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Post by Apple on Apr 22, 2016 22:22:44 GMT -5
That's horrible! I didn't know "meep" died
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Post by Apple on Apr 22, 2016 22:29:45 GMT -5
Driving to work one day, someone had changed a digital "traffic conditions" sign to read "Happy Burfday (name)". There wasn't enough room to type "birthday", and thought it was funny they didn't just use "B-Day" or something. The direction signs near Weed, California:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 19:41:50 GMT -5
This was written on one of those large digital signs across the highway. It made me laugh this morning, I think the person who suggested it should get a big raise.
"Keep Mass. clean. Please don't LITTAH!" I loved the "Use yah blinkah" signs they had up on the highways around here a couple years ago! Thank you! I saw yogiii's and automatically thought of this one. I saw it every night hauling down 95/128 to work. Dumb but cool. Although I still hate that Mass. accent. And no, I don't have it. I know how to pronounce my "R's".
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Post by Apple on Apr 23, 2016 20:04:19 GMT -5
This just reminded me to go wet my plants, lol. I took some cuttings from my mom last week (mint plant). Her mom bought the original plant over 60 years ago. I'm determined not to kill it!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 20:16:25 GMT -5
This just reminded me to go wet my plants, lol. I took some cuttings from my mom last week (mint plant). Her mom bought the original plant over 60 years ago. I'm determined not to kill it! Mail me a cutting and I'll send you the 80 year old Christmas cactus that seems damned and determined to die on me. It's a family heirloom as it originally belonged to either my grandmother or great-grandmother. Not sure which, but it's been dropping leaves and it is really pissing me off! I had a mint plant that I bought somewhere a couple months go but the stupid thing was infested with white flies so out the door it went. I put it into my plant box out front and it seems to still be alive but time will tell. Just hope it mixes well with marigolds because that's their box.
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Post by Apple on Apr 23, 2016 20:38:10 GMT -5
Lol, I didn't realize meeping was a thing, outside of imitating Beaker (and he seemed to meep because he was always on the bad end of one of the scientist's experiments). "Meep" on American Horror Story was a "pinhead" who didn't talk.
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Post by Apple on Apr 23, 2016 20:39:42 GMT -5
This just reminded me to go wet my plants, lol. I took some cuttings from my mom last week (mint plant). Her mom bought the original plant over 60 years ago. I'm determined not to kill it! Mail me a cutting and I'll send you the 80 year old Christmas cactus that seems damned and determined to die on me. It's a family heirloom as it originally belonged to either my grandmother or great-grandmother. Not sure which, but it's been dropping leaves and it is really pissing me off! I had a mint plant that I bought somewhere a couple months go but the stupid thing was infested with white flies so out the door it went. I put it into my plant box out front and it seems to still be alive but time will tell. Just hope it mixes well with marigolds because that's their box. I have a black thumb, you don't want me to take your cactus! My hope with the mint is it will take over an area in front of the house and choke out the grass that grows there. I have to get it to spread first (have it planted in three places). I'm crossing my fingers it doesn't die.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 20:41:54 GMT -5
Lol, I didn't realize meeping was a thing, outside of imitating Beaker (and he seemed to meep because he was always on the bad end of one of the scientist's experiments). "Meep" on American Horror Story was a "pinhead" who didn't talk. Oh, it was a thing! Stupid as all get out, but a thing. I don't have cable so I have never seen "American Horror Story." I may have to look it up online though. Especially the Lady Gaga episodes. Sounds fascinating.
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Post by gregintenn on Apr 23, 2016 20:58:40 GMT -5
Driving to work one day, someone had changed a digital "traffic conditions" sign to read "Happy Burfday (name)". There wasn't enough room to type "birthday", and thought it was funny they didn't just use "B-Day" or something. The direction signs near Weed, California: Is that Joe Walsh?
