We had two pecan trees in our yard, along with four nearly-century-old willow oaks: huge, mighty trees, itty bitty acorns!The acorns of course, and the pecans were mainly squirrel food for the colonies of squirrels, because we had no pecan tree shaker. We had to pass beneath the pecan limbs to get to our door, and unless it was deepest winter that involved being cursed out and bombarded with empty pecan hulls in passage. We got used to it and mostly didn't notice. Until the day StE handed me a ribeye bone with a wide-eyed look. "Mom? They're dragging cows up into the trees, now."
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Beverly - Dec 06, 2020 3:48:27 pm PST #694 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Volans - Dec 06, 2020 4:20:09 pm PST #695 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Mom? They're dragging cows up into the trees, now.
LOL!
The pecan groves in Roswell are one of the few businesses that still exist there. We had 2 trees at my house, and used a short iron pipe on a rope to knock the nuts down. We'd get about 2 bushels for ourselves each year.
Gris - Dec 06, 2020 5:58:08 pm PST #696 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Guys, I'm writing a test question for my computer science class that is basically "Buffistas moving to a new board - the test question". (I'm not naming the board)
Fancy words like "change management", "beta testing", "data migration", "stakeholders", "bug reports", etc. are all being thrown around - I'm basically using it, in context, as an example of a change being done WELL. Gud, naturally, looks real good in my narrative. =)
smonster - Dec 06, 2020 6:02:41 pm PST #697 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
msbelle, JenP - I seem to have deleted my card email by accident. Can someone resend?
Thank you.
JenP - Dec 06, 2020 6:18:47 pm PST #698 of 30000
Sure thing, smonster. Sending shortly...
ETA: Sent.
DavidS - Dec 06, 2020 6:45:40 pm PST #699 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gud, naturally, looks real good in my narrative. =)
As he should!
meara - Dec 06, 2020 7:12:17 pm PST #700 of 30000
That’s so cool Gris!
smonster - Dec 06, 2020 7:12:47 pm PST #701 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Got it, jenp, thank you.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 07, 2020 5:34:10 am PST #702 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Volans, I think that sounds like a good, but tough job
Gris, that assignment sounds great. I kind of wish someone could give an assignment about or voting discussion because ai think it is fascinating and also a good example of something that felt contentious, but yet everyone was pretty civil, ended up with a good process, and then, afterwards, we never use it!
JZ - Dec 07, 2020 6:48:58 am PST #703 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Volans, that sounds excellent, and knowing you're going to be one of the people helping put all the pieces in place is incredibly comforting.
Cindy, you'd asked about the link I'd posted on FB--here it is. A Cambridge professor and head of their biomedical research program with a crapton of experience in clinical trials explaining what usually goes into all the many years it takes to get any medication from the lab to the patient, and why the abbreviated timeline in this case isn't as worrisome as it might seem.