plants. So I usually just live with plants in various states of dead or dying. This includes vegetables, so I'd better find some friends with green thumbs for the burning times.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2022 02:04 PM (ftFVW)

5 We have hanging petunias. Foliar feed biweekly with seaweed spray. Need to water every day and ruthlessly cut them back rather than deadhead.

Posted by: Regular joe at July 24, 2022 02:05 PM (nnp+f)

6 I've never met an indoor plant I couldn't kill. I do pretty well with outdoor plants but the drought this year is awful.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2022 02:06 PM (llON8)

7 Metaphor for the Body Politic?

Posted by: davidt at July 24, 2022 02:07 PM (oTZbj)

8 Ask about the return policy

Posted by: 4thewin at July 24, 2022 02:07 PM (bMVfY)

9 Spray paint it. Use some flocking. It'll be fine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2022 02:07 PM (BFigT)

10 I don't even attempt hanging plants. Even greenthumb mom never did.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 24, 2022 02:08 PM (3cGpq)

11 Plants dig me.

Posted by: Easy at July 24, 2022 02:08 PM (FyhRj)

12 Looks like you used too much Roundup. I would join the class action suit if I were you.

Posted by: 4thewin at July 24, 2022 02:09 PM (bMVfY)

13 Nice dried arrangement

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:10 PM (UqN+v)

14 Sort of related,

Notice the dearth of tropical storms and hurricanes so far?

The west to east wind shear in the tropical latitudes is breaking up the storms before they can form. How long the wind shear will last? I don't know.

Posted by: rd at July 24, 2022 02:10 PM (Z32m1)

15 >>> 13 Nice dried arrangement
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:10 PM (UqN+v)

LOL

... wait, that's (almost) my whole property this year.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2022 02:13 PM (llON8)

16 14 Sort of related,

Notice the dearth of tropical storms and hurricanes so far?

The west to east wind shear in the tropical latitudes is breaking up the storms before they can form. How long the wind shear will last? I don't know.
Posted by: rd at July 24, 2022 02:10 PM (Z32m1)

Thanks for that info. Normally we have had at least two or three TS by this time. So far, nada. It's part of the reason rainfall is way down this year, i imagine.

Posted by: Moki at July 24, 2022 02:14 PM (JrN/x)

17 Helena Handbasket, same here. The only thing green here is the grass around the water leak.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:15 PM (UqN+v)

18 Never met a plant I couldn't kill, but really hate fake plants. So I usually just live with plants in various states of dead or dying. This includes vegetables, so I'd better find some friends with green thumbs for the burning times.
Posted by: She Hobbit
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Same here. Every now and then I'll see a notice tacked up on a utility pole, notifying the neighborhood that a Known Child Molester is moving in.

Had the neighborhood been aware, similar notices would have been tacked up around here: "Known Plant Killer Moving Into the Neighborhood!'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2022 02:15 PM (FJCnW)

19 I guess this is a problem of the former first world.

CIA Director "Very Proud" of Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 24, 2022 02:16 PM (FVME7)

20 Root ball problem? That is, needs to be repotted with more soil and minor root trimming?

Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 24, 2022 02:16 PM (odVni)

21 Notice the dearth of tropical storms and hurricanes so far?
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I have, in the past, searched 'Record Hurricane Season Predicted'. Very nearly every year is predicted to be a 'Record Hurricane Season'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2022 02:17 PM (4t6Xc)

22 guess this is a problem of the former first world.

CIA Director "Very Proud" of Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 24, 2022 02:16 PM (FVME7)

Everyday is Opposite Day for the Left.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 24, 2022 02:18 PM (+4XNm)

23 5 times in a row, I've arranged with the RE agent for a showing the next morning/same afternoon on homes that were just listed. 4/5 times, it went under contract before I could see it.

My next move is to get a 1000' roll of crime scene tape and start taping off driveways/houses I'm interested in.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2022 02:19 PM (Zhwz2)

24 Walking past the WalMart garden center is like walking past a concentration camp.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at July 24, 2022 02:20 PM (buTO7)

25 I quit trying to have plants around here. Got tired of supplying the all-you-can-eat buffet for the grasshoppers.

It's so dry around here even the weeds are dying.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:20 PM (UqN+v)

26 I used to hate hanging plants because they were a daily reminder that, should you slip up and forget watering even once, they'd die on you.

Now I don't have to worry about that as much, since there is a puppy that reminds me of my slip-ups every 30 seconds.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 24, 2022 02:20 PM (BDdNo)

27 And, here it is:

"Record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season expected this summer

by The Associated Press
May 24, 2022"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2022 02:20 PM (4t6Xc)

28 Been busy sleeping this AM. Missed a few threads.

Posted by: Ciampino - coconuts could be carried by swallows at July 24, 2022 02:21 PM (qfLjt)

29 I don't bother with plants. They will fade into the background for me, I'll forget all about them, and they will end up dying a tragic death.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 24, 2022 02:21 PM (rF64X)

30 Dr. Birx: COVID Vaccines Were Never "Going to Protect Against Infection"

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I guess it was a big practical joke.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 24, 2022 02:21 PM (FVME7)

31 19 I guess this is a problem of the former first world.

CIA Director "Very Proud" of Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 24, 2022 02:16 PM (FVME7)

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In other news, the White Star Line has announced that it is "very proud" of the high level of survival that was enjoyed by Titanic passengers who made it into a lifeboat.

Posted by: Barky O'Shithead at July 24, 2022 02:22 PM (49u8i)

32 Definitely first world, but I guess this may or may not be a problem depending on one's point of view... Did a couple of searches on exercises and tattoos and now my Pinterest feed is just covered in skin. I'd better go search cross stich or something to clean the place up a bit.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2022 02:22 PM (ftFVW)

33 Those impatiens? Hard to tell from the photo but if they are a fungus disease came to the US, into New Jersey if I recall correctly, round about 2011 and since then it has been very difficult to grow them anywhere in the east. There are some supposedly resistant varieties but have not tried them my self.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at July 24, 2022 02:22 PM (lVlF/)

34 Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 24, 2022 02:21 PM (rF64X

Buy maneating plants. They'll keep you on your toes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2022 02:22 PM (Zhwz2)

35 I got that a lot too. I do see some signs of slowing but I think that's the usual seasonal drop off. Godd luck! I'm waiting to close on my fixer upper.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 02:23 PM (YynYJ)

36 Been raining here on and off all morning.

Posted by: Infidel at July 24, 2022 02:24 PM (mn1Pi)

37 The good news is we aren't heading for a recession. The Biden White House has just changed the definition of a recession.

So we got that going for us.

https://tinyurl.com/yps32ank

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 02:25 PM (ZLI7S)

38 Dr. Birx: COVID Vaccines Were Never "Going to Protect Against Infection"

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I guess it was a big practical joke.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 24, 2022 02:21 PM (FVME7)

Textbook gaslighting. It's a pity for them there are these things called video and the internet.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 24, 2022 02:25 PM (rF64X)

39 YD, is just land with utilities a possibility? Temp housing and have a home built.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:26 PM (UqN+v)

40 32 Definitely first world, but I guess this may or may not be a problem depending on one's point of view... Did a couple of searches on exercises and tattoos and now my Pinterest feed is just covered in skin. I'd better go search cross stich or something to clean the place up a bit.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2022 02:22 PM (ftFVW)
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Don't search for Big Books.