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Post by wvugurl26 on Apr 23, 2016 21:01:21 GMT -5
Mail me a cutting and I'll send you the 80 year old Christmas cactus that seems damned and determined to die on me. It's a family heirloom as it originally belonged to either my grandmother or great-grandmother. Not sure which, but it's been dropping leaves and it is really pissing me off! I had a mint plant that I bought somewhere a couple months go but the stupid thing was infested with white flies so out the door it went. I put it into my plant box out front and it seems to still be alive but time will tell. Just hope it mixes well with marigolds because that's their box. I have a black thumb, you don't want me to take your cactus! My hope with the mint is it will take over an area in front of the house and choke out the grass that grows there. I have to get it to spread first (have it planted in three places). I'm crossing my fingers it doesn't die. Supposedly mint will take over everything and choke out all the other stuff. Which is what you are after so it should be fine.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 23, 2016 21:21:51 GMT -5
This just reminded me to go wet my plants, lol. I took some cuttings from my mom last week (mint plant). Her mom bought the original plant over 60 years ago. I'm determined not to kill it! Mail me a cutting and I'll send you the 80 year old Christmas cactus that seems damned and determined to die on me. It's a family heirloom as it originally belonged to either my grandmother or great-grandmother. Not sure which, but it's been dropping leaves and it is really pissing me off! I had a mint plant that I bought somewhere a couple months go but the stupid thing was infested with white flies so out the door it went. I put it into my plant box out front and it seems to still be alive but time will tell. Just hope it mixes well with marigolds because that's their box. My daughter got a Christmas cactus, when my father passed away. It has done very well. My sisters and I thought it needed to be re-potted. My daughter didn't. My daughter was correct. Don't they go dormant for a while, every year and drop leaves? Maybe yours is just taking / needing time to adjust?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 23, 2016 21:53:22 GMT -5
Geeze, I meant to put that in funny signs thread. Gotta lay off the booze I'll move it when on PC!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 21:57:36 GMT -5
Geeze, I meant to put that in funny signs thread. Gotta lay off the booze I'll move it when on PC! Suuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeee you did! Uh huh.
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 23, 2016 22:05:39 GMT -5
Geeze, I meant to put that in funny signs thread. Gotta lay off the booze I'll move it when on PC! Geeze, I meant to put that in funny signs thread. Gotta lay off the booze I'll move it when on PC! Suuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeee you did! Uh huh. I moved all 3 posts, it's Mod magic I tell ya, lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 22:26:32 GMT -5
Mail me a cutting and I'll send you the 80 year old Christmas cactus that seems damned and determined to die on me. It's a family heirloom as it originally belonged to either my grandmother or great-grandmother. Not sure which, but it's been dropping leaves and it is really pissing me off! I had a mint plant that I bought somewhere a couple months go but the stupid thing was infested with white flies so out the door it went. I put it into my plant box out front and it seems to still be alive but time will tell. Just hope it mixes well with marigolds because that's their box. My daughter got a Christmas cactus, when my father passed away. It has done very well. My sisters and I thought it needed to be re-potted. My daughter didn't. My daughter was correct. Don't they go dormant for a while, every year and drop leaves? Maybe yours is just taking / needing time to adjust?That's what I keep thinking but it shouldn't be taking 3 years! Thing's been pissed at me ever since we moved here! Maybe I need to put it in the kitchen window with the African violets from hell. MIL couldn't keep hers alive so I repotted it and stuck it in the kitchen window and the damn thing hasn't stopped blooming for a YEAR!!!!! Make it STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My cactus hasn't been repotted for at least 20 years, if not more. I'm thinking about going to the cactus whisper in Concord. There is a nursery there that has someone well-experienced in them so they may be able to help me. I really don't want it to die completely as I consider it a family heirloom.
