Floof………nonsense that bothers you
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Does it bother you that people kill trees for Christmas?
Comments (24)It doesn't bother me at all that my neighbor cuts his Christmas trees down to sell to people in our area. It helps our local economy, the trees help the environment while they are here, and more trees are immediately replanted the following March. It's amazing to me how they grow. He doesn't water them when he plants them. He digs the hole, practically tosses the seedling in the ground, covers it up, stomps the ground down with his foot, walks away from them, and that's it. The trees are never watered at any time while in his care, not even through last summer's drought. A well-known, on television everyday, celebrity ordered hundreds of his trees several years ago because she wanted them planted on her property. We're so out in the middle of nowhere, and the neighbor doesn't advertise so I have no idea how her "people" found him......See More"You guys"...does it bother you?
Comments (77)TG, it's not a Texas thing (that's just what that particular study was focused on), it's a human thing. When we want to fit in, or just be well understood, in a group who speak differently, we tend to pick up bits of their accents (unconsciously--though I'm sure Mimipadv is right about the pandering, and could add con men to the list who do it on purpose), and if it's an accent from our native cultures, even if not our normal way of speech, we tend to go in for the whole thing to the degree to which we want to fit in. If we want to establish ourselves as the real deal, the accent may actually be stronger for than the people who always speak that way. It works the opposite way too. People who want to retain their senses of who they are find it difficult to lose their accents when speaking in a foreign language. They may have surface thoughts that they really want to speak more like a native, but in their hearts they don't want to let go of their own ways of speaking. There's often an element of classism in that. You've heard the old saw about everyone attending Oxford University coming out with the Oxford accent? I don't know that that's true anymore, and in the past there have been people who have worked hard to shed it, but, in general, when anyone with foreign or lower class accent was there, there would be such massive social pressure to change that it happened and stuck through their lives. Similarly, when people feel the opposite of wanting to fit in, especially if they feel that their origins are superior to the group they're among, their own accents are less likely to soften. That doesn't have to be class based, or alienation, however, and could just be retaining a sense of identity to their origins and selfhoods. Or something like that. :) I have a friend I rarely see in person (we e-mail a lot), who is from D.C. I noticed last time we had dinner together--here in California--that I was stretching words at the end of an intonation (I think that's what it is) in the D.C. way. I guess that was my unconscious way of embracing her. :) My own accent pops out most when I'm with people who speak with a Western drawl, but it retains that, um, well, "surfer" bit....See MoreDo you bother removing leaves from the ground?
Comments (13)Yes, I read... but supposedly those mites (which is why you do not blow) winterize in the terminal and new growth. Because I will be removing that and because I use a small Japanese hand rake to get right beneath the stems and move leaves, canes, etc a bit way from plant base I feel safe. But just in case, my blower has a very low speed that does not whip the leaves just gently moves them away from rose bed for easy pick up by me or others (weekly blow and go guys) . I do not allow my weekly yard maintenance people anywhere near my rose beds with their high powered blowers. I have run outside in early morning in weird outfits screaming and waving my hands so many time my sweet guys finally got the message. Since their English is not great (Texas you know) it could be they just think I am crazy and are scared of me. Anyway they did get the message. Mine blower is battery (rechargable) and lot of power for garage blow out but also very gentle blow for beds. I also put down several inches of compost in late fall every year which forms a base and leaves sit on top instead of get mixed in as with mulch. In Feb. I till Mills Magic and other stuff into compost (which is easy to work after the winter) and spread it around root system. Hey, works for me and is easy....See MoreHow much would this bother you?
Comments (9)It would bother me. drive me nuts would see it every time i was in that room. But thats me and i notice and honestly obsess over chit like that. however normally no one else notices and i can say from experience you stop noticing after a while wood grains will mellow blend and change colors slighlty with time and exposure…… can you give it some time and see how you feel? only thing i can think of (and ive done it) is to wipe the lighter door with olde english polish/scratch finish in a darker color, maybe try walnut it looks really dark but as long as the doors have a sealant they wont absorb much of the oil it may even the color out a bit...See Moreeld6161
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