Posted by: Ciampino - coconuts or melons? at July 24, 2022 02:27 PM (qfLjt)

41 Buy maneating plants. They'll keep you on your toes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2022 02:22 PM (Zhwz2)

LOL. I'm so unobservant I'd last a week, tops.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 24, 2022 02:27 PM (rF64X)

42 Sock fail

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2022 02:28 PM (49u8i)

43 Buy maneating plants. They'll keep you on your toes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2022 02:22 PM (Zhwz2)

LOL. I'm so unobservant I'd last a week, tops.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 24, 2022 02:27 PM (rF64X)

And whatever you do, do not name it Audrey Junior.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying to be Moar Funnier at July 24, 2022 02:28 PM (x8Wzq)

44 Where Will Putin Start Trouble Next? Start Watching Transnistria

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I wonder if Transnistria even has a flag.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 24, 2022 02:28 PM (FVME7)

45 The good news is we aren't heading for a recession. The Biden White House has just changed the definition of a recession.
So we got that going for us.
https://tinyurl.com/yps32ank
Posted by: JackStraw

"Instead, both official determinations of recessions and economists’ assessment of economic activity are based on a holistic look at the data—including the labor market, consumer and business spending, industrial production, and incomes."

Um, hello Whitehouse Blog, all of those markers are in the crapper now, too.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2022 02:29 PM (ftFVW)

46 I'm planning to move to another state next year so I had better get started praying for favor.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 24, 2022 02:29 PM (rF64X)

47 YD, is just land with utilities a possibility? Temp housing and have a home built.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:26 PM (UqN+

Might well come to that

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2022 02:30 PM (Zhwz2)

48 "Just look at the perfect symmetry of the dead part"

Equal amounts of sun and shade? Water?

One can purchase inexpensive timers and pvc (for in the ground hose) that clear plastic tubing is affixed and at the other an emitter that regulates output of water.
Emitters go from 1/4 gal per hr up to two gal per hr.

Connect the timer to a spigot the pipe to the timer then punch in the tubing at the desired spots.
Timer regulates the time water is on and each emitter regulates the flow at that particular spot.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 24, 2022 02:30 PM (fgFKs)

49
Feed me!

Posted by: Audrey II at July 24, 2022 02:30 PM (Xnr/7)

50 More importantly, what are the thoughts of the LGBTQWERTY+ community on Transnistrian sovereignty?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2022 02:30 PM (49u8i)

51 "Instead, both official determinations of recessions and economists’ assessment of economic activity are based on a holistic look at the data—including the labor market, consumer and business spending, industrial production, and incomes."

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"Holistic look at the data" is a code phrase for "complete bullshit"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2022 02:32 PM (49u8i)

52 Plants should be in the ground not in the air.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2022 02:32 PM (63Dwl)

53 My late wife was a plant killer. Her family going back a couple of generations was into plant nurseries, flower shops, etc. She herself did a pretty good flower arrangement, but don't ask her to look after a living, rooted plant. I am the green thumb around here but I don't bother any more as no one else would water the outside plants and I got tired of doing it after work.

Posted by: Ciampino - it was always too little or too much water at July 24, 2022 02:33 PM (qfLjt)

54 Looks so very familiar. I throw good money after bad every year for hanging plants that wilt away. Next door neighbors are from India and can grow anything in lousy soil, in a tiny yard & from a dead looking cuttings. (They have beautiful flowers, bushes, trees every inch of ground.)

I just paid a water bill of $119+ mostly to grow one eggplant (so far) and one bush bean plant in containers. The neighbors laugh.

One positive note, eggplant is currently $6.99 each in local markets.

Posted by: Lola at July 24, 2022 02:33 PM (NIYa7)

55 Looks like Belgian impatiens? Maybe keep them out of direct sun.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 24, 2022 02:34 PM (5MVKq)

56 "Holistic look at the data" is a code phrase for "complete bullshit"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

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True, but it's a necessary linguistic stepping stone on the way to 'increasing the chocolate ration from 5g to 3g.'

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 24, 2022 02:34 PM (BDdNo)

57 As long as the the mass media insist that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is not dead, HE LIVES!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2022 02:34 PM (Wl6Ns)

58 CBD should have just planted tomato plants in those hanging planters.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:34 PM (UqN+v)

59 My First World Problem is lawless elements of the tree rat community raiding my herb garden. Those little furry bastids keep digging through the pots and knocking the plants out of the containers.

Of course, if shit turns Third World, they will be on the menu, so maybe they should partake of the herbage.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 02:36 PM (Dc2NZ)

60 CBD.....

Looks like the one side was exposed to that deadly oil rain.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 24, 2022 02:36 PM (1n+EO)

61 One thing I'll do when the kids are out rampaging through society instead of my home, is to convert an area, and get back into hydroponics. For fun, not profit. Orchids, I think.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2022 02:36 PM (Zhwz2)

62
"Holistic look at the data" is a code phrase for "complete bullshit"
Posted by: Cicero
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*cough* *cough*
Blowjob!
*cough* *cough*
Blowjob!

Posted by: Delta Tau Chi at July 24, 2022 02:36 PM (FJCnW)

63 Of course, if shit turns Third World, they will be on the menu, so maybe they should partake of the herbage.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 02:36 PM (Dc2NZ)

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Herb-fed rodents > garbage-fed rodents

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2022 02:37 PM (49u8i)

64 46 I'm planning to move to another state next year so I had better get started praying for favor.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 24, 2022 02:29 PM (rF64X)
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Did Trump make Greenland a state?! Awesome!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 02:37 PM (Dc2NZ)

65 Yeah, looks like it doesn't like direct sun.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 24, 2022 02:37 PM (hwaFC)

66 50 More importantly, what are the thoughts of the LGBTQWERTY+ community on Transnistrian sovereignty?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2022 02:30 PM (49u8i)
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Seeing that QWERTY monstrosity I must assiduously object on behalf of all the keyboard numerals - they feel left out, ostracized even, by the queer community.

Posted by: Ciampino - I am Zero, practically a hole! at July 24, 2022 02:38 PM (qfLjt)

67 Of course, if shit turns Third World, they will be on the menu, so maybe they should partake of the herbage.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread)

Hmmm, herbed squirrel? Perhaps it could be featured on the Food Thread.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM (ftFVW)

68 Looks like the one side was exposed to that deadly oil rain.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 24, 2022 02:36 PM (1n+EO)

It turned me into a newt!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM (XIJ/X)

69 5 times in a row, I've arranged with the RE agent for a showing the next morning/same afternoon on homes that were just listed. 4/5 times, it went under contract before I could see it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I don't understand the selling agent allowing this to happen. Around here, homes for sale are listed as "coming soon" to begin to get the word out. Then there is, usually, an open house that lasts for a few days. Then, and only then, will bids be accepted for a day or three. Generally, a bidding war breaks out and the seller accepts the offer that best matches what they want.

For the seller to accept the first offer that comes in seems short sighted to me at least.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM (6WCwE)

70 Grow irises. You don't even need to plant them. I dug up some to move this week. The clay was like concrete around the roots. And it still managed to bloom. Look for the plants you see in abandoned homesteads.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM (YynYJ)

71 My FiL did that thing where you grow tomatoes upside down in hanging 5 gal buckets.

It actually worked.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM (hwaFC)

72 We have hanging petunias. Foliar feed biweekly with seaweed spray. Need to water every day and ruthlessly cut them back rather than deadhead.
Posted by: Regular joe at July 24, 2022 02:05 PM (nnp+f)
*****
This is the method I use, but I fertilize with Espoma organic Plant Tone.

