Friday Yuk

If you want a scenic drive, then US-2 between St. Ignace and Iron Mountain is great. Beware of the signs that say "DO NOT PASS WHEN OPPOSING TRAFFIC PRESENT!"

The state had to take down the "Deer X-ing" signs. The neigbors wanted the deer to cross somewhere else.

Michigan proposed putting the following sign on the northbound lanes of the Mackinac Bridge. "Welcome to the UP, set your watches back 20 years."

After visiting Iron Mountain, be sure to pay a visit to Spread Eagle. It's only eight miles west.

My old one listed Hell as my location so when I changed my name I listed my location as Paradise. I don't live in either place though I do live in Michigan. Ohio is closer than Hell.

Both of my parents come from the U.P. My Mother from Rudyard and my Father from the Soo. I could live in the U.P. even if the bugs do get to be a little intense. I've tried to get my wife to sell this place and move back into the woods up there but it's not going to happen.

I've been to the top of Iron Mountain but that was way back when the ski resort was only a year old or so. I spent an entire summer-time in Ironwood. One of the best summers of my youth. My wife and I might take some vacation time driving up there this summer. I like being in the middle of nowhere and driving there it's real easy to get that feeling.

If your St. Clair Shores, Michigan location is accurate you're living on some of the priciest real-estate in Michigan if I'm not mistaken. Chances are good you've got a hell of a commute too. I've been in that driving mess near there everyday and am glad I'm not doing THAT anymore.

Just for you OTR! They seem to flower more frequently in their natural habitat. This photo was taken on a hiking trip by a few people I know (onlline) in S. Africa.
The A. polyphylla lives at or around 7000 ft. high.

Great picture. Weird how it flowers off to one side. You'd think it would grow stalks and flower in the center.

Aloes flower stalks follow the Aloe leaf setup. They come up from the center and start going down one side as new leaves are created. It may be easier to understand if seen though. Many stalks appear to go straight up, but that is due to curves in the lower part of the stalk itself.

Okay. It makes more sense now. Here's a good link showing stalks coming out of the center: http://www.viridis.net/cactus/aloe_poly.html

I'll just have to wait for an opportune time to pass it along to my husband. Shouldn't be too long a wait. :)

I don't want the demotion from God Scum to Deacon. :p

Besides I like telling The Scummy One what to do. :D

Col ]:)

As you are closer to the right place look at Saracenias they are a US Native and don't require much care to keep alive.

They also help to control the Flies and ants if mine are anything to go by. :D

I haven't had the time to scan in all the slides of my plants well the ones that I used to have before I moved up North and the guy that I had given my plants to cremated them when he burnt down the Greenhouse. :(

Now I only have 1 X S. Flava & 1 X S. Lucaphillia but after growing them for a few years I now have several different plants of both species. Pity that they need to be divided and re potted so often. It means Extra Work :_|

Anyway don't bother with Venus Fly Traps they are very hard to grow and with so many Tissue Culture plants around they are not overly safe to grow as they are far more fragile than Cuttings of VFT's. Also you need to remove any flower Stalks on VFT's as they really knock the plant around if you allow them to flower. I haven't seen 1 Tissue Culture plant survive flowering but then again I can't grow them either. [b]SWMBO[/b] seems to manage to keep VFT's alive even if she kills mint in under a week but I just watch then die without reason. :D

Col

How is it possible to get excited about any Polly?

The lot of them are well Pollutions and just lack the ability to get excited about any of them. Unless Open Season has been declared on them of course. :D

Col

that is hard to do, even with poison mint plants seem to thrive back the moment water hits a root cutting. All it takesis the tiniest bit to still be alive and the whole thing is growing out of control all over again.
I accidentally put mint into the ground once (can you tell), well I didnt, a runner did. I had to move the mint plants and keep cutting them often (container plants). However it was a feeble attempt at killing it just using total vegitation killer (the 3rd try). Finally I got out the shovel and dug the roots out. That was the only way I gould rid myself of it.

But actually it gets better she was given an established Mint Plant and managed to kill it in under a week. Chemical Warfare couldn't have done a better job as she had a [b]Scorched Earth Pot.[/b] :D

I still make mention of this when I stand a chance of getting away unhurt but it's not as often as I would like. :^0

Col

Crack! At least according to the photo ;-)

but not for long...because he stopped apologizing.

Hi Folks,

I hope I am not crashing your party by replying without an invitation to the group, but just thought I would add some more PC Terms.

He is not balding, he is follicly challenged.

He is not short, he is vertically challenged.

He is not old, he is chronologically gifted.

I'm going to keep a copy handy for myself too. Seems I can use it every once in a while.

Poly or poli (prefix) -- Many

Tics (noun) -- Blood sucking bugs

Therefore

politics

I think there are a lot of people here that are into plants. Could be something cool. I'm more than half-serious about it. :|



Edit: Forgot what time of the year it is for you. I was just thinking that I generally like looking at TR folk's pictures of plants and stuff, e.g. Neils flower pix.

Great Idea. I'll bet it'll grow too.

I guess it is all about what to grow and where.
But if anyone has questions about Aloe, or Succulents in general (including Cacti), in pots I have some knowledge to share.

Not sure whether you're pulling my leg or not. I'll assume not. The idea of me starting a TR Garden Club kind of does sound like I'm wearing silk panties under my Carhartt bibs but I don't really give a rip if it does. When I took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (a couple of times-hate it) I answered truthfully. I like flowers and plants. Nothing wrong with that in my estimation.

