Anyone had to move because of a job? Is it worth the risk?
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Is it really worth taking the risk with Terranova plants??
Comments (41)"The only real way to trial these plants in every condition in different parts of the country is to release the plant." It's true that you can't on a practical basis plan for every possible microclimatic variation or trial a plant in all 50 states. But if (as a general example) you're releasing a plant described as hardy from zone 4 through zone 9, you need to have tested its performance and know that it has withstood -30F and done well, and at the other extreme, performed creditably in mild as well as hot (dry or humid) conditions in zone 9 climates. The more experience you have, the less you are inclined to trust descriptions of new plant releases and to be slow to jump on bandwagons. Those who get victimized are often gardeners who must have the latest and greatest offerings, or new gardeners with less well-developed skepticism. "Buyer beware" is still inadequate to cover these situations. If you follow good cultural practices and a plant does not conform to advertised description (and if others report similar problems), you should get a refund or credit from the seller....See MoreChoosing an apartment: Is cheaper rent worth the risk??
Comments (11)good morning. 14 months ago i moved from a "bad" neighborhood (drugs, slayings, gunfire, et c.) @$475/mo to what i thought was a "good" neighborhood @$700/mo. turns out the 1st fl tenant (who works where i work, diff shift) and her parolee brother were dealing drugs literally right under my nose. i always suspected them and when i finally saw a drug deal going on in my hallway, i sent the owner a note about it. three weeks later i was given notice to quit for eviction...he must have been involved, too. he later told me that my letter to him was threating! anyway, i called my supervisor the night i received the notice because i work overnights and i was sure i wouldn't sleep well. she was very sympathetic and immediately started spewing names of friends and family with vacant apts. i now live in a 3br, 3rd fl flat @$460/mo in a not-so-great looking/located neighborhood (near operating & shut-down factories with some criminal activity) where most of the adults work or attend school. the apt looks east over the river to the next town. i hear gulls and crickets now (instead of barking dogs and witchy laughs) and, on my days off, watch the sun rise while having cinnamon hazelnut coffee with a raspberry twist from honeydew donuts. did i mention that a walking path starts right outside my door and circumnavigates two beaches on either side of a lovely park? did i mention that i went from 13 constantly open windows with nary a puff of cool air to 7 windows that bring in the type of breeze that actually lets you sleep all cuddled up in a down comforter? do i seem happy? well, i haven't unpacked half of my stuff and i'm in heaven. so, ufcfan2003, i hope you acquire something nice without experiencing all the hullabaloo, but don't associate 'cheap' with 'unsafe'. you could be mugged, or worse, just walking from the mall to your parked car. please don't live your life in fear. peace, love, harmony...See MoreOpinions before I make a move (job related)
Comments (25)LOL She's off on sick leave Flamey and believe it or not, her replacement is worse than she is! The new chick takes all morning to make 18 sack lunches, leaves to deliver meals (six of them) at ten to eleven and doesn't return until quarter past twelve and after the in-house patrons have been served. Then she takes a smoke break until the seniors leave. Then she has her dinner. Then she takes another smoke break. Then she can't do clean up because bleach makes her hands break out and she's allergic to rubber gloves so she sweeps, half of the floor but not under the tables. Then she takes a smoke break. Then she drags the garbage sacks across the ground to the dumpster, breaking them open and scattering garbage all over and leaves it. Then she takes a smoke break. A freezer went out last week and she couldn't help load meat (to transport to another freezer at the store) because she doesn't have enough wind to do anything. It's appalling. It's embarrassing. If anyone says anything to her about her work (like in 'tie your hair back' or 'cut your fingernails' or 'put gloves on when you handle food' or 'don't flick your cigarette butts on the Church lawn next door') she gets all wide eyed and says 'well W_____ (the old boss) says it's okay if I do this!'. *Lori pulling her hair out and it isn't pretty* The patrons complain to me about her. When I relay the complaints to the old director she gets mad and says I don't like the new girl and haven't given her a chance. This is not true. I just don't feel sorry for her. LOL The poor woman has no clue how to work. What's worse, she doesn't want to learn how to work. The new director is very displeased with the work ethic too. I REALLY ticked the old boss off when, after I served twenty people on my own while this chick was of doing god knows what, said I'd rather have the old lazy woman back. LOL One of of patrons in the meals on wheels program is 80 years old, dependent on oxygen but very friendly. He thinks every woman is beautiful and likes to hold your hand or pat you butt. When this happens I smile nicely, say 'thank you' to his compliment and stay out of his reach. Well...the new woman has been sitting down and flirting with this guy, spending as much as a half an hour in his house, alone with him. Then she gave him her home phone number. THEN she complained that he was getting too familiar with her and she was afraid of him. WTF? The old director got all upset with him and told me I would probably have to start delivering a meal to him because, well, it just upset the new woman soooooo much to which I said 'I don't think so..does the commissioners know about this?' so instead of telling this woman (who is thirty years old with three children) to 'just stay out of his way' she goes and has a 'talk' with the old guy. Of course he became indignant, complained to every other old folk in the county and got the old director in trouble when word got back to the commissioners. LOL She maintains nobody understands the new woman and that she just needs to be helped a lot, that's all. change is so interesting. lori...See MoreSego palms and dogs. Are they worth the risk?
Comments (17)I have written multiple articles concerning toxic plants and pets (on a web site that Gardenweb does not allow one to post on the forums, however)… I am a veterinarian and have worked in emergency for many years… seen many cases of toxicities in dogs and plant toxicities were relatively rare (except for marijuana), and though most real plant poisonings, by far, were fairly mild and of little concern, the ones that caused the most loss of life, despite all we tried to do to save them were the dogs that ate cycads. Fortunately these cases are fairly rare… but compared to other plant toxicities, they are one of the most common. Most dogs end up surviving the experience, but many do not. In my opinion, cycad toxicity is the most serious of all the plant toxicities there are in dogs, based on frequency and severity of illness (mushroom toxicity is a close second).. .there are LOTs way more toxic plants in California (dozens more toxic, and thousands of toxic plants overall)… but the thing about toxic plants is they almost all taste horrible (and good thing!)… except cycads do not (problem with mushrooms, too… they also rarely taste bad). They reportedly (from the few stupid people who tried to eat them) said they tasted like mildly bitter plastic.. and the fruits, which are the most dangerous part due to their taste and easy edibility, actually taste pretty good. Still, I have many dogs, and many cycads, and so far no problems. My dogs rarely find the plastic-like, spiny foliage to their liking so never eat them, and hardly ever chew on them. ANd only mature female plants produce fruit, and historically large, mature female plants are pretty expensive (I have none)... though Sago palms (not really palms) are so common and cheap nowadays, the large female plants are affordable. I prefer to grow rarer species, and obtaining a coning female cycad of rarer species costs a real fortune (thousands of dollars)… so I am just slowly growing my own (very slowly). Cycad poisoning is a much greater concern in areas of the world where cycads are native and grow a lot faster due to the tropical climate. But then there tend to be way more dangerous things in those climates as well (snakes, gators, lions etc.). Florida is one of the places where cycad toxicity is fairly common, due to many landscaping with common cycads that are mature and fruiting (eventually could become a more common problem in California, too, as more and more Cycas revolutas (aka Sago Palms) mature....See Morejakabedy
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