Best thing we ever did was put the patio pots on drip irrigation which attaches to the sprinkler heads.
My flowers look fabulous, even in the Texas heat wave.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2022 02:40 PM (NpAcC)

73 Impatiens do not like direct sunlight. They als require regular watering. I have had a few of the hanging ones that did well.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 24, 2022 02:41 PM (BS7lN)

74 ...and get back into hydroponics. For fun, not profit. Orchids, I think.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Dude, you could keep your weed in there.

Posted by: Stoner at July 24, 2022 02:41 PM (ftFVW)

75 I bought 3 huge cement planters to replace part of my dead hedges. I removed the hedges and placed the planters and laid the red lava rock around It in the bed. I haven't bothered buying any plants for the planters as it's too hot for them to root properly.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 24, 2022 02:41 PM (+4XNm)

76 My FiL did that thing where you grow tomatoes upside down in hanging 5 gal buckets.

It actually worked.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM

We tried that a couple of times when we lived in Connecticut. I could not make it work no matter what I did.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 24, 2022 02:43 PM (bVYXr)

77 Some of these states have just one agent for both.

I wanted to look at a house. Zillow gave me an agent. He did call me but claimed the house was under contract. He had one coming up under his agency he would show me. It was nice but he already had a buyer lined up. He just wanted a backup offer. The original house is still on the market. I talked to the agent and the owner doesn't want to show it until he cleans up after the renters. I gave up on it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 02:43 PM (YynYJ)

78 She Hobbit, fried squirrel, biscuits and gravy have been discussed on the food thread more than once.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:44 PM (UqN+v)

79 For the seller to accept the first offer that comes in seems short sighted to me at least.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM

Not if you're asking "too much" to begin with. More than you'd be willing to settle for, anyway.

It works pretty well if you're in an area that's targeted for colonization by a high-CoL blue state population or a big corporation... A lot of times, they'll offer asking price *sight unseen.* Makes no difference to them if it needs some work. It's like buying in the 3rd world to them.

That's what happened to Denver (Californians). It's starting to happen where I'm looking (NYers).

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2022 02:45 PM (Zhwz2)

80 My FWP:
We are under a flood watch until Tuesday morning.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:45 PM (riYIr)

81 My current FWP - Blackberry moonshine or Evan Williams 1793 small batch?

I know!

"Embrace the power of 'AND'"!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 02:45 PM (6WCwE)

82 For the seller to accept the first offer that comes in seems short sighted to me at least.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 02:39 PM (6WCwE)

If it was like a real estate market I tried to enter in 2005, the seller was getting 5 offers, all above market and waiving all rights with elevator clauses that would mean the highest bid wins...No need to get more than that...

I'm assuming that's how hot it is where the poster is trying to move. I've lived that move once...and I rented 2 years and waited for the beginning of the crash (but not the bottom), which was the best decision I've ever made in real estate

Posted by: Nova local at July 24, 2022 02:46 PM (exHjb)

83 My First-World Problem: the handle snapped off of the faucet in my bathroom sink. So now I have to walk down the hallway to my daughter's bathroom, that backs directly onto mine, to use her sink. Hopefully the Gibson Man will be able to replace it soon.

Posted by: GibsonGirl at July 24, 2022 02:46 PM (KXY4V)

84 My neighbor (older Latina) grows cactus.
She has one huge plant about 6 feet tall, with a dozen round appendages on it.
I saw her one day, she had cut off a portion of the cactus and was removing the barbs with a sharp knife. I asked her what she would do with it.
Having it with dinner.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, partly cloudy clearing in the afternoon at July 24, 2022 02:47 PM (jTmQV)

85 Speaking of first world. Just watched the end of the Tour De' France.

It must be an incredible feeling to finish a race like that. Pretty remarkable accomplishment

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 24, 2022 02:47 PM (Jzz++)

86 My FWP, the city is split in half today for damn marathon runners.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2022 02:48 PM (Wl6Ns)

87 she had cut off a portion of the cactus and was removing the barbs with a sharp knife. I asked her what she would do with it.
Having it with dinner.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Nopalitos.
Very tasty and notorious (and another food thread post!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:48 PM (riYIr)

88 >>> 80 My FWP:
We are under a flood watch until Tuesday morning.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:45 PM (riYIr)

Send some of that here, would you?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2022 02:50 PM (llON8)

89 First world problem. Couldn’t ask on book thread for crazy reason but I’m thinking of getting a Kindle. Anyone have any thoughts on which is the best one? Thanks all.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at July 24, 2022 02:50 PM (NVtgT)

90 "Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system"

Silent screams when being pruned. Bastard vegetarians.

https://tinyurl.com/7ufff988

Posted by: Arabidopsis at July 24, 2022 02:51 PM (FyhRj)

91 ed by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:45 PM (riYIr)

Send some of that here, would you?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Not until we get a good soaking... we've only had sprinkles even with what sounds like good thunder storms.

And I don't know how to reverse the monsoon flow of moist air that comes out of the gulf of Mexico.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:52 PM (riYIr)

92 Nopalitos. Very tasty and notorious (and another food thread post!)

The Mexican version of okra.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 24, 2022 02:52 PM (5MVKq)

93 Kindle, we have 2 in the family. The wife has the paper white, I have the Fire 7.
Both are serving us well.
But if I use it post to AOS, the results are usually comical.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, partly cloudy clearing in the afternoon at July 24, 2022 02:52 PM (jTmQV)

94 She Hobbit, fried squirrel, biscuits and gravy have been discussed on the food thread more than once.
Posted by: Ben Had

Nice, I should start keeping squirrel recipe cards just in case. We get a pretty good number of them in our little bit of forest.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2022 02:52 PM (ftFVW)

95 Anyone have any thoughts on which is the best one? Thanks all.
Posted by: RetSgtRN

Paperwhite.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:52 PM (riYIr)

96 84 My neighbor (older Latina) grows cactus.
She has one huge plant about 6 feet tall, with a dozen round appendages on it.
I saw her one day, she had cut off a portion of the cactus and was removing the barbs with a sharp knife. I asked her what she would do with it.
Having it with dinner.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, partly cloudy clearing in the afternoon at July 24, 2022 02:47 PM (jTmQV)
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Well the fruit is delicious, juicy and sweet. Just use gloves when picking it as the hairy barbs on the skin will give your hands a nasty surprise.

Posted by: Ciampino - Nature is bountiful if one knows where to look at July 24, 2022 02:54 PM (qfLjt)

97 I was going to list my mother's town home for what I thought was the market value based on recent sales. Most of those sales were well over the list price . After it went on the market I got a lot of looks but the comments thought the price was just a little too high. I then decided to drop the price by 20k. Got multiple offers and finally sold for 25k over asking price. If the people who originally liked it had made a counter offer 5k lower of initial listing price I would have probably taken something close to it. Lowering the price to get a higher price is definitely counterintuitive.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 24, 2022 02:54 PM (+4XNm)

98 Well the fruit is delicious, juicy and sweet. Just use gloves when picking it as the hairy barbs on the skin will give your hands a nasty surprise.
Posted by: Ciampino

Or just let someone else harvest it and buy at the grocery store. That's a much safer route...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:55 PM (riYIr)

99 No idea how switch/ outlet was wired

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 24, 2022 02:56 PM (CpbTS)

100 Lowering the price to get a higher price is definitely counterintuitive.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

Many folks are stupid.

