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[warrior queen]

I will sympathize with any and all sleeping issues. I require drugs for it to work at all.

I do miss being able to grow hot peppers, I had a ton of jalapenos I was managing...because bugs did not like them.

What color do you harvest habaneros? I was surprised to find that jalapenos left on the vine long enough turn red.

Whoah, I just looked up what a King Protea looks like. They are not screwing around, are they?

I harvest at half colour.... green just turning to orange. Mainly because they pickle better than fully ripe ones.

The protea was a big reason I chose this place (plus all the storage!) because they were my late brothers favourite flower I covered his casket in mountains of them.
It will be interesting to see the real colour of this one. At the moment it has about 50 dried heads on it but I need to wait another week or two before dead-heading and reshaping the bush.
I plan to plant 20 to 30 more, different types.

 

[Recidiva]

The gemlin bell has to be a gift in order to have any power.

If you buy your own, bad things happen.

Most of that "biker" stuff is pretty funny.

Yeah, Ulaven paired up and he sent one to someone else.

Because why the hell not?

Look, this is just adorable and community-driven superstition and I'm gonna say I'm for it.

 

[Recidiva]

I harvest at half colour.... green just turning to orange. Mainly because they pickle better than fully ripe ones.

The protea was a big reason I chose this place (plus all the storage!) because they were my late brothers favourite flower I covered his casket in mountains of them.
It will be interesting to see the real colour of this one. At the moment it has about 50 dried heads on it but I need to wait another week or two before dead-heading and reshaping the bush.

Ulaven makes and goes through habanero hot sauce, his recipe, like crazy, cans about four mason jars a month. Really good, lime juice and cilantro and honey.

I've never seen a Protea, that's impressive. Reminds me of a monster cactus we inherited, I never did figure out which type of cactus, long spines, smooth skin.

Once or twice a year it would bloom all at once, covered with these huge waxy white flowers, bloom at night, really stunning.

 

[ElizabethWest]

Me three on orange blossoms,

I also like citrus scents..orange oil and so on. Not so keen on vanilla unless it's in food.


I have never been on a motorbike or even a Vespa. . We have two types of bats here, and I love them.

Atelier has some lovely citrus-scented colognes. Mandarine, bergamote, orange. They smell wonderful.

 

[warrior queen]

Ulaven makes and goes through habanero hot sauce, his recipe, like crazy, cans about four mason jars a month. Really good, lime juice and cilantro and honey.

I've never seen a Protea, that's impressive. Reminds me of a monster cactus we inherited, I never did figure out which type of cactus, long spines, smooth skin.

Once or twice a year it would bloom all at once, covered with these huge waxy white flowers, bloom at night, really stunning.

I love my chilli too.... only I make mine without honey or any sweetener. I love the burn!

Apparently I can grow cactus here, even though we get minus temps in winter. A few houses down, one of my new neighbours has an awesome one and she's going to separate some babies for me. Hers has huge red flowers that last several months!

My new house is on a steep slope, so drainage

And I have zero lawn! Bonus! Just mulched beds all round.

 

[Recidiva]

I love my chilli too.... only I make mine without honey or any sweetener. I love the burn!

Apparently I can grow cactus here, even though we get minus temps in winter. A few houses down, one of my new neighbours has an awesome one and she's going to separate some babies for me. Hers has huge red flowers that last several months!

My new house is on a steep slope, so drainage

And I have zero lawn! Bonus! Just mulched beds all round.

I love the burn less. Sensitive if not childlike palate. Owie.

When I lived in Los Angeles I finally understood desert climate. IT GETS COLD. Sun goes down in winter and all the heat rises and it is COLD. Cactus are tough and it's not about cold it's about dry.

 

[butters]

Bath and Body Works has Satsuma, which is one of my favorite citrus scents.

Honeysuckle I love.

Ulaven has gone through about four bikes since I've known him and he's moved from the faster speed demons to a touring bike that I can share with him.

He used to be able to ride most days in Florida, now limited mostly to the summer months up in the Northeast.

https://s.graphiq.com/sites/default/files/778/media/images/2009_Honda_VTX_1300R_Motorcycle_71324.jpg

god, love that bike

 

[Recidiva]

god, love that bike

This is a LOVED bike. Coddled and cared for and very carefully kept charged and warm all winter.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Look, nature, do you HAVE to be so mean? I mean really, is it ABSOLUTELY necessary?

http://i.imgur.com/QteTxX8.gif

Sorry. Evolution.

 

[Recidiva]

http://i.imgur.com/QteTxX8.gif

Sorry. Evolution.

Zumi Resurrection!