One of my best work friends, Rick Pinchcock (unfortunate name) was the go-to guy in our office whenever anyone's office plant looked a bit ragged. Rick would often keep it in his office for however long it took and bring it back to life. He had owned a nursery that ended up going bankrupt but he loved plants. I really liked the guy. We called him "Teflon Rick" because no one could ever pin anything on him and make it stick. Nice guy, now deceased.

Anyways, I was just thinking about Rick and my Rose Garden project and having practically zippo friends in my "real" life I don't have anyone besides my close family to share my project's progress with. I really need to get out more. Unlike TR's Jardinier I don't have a compelling and interesting social life with a multitude of pleasant interactions or whatnot. I'm pretty much stuck at home and have TR to keep my sorry ass from going completely bonkers. I'll freely admit that it may be too late. Oh well.

Here's what I was thinking. To join the TR Garden Club all you have to do is to want to participate. That's it. Participation can be as simple as posting anything other than a flame. What would be better would be starting a project and showing progress. For example, I took pix of my so-called Rose garden showing that it's in drastic condition. As Spring and Summer progress I'll post further pix showing the thing as it comes alive. All that may not be of interest to anyone but it's something I'm going to be into.

What would be cool is if some of the folks here tried their hand at maybe doing something new. I saw an entire website built around a guy growing corn in his office. He had people from around the world scoping it out. I think it got Dugg. Point is, maybe some folks could grab some seeds, throw 'em in a pot with a little dirt and post pix. Why not? It's not like it'd take too much time. People "waste" time here everyday. Of course they call it "doing research".

Plants bring a little bit of joy to my life. They make the house feel alive. I've got one plant that's older than my daughter. It's 29 years old and was "grown" when I rescued it from a guy that was going to throw it in the dumpster when he was moving out from his apartment.

Maybe it's some kind of weird voyeurism or whatever but I think it's cool that some TR members post personal pix of flowers. Like what's the harm in it?

Seeing that a couple of people, HAL and w2ktechman seem to know a lot about plants gave me the idea.

If you're not just jiving me maybe I will post a Garden Club discussion and y'all can see what a truly messed up rose garden looks like now and what I do to make it better. Like I said, I really need to get out more often but it's not looking like that's going to happen anytime soon. Living in the great sucking black-hole of joblessness that I do I may not be getting out much beyond my yard this entire year. The "big thing" I'll be doing this year is doing the garden and re-potting the houseplants that need it. For one, I've got a huge Jade plant that's 13/14 years old that I'm hoping holds on 'til Spring. I've got cuttings growing in a chemistry-type globe full of water just in case Jade doesn't make it. It's supposed to be 48 this Friday and Spring is right around the corner for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. I think a TR Garden Club is a, for real, good idea. I think I'll start a discussion no matter what anyone else thinks, whaddaya think of that? :0 :D

Thanks for the impetus if genuine. I'll post a link to the new discussion back here in an edit at the end of this post. Lets see if anything grows from here. (sorry)



TR's Garden Club: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2qflz5

might be kind of fun. It would be nice to swap photos, advice, ideas with folks interested in gardening and houseplants.

As roses have been mentioned, below is my favorite climber. I placed it so the breeze would waft the fragrance through the house. And it is highly fragrant! But only blooms once each season. :(

http://tinyurl.com/28vaw4

That needs improving upon it should read maybe Open to all member except Programmers cus their scary :^0

But if you are no longer as Programmer your welcome as that means that you can nearly interact with people and not spend all your time playing with computers and scarring people with your unkempt appearance when you escape from the dudgeon that you are locked up in. :D

Col ]:)

I should've taken some pix of my plants last year. This year is going to be different. See the post above for a link to the Garden Club. I'm going to post a couple of questions for you over there.

Looks good, good condition as well. Well Done!!

I tried mini roses once, but slugs and snails love them too much. I even covered them with snailbait, but along with lots of dead snails, was lots of dead mini rose plants. Never tried again.
However 1 survived, and that is because I gave it to my mom instead of planting it in my yard. Last time I was there, it was still alive (and had a couple of roses).

I live with a programmer.

He showers daily and is neat and presentable. He is
capable of having a conversation. He's even capable of
having a conversation with non-geeks.

Just because YOU may know evil programmers doesn't
mean that they are all evil!

Now agree while recalling that Mae has a spare shovel.

Donated 1000 grains and vocab was 48.

As Boxfiddler said, it can be addictive!

Very cool link!

The Scary One

Now how to get Beth to alter Mae's profile name without being shovelled for it?

I will not agree and recant my message. But it is better than going around calling programmers a-holes all day :^0
and Tigs dear, werent you looking to off him over the TV around Christmas? Now he is warm and loveable??? For 2 months straight if I had said he was evil you WOULD have agreed

Thanks for the advice. Looks like I will also have to make a personal note to never say I wish I was back programming, otherwise I might not be allowed to post again :)

With only a few exceptions, I think everybody here has programmed at one time or another. None of us got any room to talk. :D

Edit: doggone laptop can't spel.

I prefer scripting instead!

It's all the same anyway. :D

a scripter fixes the programmers mistakes... LOL

Too bad you ducked, I pressed the b!tchslap button and missed.
however, it tagged something -- Palmetto???

A script is a program waiting to happen. :D

I can't tell you how many times I got that from friends.... It is the funniest dang thing.

I don't know the story on Absolute. Can someone PM me please? I only ever knew of one person getting bootted... ohhhhh... wait... was Absolute the person who got into the shouting match with Big Ole Jack a while back? They were yelling at each other for days that the other would get booted first, etc. Same person?