"I'd much rather bid against another and run up the price than have bought at a lower price!"

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 02:56 PM (6WCwE)

101 Thanks for the suggestions on the Kindle. I’ll probably order one this week. Reading on the phone is tough when your a little past 29.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at July 24, 2022 02:56 PM (NVtgT)

102 I believe in contradiction of conventional wisdom, one should not drink the 'water' out of a cactus if you're stuck in the desert.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 24, 2022 02:58 PM (+4XNm)

103 98 Well the fruit is delicious, juicy and sweet. Just use gloves when picking it as the hairy barbs on the skin will give your hands a nasty surprise.
Posted by: Ciampino

Or just let someone else harvest it and buy at the grocery store. That's a much safer route...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 02:55 PM (riYIr)
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Never seen it around here (S. IL). What would it be called?

Posted by: Ciampino - Very popular fruit in Sicily at July 24, 2022 03:00 PM (qfLjt)

104 I spilled gas on my self trying to blend old gas into my truck, I need practice. A Gas spill could be what happened to those lovely flowers.

Posted by: 4thewin at July 24, 2022 03:01 PM (bMVfY)

105 Posted by: RetSgtRN

We had a Kindle, I got a paperwhite for the better half for Christmas and took over the kindle. That sucker wouldn't die. I finally gave up and retired it and got a paperwhite for myself.
We use the kindle unlimited and I use Calibre for converting books to mobi format and then download them when I pick up a book from somewhere else.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:01 PM (riYIr)

106 We made an offer on our previous house in CA on the first day it was on the market. IIRC we bid about $75K over the asking price and outbid the next closest buyers by only $15K.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2022 03:02 PM (BFigT)

107 Never seen it around here (S. IL). What would it be called?
Posted by: Ciampino

Usually "Nopalitos" around here.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:02 PM (riYIr)

108 >>> drip irrigation which attaches to the sprinkler heads.
My flowers look fabulous, even in the Texas heat wave.
Posted by: redridinghood
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It's cheaper, easier, and more efficient than watering.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 24, 2022 03:02 PM (fgFKs)

109 Tired of first-world problems? Follow us on the progressive path to the future - Turd World problems!

Posted by: San Francisco at July 24, 2022 03:03 PM (a3Q+t)

110 It appears to be a New Guinea impatiens basket. They have very linked vascular systems and require daily soakings (and periodic light fertilizing as a result). When the real heat hits it, two soakings a day and as little direct sunlight as possible until the real heat breaks.

Posted by: Moron Chris in MD at July 24, 2022 03:03 PM (T7jq7)

111 101 Thanks for the suggestions on the Kindle. I’ll probably order one this week. Reading on the phone is tough when your a little past 29.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at July 24, 2022 02:56 PM (NVtgT)
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Chromebooks are an alternative and bargains probably cost similarly to a Kindle. Just a suggestion. I also have an older Kindle.

Posted by: Ciampino - Very happy with HP Chromebooks at July 24, 2022 03:04 PM (qfLjt)

112 and those tomato hangers - watering them I got bit by that (No, it's not a chagas per doc) tomato bug.
pro tip, wear clothes when watering your tomato plants

Posted by: Braenyard at July 24, 2022 03:05 PM (fgFKs)

113 It would take an enormous ball of energy to do that kind of plant damage.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 03:05 PM (4I/2K)

114 Get a Kindle Paperwhite, if you just want to read. I have a Fire and never use it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:05 PM (YynYJ)

115 All I have to do is look at a hanging plant and it dies. Every spring, they look so bright and bouncy hanging on hooks at the nurseries, just begging to come home with me. They do not realize they are begging to die.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 24, 2022 03:05 PM (H31K8)

116 Turd World problems!
Posted by: San Francisco

Or move to SF as dicktator Newsome suggests!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:05 PM (riYIr)

117 I'm too young to be so curmudgeonly, but I hate reading books on Kindle or other devices. I like holding an actual book in my hands. It's actually what I do to before bedtime after being on the computer all day at work. No TV or music in the background. Just me and my book. And sometimes a lap kitteh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying to be Moar Funnier at July 24, 2022 03:06 PM (x8Wzq)

118 It would take an enormous ball of energy to do that kind of plant damage.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 03:05 PM (4I/2K)

It would have to be large.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 24, 2022 03:07 PM (hwaFC)

119 very spring, they look so bright and bouncy hanging on hooks at the nurseries, just begging to come home with me.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin

Grown in perfect conditions, protected in greenhouses. If you want to keep them alive provide the same environment and you will succeed. You'll also go broke unless you start a commercial growing business.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:07 PM (riYIr)

120
Electric bus burst into flames in Connecticut parking lot. It was the battery.

Holy chit, go to Gateway Pundit to see the picture.

Posted by: four seasons at July 24, 2022 03:08 PM (PisyI)

121 They do not realize they are begging to die.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around

We do want to die. It's hard watching all of these proles walk in and out of the shop with their purple hair and poor hygiene.

Posted by: Bright Bouncy Hanging Plants at July 24, 2022 03:08 PM (ftFVW)

122 109 Tired of first-world problems? Follow us on the progressive path to the future - Turd World problems!

Posted by: San Francisco at July 24, 2022 03:03 PM (a3Q+t)
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If it involves any polishing then count me out.

Posted by: Ciampino - there's never a polished end at July 24, 2022 03:09 PM (qfLjt)

123 This is only a FWP to you haterz: Pumpkin Spice stuff has been spotted at my grocery store.

Me, I hate the Dog Days of summer, so I welcome any magic to immanentize Fall.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 03:10 PM (Dc2NZ)

124
Me, I hate the Dog Days of summer
Posted by: All Hail Eris

You missed the pet thread by a day.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:11 PM (riYIr)

125 "Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system"

Silent screams when being pruned. Bastard vegetarians.

https://tinyurl.com/7ufff988
Posted by: Arabidopsis at July 24, 2022 02:51 PM (FyhRj)

Help!

Posted by: Wasabi Baby Plant at July 24, 2022 03:12 PM (4I/2K)

126 The house I am buying was a FSBO. I liked it but didn't know if I wanted to deal with that. They listed with an agent and dropped the price $5k. Got an offer before I was able to get a video walk through. The deal fell through and the agent called me to let me know. The price was down another $2k because of the problems found in inspection. That's what I offered.

There are some things I need to have fixed right of the bat but I have some money left to do that. I have looked at a lot of houses that looked fine on the outside and were torn up inside because redoing a house was harder than they thought. Anything you buy can have a problem.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:12 PM (YynYJ)

127 Eh, I might get a tomato this year if the deer, a rabbit or a raccoon doesn't get it before ripe.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 24, 2022 02:04 PM

*fistbump* Chipmunks here.