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsddthl2fX1qfyu9c.jpg

 

[butters]

This is a LOVED bike. Coddled and cared for and very carefully kept charged and warm all winter.

H has a thing for Indian chiefs, oldies, if i recall. we need a Bikes You Likes thread

 

[Recidiva]

H has a thing for Indian chiefs, oldies, if i recall. we need a Bikes You Likes thread

Does he have any of his own?

 

[Lancecastor]

This is a LOVED bike. Coddled and cared for and very carefully kept charged and warm all winter.

Nice bikes the VTX1300.

I have two quibbles with them:

1. see that chrome strut on the side of the rear fender? It angles upward, which makes no sense except maybe to the nips at Honda HQ.

2. plastic. almost everything on the bike is plastic or is a bolt on to look real. Those chrome fins on the cylinders, for example, bolt on and aren't part of the "jugs" (cylinders) at all.

But they're reliable and affordable and easy to ride.

 

[Recidiva]

Nice bikes the VTX1300.

I have two quibbles with them:

1. see that chrome strut on the side of the rear fender? It angles upward, which makes no sense except maybe to the nips at Honda HQ.

2. plastic. almost everything on the bike is plastic or is a bolt on to look real. Those chrome fins on the cylinders, for example, bolt on and aren't part of the "jugs" (cylinders) at all.

But they're reliable and affordable and easy to ride.

I think the same model in a Harley would cost about twice as much, so I'm okay with the plastic since I was the one insisting on a budget.

 

[warrior queen]

On a totally different tangent.....
I have been drinking bicarb and lemon juice for 24 hours It has been a looooong time since I had this problem.
Was worth it though

I'm loving the fact that for the most part I am solo, interspersed with just enough bonking to keep the body alert! Autonomous, with zero obligations to another person!
I should have embraced this YEARS ago!

 

[Recidiva]

On a totally different tangent.....
I have been drinking bicarb and lemon juice for 24 hours It has been a looooong time since I had this problem.
Was worth it though

I'm loving the fact that for the most part I am solo, interspersed with just enough bonking to keep the body alert! Autonomous, with zero obligations to another person!
I should have embraced this YEARS ago!

What does drinking bicarb and lemon juice mean?

 

[Lancecastor]

I think the same model in a Harley would cost about twice as much, so I'm okay with the plastic since I was the one insisting on a budget.

Yup, two to three times more.

And you meet the nicest people on a Honda.

http://www.edinburghharley-davidson.co.uk/New-2015-Bikes/Touring/road-king-classic/image2.jpg

 

[warrior queen]

What does drinking bicarb and lemon juice mean?

Bicarb and lemon together in a glass of water is a urinary alkalyzer. For bladder infections.
It's exactly the same ingredients as those little sachets from the chemist, only much MUCH cheaper and better tasting.

I had slightly too vigorous sex over the weekend and am paying for it

 

[warrior queen]

Off on another tangent....
I spent this past weekend at the V8 supercars, and there was a display there by some American motorbike company called Rythem.
Apparently they do stunt dancing? on motorcycles?
They're bringing it here in November and were promoting it heavily, but I can't find any footage of what it is they actually do. Has anyone heard of this?

 

[Recidiva]

Yup, two to three times more.

And you meet the nicest people on a Honda.

The Honda-Harley rivalry also cracks me up.

"You realize there's no reason to disagree on - okay. Never mind. No, go on."

 

[Recidiva]

Bicarb and lemon together in a glass of water is a urinary alkalyzer. For bladder infections.
It's exactly the same ingredients as those little sachets from the chemist, only much MUCH cheaper and better tasting.

I had slightly too vigorous sex over the weekend and am paying for it

Ah! I'd think cranberry juice. Good to know.

Yay vigorous sex!

 

[warrior queen]

Ah! I'd think cranberry juice. Good to know.

Cranberry apparently makes the mucus membranes in the bladder more slippery, so the bacteria get flushed out easier, but it doesn't stop that ohmygodIamgoingtoscream burn.

Yay vigorous sex!

Exactly my thought - while I was in the moment.....
Now, not so much.

 

[Lancecastor]

The Honda-Harley rivalry also cracks me up.

"You realize there's no reason to disagree on - okay. Never mind. No, go on."

Bikers talking about their fucking chrome accessories are worse than women talking about home decor by a country mile.

 

[Recidiva]

Bikers talking about their fucking chrome accessories are worse than women talking about home decor by a country mile.

More things I would not have known. it's comforting, really, to have bikers debunked from being criminal badasses to fashion-conscious superstitious people who like to travel in groups and occasionally use their debunked criminal badass reputation to protect small children from predators.

Plus that little wave thing gets me every single time.

 

[Que]

Obvious Cade thread.

Lol..