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[MajorJC]

Whoops, replied to the wrong thread...

That's what happens when you have HBT open in more than one window.

 

[GrogNerd]

If you're looking to mock something,

I'll mock whatever the **** I feel warrants mocking, thankyouverymuch

 

[Pkrd]

"plant based" popCORN?

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Aren't we due a backlash?

Where's my meat based Brussels Sprouts?

 

[balrog]

Aren't we due a backlash?

Where's my meat based Brussels Sprouts?

 

[DBhomebrew]

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See, it's the seasoning that counts.

 

[balrog]

Proof reading.
A lost art.

 

[soccerdad]

They must have gauges that measure price fluctuations.

 

[Pkrd]

That must have gauges that measure price fluctuations.

The gauge measures how many shoppers switch to the competition.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Puppy was bad today.

 

[day_trippr]

Firestick remote gone to Puppy Heaven.
That happens.

https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=amazon+fire+stick+remote
Cheers!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Yepper, not the first one Haha. The only question I had was where are the batteries. then 5 minutes later I heard my wife yell in pain.. she stepped on them.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

That looks like an amazing hike. How long will it take?

Just got done now, waiting for the boat over the lake to Ritsem

 

[Pkrd]

Yepper, not the first one Haha.

Stuff some jalapeños in the old one and leave it laying around.

 

[Konadog]

 

[Dland]

Our city house has a row of small pine trees separating our side yard from the neighbor’s. I think they’re called Mugo Pine or Mountain Pine. Anyway, these trees have really small needles which grow in sort of star shaped clusters. A few days ago I noticed something sticking out of one of the trees, near the top. Upon further review, it appears that a seed from another variety of fir tree landed in this tree, sprouted, and grafted itself to the trunk. So now we have a Frankentree. Or something.View attachment 775178

Alberta Spruce, which is a genetic dwarfing mutation of, I believe, White Spruce. They get used a lot in urban landscapes and cemeteries, since some find them attractive and are very slow growing.

What you have there is a sprout off the same tree that went back to pre-mutated form. It is actually pretty common to see that in older specimens.

 

[grampamark]

Alberta Spruce, which is a genetic dwarfing mutation of, I believe, White Spruce. They get used a lot in urban landscapes and cemeteries, since some find them attractive and are very slow growing.

What you have there is a sprout off the same tree that went back to pre-mutated form. It is actually pretty common to see that in older specimens.

Thanks, that makes sense. The house was built in ‘83; the trees were probably planted not long after. We’ve had the house for 6 years and the trees haven’t grown much, if any, since then (they’re about 7 ft tall).

 

[balrog]

Just wait till they become sentient…

 

[GrogNerd]

Just wait till they become sentient…

they will eat the younglings first

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Found some more pics from the Hike, both taken within 24hrs but showing the unpredictable mountain weather getting worser and worser, we walked through a storm during the highest stretch of the trail, leading through a mountain pass...
A happy Anglophile and a not so happy Anglophile...

 

[GrogNerd]

I only got 4 right.

I was told my answer to the riddle was incorrect, but it absolutely fits

I don't know how they came up with the number answer. it says "answer is not 6"

Spoiler: Actual answers (& mine)

1) 6 months (I said 4 years)
2) 116 years (I said 112. close)
3) International Committee of the Red Cross (League of Nations)
4) first ten Amendments
5) 36 years & still dead (I said 40. again, 4 years off)
6) asp/snake
7) Articles of Confederation
8.) 4

riddle: a bank (I said "river", which also fits the riddle)

extra credit: 7, tho I don't see how that works. I said "R" because I've driven a 5-speed transmission

 

[Rodent]

not having seen your spoiler ...

- riddle: US Government
- number: 8

 

[GrogNerd]

not having seen your spoiler ...

- riddle: US Government
- number: 8

my answer to riddle "a river" wasn't the answer they were looking for
my number was "R" because I drove a 5 speed Civic for years

 

[Rodent]

maybe somebody can explain how 7 is the correct answer to the extra credit question

R is a great answer, and 'algebra' makes it a proper numeric response

 

[Wash1]

Sure: Upper numbers, 1+3=4 +1 is 5.
Lower numbers, 2+4=6 +1 is 7.

That's the way I read it anyway.

 

[Rodent]

I read the bottom row as 2^1=2, 2^2=4, 2^3=8

 

[Ayzala]

I read the bottom row as 2^1=2, 2^2=4, 2^3=8

Then the top row is 1^1=1, 1^2=1 and 1^3=1?

 

[GrogNerd]

Sure: Upper numbers, 1+3=4 +1 is 5.
Lower numbers, 2+4=6 +1 is 7.

That's the way I read it anyway.

makes sense. thanks.

my first thought:

 

[AkTom]

Happy cat taking a nap.

 

[AkTom]

Happy new!

 

[Wash1]

my first thought:

That was my wife's first thought also, and she's a Pharm D REALLY good at puzzles!!