Posted by: NaughtyPine - sexually harassing Morons since... 10 minutes ago at July 24, 2022 03:14 PM (/+bwe)

128 Yes, I like real books too. The problem is aging eyes. Do you like reading a book using a magnifying glass? You can go with a bigger font on a Kindle when you need it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:14 PM (YynYJ)

129 118 It would take an enormous ball of energy to do that kind of plant damage.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 03:05 PM (4I/2K)

It would have to be large.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 24, 2022 03:07 PM (hwaFC)
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Gaia sent you a thunderbolt.

Posted by: Ciampino - you have displeased Mother Nature at July 24, 2022 03:15 PM (qfLjt)

130 123 This is only a FWP to you haterz: Pumpkin Spice stuff has been spotted at my grocery store.

Me, I hate the Dog Days of summer, so I welcome any magic to immanentize Fall.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes

WHERE?!?!? With the weather cooled off enough to bake bread, I was just thinking about how good pumpkin spice bread would taste.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 24, 2022 03:16 PM (/+bwe)

131 This is only a FWP to you haterz: Pumpkin Spice stuff has been spotted at my grocery store.

Me, I hate the Dog Days of summer, so I welcome any magic to immanentize Fall.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I spied Halloween decorations on sale at a store yesterday.

Just shoot me.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 03:17 PM (6WCwE)

132 >>It would have to be large.

About the size of a star.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 03:17 PM (ZLI7S)

133 WHERE?!?!? With the weather cooled off enough to bake bread, I was just thinking about how good pumpkin spice bread would taste.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 24, 2022 03:16 PM (/+bwe)
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This was at Meijers -- coffee and creamer. It's a start!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 03:17 PM (Dc2NZ)

134 Anything you buy can have a problem.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July
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Such as the support pillars to one's upstairs porch not being pressure treated and all of a sudden the dry rot shows and the edge of your porch is 4" lower than it should be and about ready to fall on your head.

Caveat emptor

Posted by: Braenyard at July 24, 2022 03:18 PM (fgFKs)

135 Huh, ace has a lot more ads on the phone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:18 PM (Pa9Qi)

136 >>> 132 >>It would have to be large.

About the size of a star.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 03:17 PM (ZLI7S)

Don't you think we'd NOTICE if something that big were so close? Stupid conspiracy theorists.

Posted by: leftists at July 24, 2022 03:19 PM (llON8)

137 Huh, ace has a lot more ads on the phone.
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How do you think he affords that penthouse apartment in Manhattan?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 03:20 PM (Dc2NZ)

138 FWP here (but soon not to be): The rise is grocery prices means I could buy only four canned goods by rounding up my budgeted amount. That's how I usually build a stockpile for the end-of-year food pantry drive.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 24, 2022 03:20 PM (/+bwe)

139 I've violently murdered every hanging plant I've ever bought.
If there was a Hanging Plants Lives Matter my house would be on fire.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 24, 2022 03:20 PM (LAmgw)

140 Pay no attention to the gigantic perpetual nuclear explosion going on in the sky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:21 PM (Pa9Qi)

141 I always figured the gas chamber was a more humane way of death for plants. /

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2022 03:21 PM (56XjA)

142 This was at Meijers -- coffee and creamer. It's a start!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 03:17 PM

I'll be near a Meijers this coming weekend. Thanks, Eris!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 24, 2022 03:22 PM (/+bwe)

143 On a long enough timeline the survival rate for every plant drops to zero.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 24, 2022 03:23 PM (zw90i)

144 The difference in the kindles is the paper white isn't back lit, so it is very energy efficient, but you may need a reading light.
The Fire series are back lit.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, partly cloudy clearing in the afternoon at July 24, 2022 03:23 PM (jTmQV)

145 Root ball problem? That is, needs to be repotted with more soil and minor root trimming?
Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 24, 2022 02:16 PM (odVni)

Solve your root ball problem with this one simple trick!

Posted by: Caitlynn Jenner at July 24, 2022 03:23 PM (56XjA)

146 Speaking of first world. Just watched the end of the Tour De' France.
It must be an incredible feeling to finish a race like that. Pretty remarkable accomplishment
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 24, 2022 02:47 PM (Jzz++)

Let's leave Lance out of this. Guy's done more with one testicle than you and I could do with three.

Posted by: Dupree at July 24, 2022 03:24 PM (R/m4+)

147

I dip galvanize all my plants. Very sturdy.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 24, 2022 03:25 PM (E0HJn)

148 16 14 Sort of related,

Notice the dearth of tropical storms and hurricanes so far?

The west to east wind shear in the tropical latitudes is breaking up the storms before they can form. How long the wind shear will last? I don't know.
Posted by: rd at July 24, 2022 02:10 PM (Z32m1)

Thanks for that info. Normally we have had at least two or three TS by this time. So far, nada. It's part of the reason rainfall is way down this year, i imagine.

Posted by: Moki at July 24, 2022 02:14 PM (JrN/x)

There have been three Atlantic Topical Storms this year, one in June, two in early July. Alex, Bonnie and Colin. I do not know why the fear-pumping media did not scream about them. Anyway, I think that for several years NOAA has been fiddling with storm data to intentionally elevate tropical disturbances to tropical storms.

Posted by: Gref at July 24, 2022 03:25 PM (AMIL/)

149 The fire series is a tablet with a reading app. Love mine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:25 PM (Pa9Qi)

150 YD, is just land with utilities a possibility? Temp housing and have a home built.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2022 02:26 PM (UqN+v)

Yep. And if the county or town won't let you occupy a single-wide on your land while the permanent home is under construction, then the county or town is run by asshoes, and you don't want to live there. Nice filter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2022 03:27 PM (56XjA)

151 First world problem. I need a second Bob's Burgers movie I enjoyed the first one so much.

Non Bob's Burgers watchers might not feel the same way .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 24, 2022 03:27 PM (+4XNm)

152 Another FWP - watching kids shows with my grand d. So far today, we've had two instances of same sex kissing, another two asking each other out on dates (pre-teen, same sex characters, and a bottle of grape soda placed in the scene and cropped to read "rape soda".

At least it gave me an opportunity to talk to her about deviant behavior.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 03:27 PM (6WCwE)

153 >>> How long the wind shear will last? I don't know.
Posted by: rd
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Meanwhile the Caribbean and Atlantic seaboard gets hotter and hotter.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 24, 2022 03:27 PM (fgFKs)

154 Had it for ten years or so. Noticed the battery still has good life if you turn the damn Wi-Fi off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:28 PM (Pa9Qi)

155 I wonder if Transnistria even has a flag.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 24, 2022 02:28 PM (FVME7)

It got integrated into Circuitria.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2022 03:28 PM (56XjA)

156 Ben Had, Chique, good to see you both. Ben, this is a good time of year for you to visit 45 degrees north. 74 and sunny here today. Chique, if you are moving to another state, may I suggest heaven, er, I mean Wisconsin? We always need more smart people here.