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Post by Apple on Apr 23, 2016 22:46:00 GMT -5
My daughter got a Christmas cactus, when my father passed away. It has done very well. My sisters and I thought it needed to be re-potted. My daughter didn't. My daughter was correct. Don't they go dormant for a while, every year and drop leaves? Maybe yours is just taking / needing time to adjust?That's what I keep thinking but it shouldn't be taking 3 years! Thing's been pissed at me ever since we moved here! Maybe I need to put it in the kitchen window with the African violets from hell. MIL couldn't keep hers alive so I repotted it and stuck it in the kitchen window and the damn thing hasn't stopped blooming for a YEAR!!!!! Make it STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My cactus hasn't been repotted for at least 20 years, if not more. I'm thinking about going to the cactus whisper in Concord. There is a nursery there that has someone well-experienced in them so they may be able to help me. I really don't want it to die completely as I consider it a family heirloom. My gramma had so many pots of African violets! I think she had a bunch of cactus (cacti?) as well. I remember reading somewhere that cactus won't bloom if it is over watered, which is still very little water, but don't trust that, because I could very easily be wrong.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 23, 2016 22:50:18 GMT -5
My daughter got a Christmas cactus, when my father passed away. It has done very well. My sisters and I thought it needed to be re-potted. My daughter didn't. My daughter was correct. Don't they go dormant for a while, every year and drop leaves? Maybe yours is just taking / needing time to adjust?That's what I keep thinking but it shouldn't be taking 3 years! Thing's been pissed at me ever since we moved here! Maybe I need to put it in the kitchen window with the African violets from hell. MIL couldn't keep hers alive so I repotted it and stuck it in the kitchen window and the damn thing hasn't stopped blooming for a YEAR!!!!! Make it STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My cactus hasn't been repotted for at least 20 years, if not more. I'm thinking about going to the cactus whisper in Concord. There is a nursery there that has someone well-experienced in them so they may be able to help me. I really don't want it to die completely as I consider it a family heirloom. Does it get a lot of light? My dad's/daughter's does. I actually know nothing about them. I'm not the best, when it comes to plants. I feel lucky that my philodendron is still alive! My other daughter has my dad's Hibiscus tree. It has been dropping leaves for over 2 yrs. I keep thinking it's on it's last leaf and then it gets a couple of blooms. Go figure. My ex's grandma used to water the cactus we gave her (quite a bit). The cactus was fake. I hope you figure out what yours is looking for / needing. (I hope my daughter figures out her Hibiscus too!) Maybe you could whisper to it. Good luck!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 22:53:27 GMT -5
That's what I keep thinking but it shouldn't be taking 3 years! Thing's been pissed at me ever since we moved here! Maybe I need to put it in the kitchen window with the African violets from hell. MIL couldn't keep hers alive so I repotted it and stuck it in the kitchen window and the damn thing hasn't stopped blooming for a YEAR!!!!! Make it STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My cactus hasn't been repotted for at least 20 years, if not more. I'm thinking about going to the cactus whisper in Concord. There is a nursery there that has someone well-experienced in them so they may be able to help me. I really don't want it to die completely as I consider it a family heirloom. My gramma had so many pots of African violets! I think she had a bunch of cactus (cacti?) as well. I remember reading somewhere that cactus won't bloom if it is over watered, which is still very little water, but don't trust that, because I could very easily be wrong.You're not wrong. I generally water about once a month, if I remember. You would think I remember since it's in the sight line of the tv, but nope. I'm good at forgetting, regardless of how often I see it. I think I'm going to try the kitchen window once the morning glories have been planted. I think I started them too early because the things are bursting all over the place! Hopefully they won't take as long to adhere (not the word I'm looking for but my brain is buzzed so I can't remember) to the fence this year.
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Post by justme on Apr 23, 2016 22:56:20 GMT -5
So, uh, are clippings literally some leaves and stem you cut off or do you go down to the roots?
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Post by Apple on Apr 23, 2016 23:00:21 GMT -5
So, uh, are clippings literally some leaves and stem you cut off or do you go down to the roots? I don't know the right terms, but this was all the way to the roots, a few inches worth (maybe 3" by 4"?) I already have another stem coming up! The roots almost look like a basket weave, growing horizontally once they're in the dirt.
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Post by tigerpause on Apr 23, 2016 23:45:10 GMT -5
Hospitals that have the sign Patient Discharge: they should rename those signs...
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 24, 2016 2:28:00 GMT -5
Hospitals that have the sign Patient Discharge: they should rename those signs... Ewww.... dna testing done here?
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Post by tigerpause on Apr 24, 2016 2:54:39 GMT -5
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