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 24, 2022 03:29 PM (sKIIv)

157 And that's why you want to try and buy chewper, so that you have enough to fix things. I ran it by my stepson and cousin. Stepson has worked construction so he focused on a few critical things. My cousin dealt with a problematic house his parents built. He's still coming up with things to look out for, like failing sewer pipe.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:29 PM (YynYJ)

158 FWP: A friend recently introduced me to the exciting and dynamic game of online auctions. I think it's much like poker - there are nominal rules but the real game is gaining a competitive advantage by understanding the behavior patterns of the other players.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 03:29 PM (4I/2K)

159 Dad is ordering papa johns. The lady is obviously Indian/Pakistani/general area. Given name? Michelle. Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:30 PM (Pa9Qi)

160 >>> I think that for several years NOAA has been fiddling with storm data to intentionally elevate tropical disturbances to tropical storms.
Posted by: Gref
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They started counting storms too far in the Atlantic to be of any significance to continental USA whatsoever.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 24, 2022 03:30 PM (fgFKs)

161 Cheaper not chewper. Jeez.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:31 PM (YynYJ)

162 "Holistic look at the data" is a code phrase for "complete bullshit"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 24, 2022 02:32 PM (49u8i)

Whenever I see "holistic", I say to myself, "Warning, woo incoming."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2022 03:31 PM (56XjA)

163 The XO and I are looking for an apartment in a 55+ community that is not tied to assisted care. We need a two bedroom with enough room for me, my crap,, my dialysis machine and associated crap, a balcony, and within the XO's budget. Ain't happening. We can have one or the other, but not both. I think he is slowly -- very slowly -- beginning to grasp reality. We're going to have to spend more than he wants.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 24, 2022 03:32 PM (H31K8)

164 My FWP: I installed a webcam outside our front door, which kind of gives me a window on the world when I'm in my study.

The webcam works great most of the time, but periodically it throws a wobbly and will not sync up with the range extender that is a foot away, inside the house.

What is the controlling variable here? Outside temperature? RF interference? Relative positioning of the antennae?

I haven't yet figured this out, partly because it is intermittent.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:33 PM (YqDXo)

165 My cousin needed a two bedroom just to have room for the dialysis stuff. Are you sure you don't need 3 bedrooms?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:33 PM (YynYJ)

166 My town has started picking up compost at the curb. I have to buy paper bags for the compost. Kind of a PITA.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 24, 2022 03:33 PM (LAmgw)

167 So, you're not going to E.TN.?

Posted by: Braenyard at July 24, 2022 03:35 PM (fgFKs)

168 My FWP: I installed a webcam outside our front door, which kind of gives me a window on the world when I'm in my study.

The webcam works great most of the time, but periodically it throws a wobbly and will not sync up with the range extender that is a foot away, inside the house.

What is the controlling variable here? Outside temperature? RF interference? Relative positioning of the antennae?

I haven't yet figured this out, partly because it is intermittent.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:33 PM (YqDXo)

Your neighbor's garage door opener / tv remote.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 03:36 PM (4I/2K)

169 There have been three Atlantic Topical Storms this year, one in June, two in early July. Alex, Bonnie and Colin. I do not know why the fear-pumping media did not scream about them. Anyway, I think that for several years NOAA has been fiddling with storm data to intentionally elevate tropical disturbances to tropical storms.
Posted by: Gref at July 24, 2022 03:25 PM (AMIL/)
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Here in SoCal the local news media shit their pants whenever a "rain event" is forecast. A "rain event," which is totally different from a "rain storm."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:37 PM (YqDXo)

170 140 Pay no attention to the gigantic perpetual nuclear explosion going on in the sky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:21 PM (Pa9Qi)

If there was a verified cause-and-effect relationship between percentage of atmospheric CO2 and average global surface temperature, no models of that relationship would be needed. An equation would be all you need. Human-caused global climate change is a feel-good and money-making scam.

Another indication of this is the failure of the modelers to adjust their models to fit the actual surface temperature. They do not, for two reasons: 1. It will show the surface is not warming as fast as their dire predictions claim; 2. They don't know how to adjust the models to fit the data by turning the knobs in their models (CO2 and I don't know what other parameters).

Posted by: Gref at July 24, 2022 03:37 PM (AMIL/)

171 Your neighbor's garage door opener / tv remote.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 03:36 PM (4I/2K)
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Bastards!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:37 PM (YqDXo)

172 My town has started picking up compost at the curb. I have to buy paper bags for the compost. Kind of a PITA.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

No you don't, just throw the stuff in the trash.
If you're called out on it then you tell them that if they want trash in paper bags they need to supply the bags.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:37 PM (riYIr)

173 Nope, prices went up too much for the small amount of money I have. I just kept watching areas get too expensive for me. And for some reason, the relatives I have in OK would like to be able to visit me. So I'll be in northern KS if this works out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:39 PM (YynYJ)

174 All this talk about pumpkin spice while it will be in the 100s for another month (at least) in Texas makes me think about the "It's a Southern Thing" video about fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MtJoQ8Jc9M

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 24, 2022 03:39 PM (fTtFy)

175 My town has started picking up compost at the curb. I have to buy paper bags for the compost. Kind of a PITA.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 24, 2022 03:33 PM (LAmgw)
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Damned nice of them to pick up dog shit.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:40 PM (YqDXo)

176 > I think that for several years NOAA has been fiddling with storm data to intentionally elevate tropical disturbances to tropical storms.
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The fucking Weather Channel has been naming thunderstorms for 2 years! Right after they started naming winter storms and other "significant" weather events, like windstorms. They were into the climate gaslighting on day one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2022 03:40 PM (BFigT)

177 FWP: My paramour kilt me in a motel because I was being "sexually aggressive". That's what she told the 911 Operator. [Houston Chronicle]

Posted by: 3rd Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendezvous at July 24, 2022 03:40 PM (4I/2K)

178 The fucking Weather Channel has been naming thunderstorms for 2 years!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2022 03:40 PM (BFigT)

"Superstorm Sandy."

I hate that shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2022 03:41 PM (XIJ/X)

179 Damned nice of them to pick up dog shit.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:40 PM (YqDXo)

If I bag it they take it away.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 24, 2022 03:41 PM (LAmgw)

180 No you don't, just throw the stuff in the trash.
If you're called out on it then you tell them that if they want trash in paper bags they need to supply the bags.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:37 PM (riYIr)
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Tell them they're racist for not giving you the paper bags.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:41 PM (YqDXo)

181 "Superstorm Sandy."

I hate that shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2022 03:41 PM (XIJ/X)
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Local news media: "Where were you when the storm hit? How did you survive?"

Me: "Uh ... I opened an umbrella?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:42 PM (YqDXo)

182 Sexually aggressive covers a lot of territory. Used to be kind of standard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:43 PM (Pa9Qi)

183 Another indication of this is the failure of the modelers to adjust their models to fit the actual surface temperature. They do not, for two reasons: 1. It will show the surface is not warming as fast as their dire predictions claim; 2. They don't know how to adjust the models to fit the data by turning the knobs in their models (CO2 and I don't know what other parameters).
Posted by: Gref at July 24, 2022 03:37 PM (AMIL/)
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Climate models ~ economic models, i.e., totally worthless.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:44 PM (YqDXo)

184 Never seen it around here (S. IL). What would it be called?
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All around Chicago they're called cactus paddles, just how they look.

Posted by: dartist at July 24, 2022 03:44 PM (+ya+t)

185 If I bag it they take it away.
Posted by: N.L. Urker

Buy white paper bags.
They are bleached and hopefully will piss off the eco-freaks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 03:45 PM (riYIr)

186 I spied Halloween decorations on sale at a store yesterday.

Just shoot me.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 03:17 PM (6WCwE)
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Have you been to Costco lately? Ho ho ho.

Posted by: bluebell at July 24, 2022 03:45 PM (aeePL)

187 I thought compost was so wonderfully useful that no one would think of throwing it out?

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:45 PM (Pa9Qi)

188 Sexually aggressive covers a lot of territory. Used to be kind of standard.
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone

He's taking a pretty big lead out there
Almost daring him to try and pick him off
The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it's bunted
Bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze is on!
Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close
Here's the throw, here's the play at the plate,
Holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!

Blam! Blamity-blam!

Posted by: 3rd Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendezvous at July 24, 2022 03:46 PM (4I/2K)

189 Disclose.tv @disclosetv; 7h
JUST IN - Japan raises alert for the #Sakurajima stratovolcano to level 5 on a 5-point scale for the first time following a previous eruption. Evacuations ordered.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/
1551179674323148800

33-second video

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 24, 2022 03:46 PM (yikp0)

190 "Superstorm Sandy."

I hate that shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2022 03:41 PM

Yep, that was nuts. We lived in Connecticut when that tropical depression came through and knocked out power for over a week. It was not a superstorm, it was a hurricane that had been down graded to tropical storm before it hit New Jersey and New England but they made it out to be the worst storm to hit new England in 800 years.

They completely ignored the Cat 2 hurricane that hit New England in 1938.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 24, 2022 03:47 PM (bVYXr)

191 >>Have you been to Costco lately? Ho ho ho.

You should probably start baking cookies now, just to be on the safe side.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 03:47 PM (ZLI7S)

192 Meatloaf. Nice. RIP.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:47 PM (Pa9Qi)

193 And, here it is:

"Record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season expected this summer

by The Associated Press
May 24, 2022"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2022 02:20 PM (4t6Xc)

I'm sure they'll attribute this to global warming, however-

we're in La Nina this year , which along with hot, dry summer carries a more severe tropical storm/hurrican season.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2022 03:47 PM (5NkmN)

194 I thought compost was so wonderfully useful that no one would think of throwing it out?
Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:45 PM (Pa9Qi)

I steal people's lawn clippings before the city can get to them. But only from the best lawns, so I am getting their fertilizer.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 24, 2022 03:48 PM (Iaj3u)

195 El Niño!

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:48 PM (Pa9Qi)

196 I thought compost was so wonderfully useful that no one would think of throwing it out?

It's already been thrown out once, or you wouldn't have a compost pile.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at July 24, 2022 03:48 PM (Bd6X8)

197 Sexually aggressive covers a lot of territory. Used to be kind of standard.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

If you haven't been slapped at least once in your life, you just weren't trying that hard.

Or so I've been told.

"Well, I never!!"

And you never will with an attitude like that. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 03:49 PM (6WCwE)

198 When did La Nina/El Ninofall out of favor? They used to make a big deal out of it. I know they are pushing climate change but this is a regular cycle.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:50 PM (YynYJ)

199 Here's the throw, here's the play at the plate,
Holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!

Blam! Blamity-blam!
Posted by: 3rd Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendezvous

Stop right there!

Posted by: Ellen Foley at July 24, 2022 03:50 PM (ftFVW)

200 It is a game. You are negotiating the terms in such a way so that both parties are satisfied.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:51 PM (Pa9Qi)

201
The fucking Weather Channel has been naming thunderstorms for 2 years! Right after they started naming winter storms and other "significant" weather events, like windstorms. They were into the climate gaslighting on day one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2022 03:40 PM (BFigT)

Speaking of gaslighting -

This may be fake but I think it's real - fear-pumping all day, every day by the media on both sides of the ocean.

https://tinyurl.com/2fyw84rz

Posted by: Gref at July 24, 2022 03:51 PM (AMIL/)

202 You should probably start baking cookies now, just to be on the safe side.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 03:47 PM (ZLI7S)
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Good idea! Only they'd mysteriously disappear well before Christmas.

Posted by: bluebell at July 24, 2022 03:51 PM (aeePL)

203 Did the White House doctor really show that Joe cleaned his plate?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 24, 2022 03:51 PM (LAmgw)

204 Got 2 sets of wires, so 2 black, 2 white for a switch/outlet receptacle, wife ripped them out and told her you take a.l off your putting them back. She did it and says she didn't hear that

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2022 03:51 PM (38JOs)

205 >>> 170
==
If there was a verified cause-and-effect relationship between percentage of atmospheric CO2 and average global surface temperature, no models of that relationship would be needed. An equation would be all you need. Human-caused global climate change is a ~~feel-good and money-making~~ land-grab and probably attempted mass-murder* scam.

Another indication of this is the failure of the modelers to adjust their models to fit the actual surface temperature. They do not, for two reasons: 1. It will show the surface is not warming as fast as their dire predictions claim; 2. They don't know how to adjust the models to fit the data by turning the knobs in their models (CO2 and I don't know what other parameters).
Posted by: Gref at July 24, 2022 03:37 PM (AMIL/)

* See Justin Castreau and his ag ministers (?) following the psychos in Sri Lanka and the Netherlands, decreeing the farmers shalt use 30% less fertilizer because reasons.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 24, 2022 03:51 PM (llON8)

206 And now a new hash

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2022 03:52 PM (38JOs)

207 Oh how I hated that fooking song.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying to be Moar Funnier at July 24, 2022 03:52 PM (x8Wzq)

208 I am almost hoping that is satire, N'lurker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD personal phone at July 24, 2022 03:53 PM (Pa9Qi)

209 165 -- No way can we even begin to think about a three bedroom. But I think a two bedroom, as long as the bedrooms are big enough, should do the job. Right now, my machine and everything I need to dialyze over night sits on my chest of drawers. The chest is a monster, so it works. But we will definitely have to shed lots and lots of crap. Part of my bookstore was a bead store and a needlework store, and I brought boxes of stuff home with me. I will have to part with a lot of that. And books. Lots of books will have to go. Anyone interested in the Mighty 8th Air Force?

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 24, 2022 03:54 PM (H31K8)

210 Breaking911 @Breaking911; 2h
VP HARRIS: "Listen, women are getting pregnant every day in America, and this is a real issue."

https://nitter.net/Breaking911/status/
1551262129721950208#m

34-second video

BTW... "coddifying" Roe!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 24, 2022 03:54 PM (yikp0)

211 >>They completely ignored the Cat 2 hurricane that hit New England in 1938.

It was a bit bigger than a Cat 2. Changed the coastline of RI. Block Island, which isn't all at sea level, was largely submerged. A school bus in my town was swept out to sea and a 7 kids drowned.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 03:54 PM (ZLI7S)

212 Stop right there!
Posted by: Ellen Foley at July 24, 2022 03:50 PM (ftFVW)

She stopped him. Cold. He was assuming room temps when Sheriff's deputies arrived. She had made the 911 call on his cellphone and dropped it outside the motel unit, the Stafford Inn on Murphy Rd in Stafford, TX, just SW of Houston's city line. She's on the run now.

Posted by: 3rd Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendezvous at July 24, 2022 03:54 PM (4I/2K)

213 What is the controlling variable here? Outside temperature? RF interference? Relative positioning of the antennae?

I haven't yet figured this out, partly because it is intermittent.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 24, 2022 03:33 PM (YqDXo)
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Any big shots live near you? We have friends who have a Very Important Neighbor and every once in a while there is some type of jamming that goes on that prevents their key fobs for their cars from working. It happened to us once when we were over at their house.

Posted by: bluebell at July 24, 2022 03:55 PM (aeePL)

214 When did La Nina/El Ninofall out of favor? They used to make a big deal out of it. I know they are pushing climate change but this is a regular cycle.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2022 03:50 PM (YynYJ)

To ask the question is to answer it. Regular cycles contradict The Narrative.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 24, 2022 03:55 PM (56XjA)

215 When we lived in Germany off post, we were sometimes scolded by the maintenance guy for throwing away unapproved garbage like cans and plastic.

This was in 1990. 1990. We simply started bagging shit up and throwing it away on post. Easy peasy.

Stupid fucking shit-rules.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying to be Moar Funnier at July 24, 2022 03:57 PM (x8Wzq)

216 Does Joe get an ice cream when he goes boom boom in the toilet?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at July 24, 2022 03:57 PM (LAmgw)

217 OT, Prayer Request: I just found out the girlfriend of my oldest son is in the ICU with a failing liver. This came on suddenly and has caught everyone by surprise. For the praying morons and moronette's, please lift K. up for healing and T. for strength.

Thank-you.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 24, 2022 03:58 PM (ttzpt)

218 Like the White House redefining on the fly what "inflation" actually is, despite the definition being well understood for decades, NOAA changes how temps are measured and what constitutes a "storm." It's all bullshit and gaslighting to push a narrative. The media's in on it and loves that shit. Half the population is telling the other half what to think while lying through their teeth.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2022 03:58 PM (BFigT)

219 Read up on The Club of Rome, a predecessor to the WEF. They openly admitted that they made up climate change as a way to implement their globalist plans.

Man made climate change is as real as bigfeet.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 03:58 PM (ZLI7S)

220 201-- All too true. Before I gave up regular tv, I realized that every channel with news would babble all day long about some new horror just waiting to jump out at me. But watch the news, and this horror was a very, very low level, very likely not happening thing. But they had to gin up the fear every day to get those eyeballs.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 24, 2022 03:59 PM (H31K8)

221 Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 24, 2022 03:58 PM (ttzpt)

O dear. Yes, praying.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying to be Moar Funnier at July 24, 2022 03:59 PM (x8Wzq)

222 OT, Prayer Request: I just found out the girlfriend of my oldest son is in the ICU with a failing liver. This came on suddenly and has caught everyone by surprise. For the praying morons and moronette's, please lift K. up for healing and T. for strength.

Thank-you.
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker

Prayers up for the GF and families.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2022 04:00 PM (riYIr)

223 Oh no, t_bodie. Praying for your son's girlfriend and for him. I hope they can figure out what's wrong and correct it quickly.

Posted by: bluebell at July 24, 2022 04:00 PM (aeePL)

224 I just found a video of Jaron Lanier, the VR guy, and he still has his dreads! I remember seeing him in Mondo3000:

https://tinyurl.com/2p97kv98

He speaks with the Triggernometry guys about the dangers of brain rewiring from social media.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 04:00 PM (Dc2NZ)

225 Man made climate change is as real as bigfeet.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2022 03:58 PM (ZLI7S)
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*surreptitiously slides size 9s under the coffee table*

Posted by: bluebell at July 24, 2022 04:01 PM (aeePL)

226 OT, Prayer Request: I just found out the girlfriend of my oldest son is in the ICU with a failing liver. This came on suddenly and has caught everyone by surprise. For the praying morons and moronette's, please lift K. up for healing and T. for strength.

Thank-you.
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 24, 2022 03:58 PM (ttzpt)

Of course. All the healing.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 04:01 PM (4I/2K)

227 t_bodie - you got them!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2022 04:01 PM (6WCwE)

228 CBD is planning to give his plants the "display food" treatment?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at July 24, 2022 04:02 PM (5pTK/)

229 Like the White House redefining on the fly what "inflation" actually is, despite the definition being well understood for decades, NOAA changes how temps are measured and what constitutes a "storm." It's all bullshit and gaslighting to push a narrative. The media's in on it and loves that shit. Half the population is telling the other half what to think while lying through their teeth.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2022 03:58 PM

US Treasury Secretary janet yellen assured America today that we are not in a recession and if you keep saying we are you are guilty of treason and disinformation but mostly treason.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 24, 2022 04:03 PM (bVYXr)

230 He speaks with the Triggernometry guys about the dangers of brain rewiring from social media.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 24, 2022 04:00 PM (Dc2NZ)

I have his "You are Not A Gadget" around here somewhere....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 24, 2022 04:07 PM (PiwSw)

231 US Treasury Secretary janet yellen assured America today that we are not in a recession and if you keep saying we are you are guilty of treason and disinformation but mostly treason.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 24, 2022 04:03 PM (bVYXr)

Well I'm reassured.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2022 04:07 PM (4I/2K)

232 Nood Barbeque

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2022 04:07 PM (ftFVW)

233 Welp, we just saw "Nope" -
It's not very good. Like the very few reviews I took a look at said, you're opinion depends on how you feel about the third act.
I would just say save your money and watch it when it streams for free or for cheap.
BONUS! Not race obsessed like the usual Jordon Peele flick. However-
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
"Nope" is basically an inferior sky monster version of "Tremors" with a bit of "Jaws" in the mix.
And the monster in it's final form looks like a
Big White Gay Parachute. So, a white villain after all.
SPOILERS OVER SPOILERS OVER SPOILERS OVER
SPOILERS OVER SPOILERS OVER SPOILERS OVER
Some good sequences.but Peele's movies have each been progressively worse, since "Get Out"
Given the big quality drop on this one, Jordon Peele's next flick will be the equivalent of a Black cast "Ernest" movie.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2022 04:07 PM (5NkmN)

234 t-bodie: Fingers and toes crossed. Liver issues are nothing to mess with.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 24, 2022 04:07 PM (H31K8)

235 Just shoot me.

I know. Ridiculous.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2022 04:10 PM (nxdel)

236 Oh that. Just crumble the dried half and put it in a nylon bag with clove and hang in the bathroom. Makes a wonderful potpourri ..

Posted by: I meant to do that at July 24, 2022 04:11 PM (CJAql)

237 It's not very good. Like the very few reviews I took a look at said, you're opinion depends on how you feel about the third act.

My kids loved it. It looked stupid to me.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2022 04:20 PM (nxdel)

238 My kids loved it. It looked stupid to me.
Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2022 04:20 PM (nxdel)

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 24, 2022 05:04 PM (cknjq)

239 What is that thing facing the dead part of the plant? Does it reflect or in some way intensify heat in that direction?

Is this the only such area with a thriving/dead dichotomy?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 24, 2022 05:09 PM (Mzdiz)

240 The nation's future in the medical community is not looking promising. Not that it is any good right now either, after all we have experienced during the Plandemic. But hope for the future is not looking good.

This is how young people for last couple generations have been taught to deal with opposing views. Instead of developing a rational argument and debating one's opinion against an opposing opinion, young people have been taught to not even listen to the opposing points of view. Pathetic.

Incoming medical students walk out at University of Michigan's white coat ceremony as the keynote speaker is openly anti-abortion

https://bit.ly/3Bc25lN

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 24, 2022 06:38 PM (Do5/p)

241 Only a monster carnivore would allow his plants to die like this. You may as welll have set them on fire.

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