Do caterpillars drown?
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Drowning in Boxes!! Do I save them??? UGH!!
Comments (17)Back to the boxes. I think the goal with the boxes will determine the fate. If the OP does want to sell them someday, then I would break the boxes down so they are flat and store them under a bed or something. Re-evaluate if they are really going to be sold every year or so. With a collectible item, I think it's important to remember that it take a looonnnngggg time for most things to be of much value or for people to collect them. That means the boxes may have to be saved for 50 years or more. And if everyone saved the boxes and the figurines, then the value would still be low because there would be too many of them floating around. Unless I wanted the boxes for moving purposes, they would not get space in my house. My last move was my 23rd move. I may have wished for a couple of boxes at one time or another, because I've always carried something in my lap that I was afraid would get broken. Not enough to keep boxes, though. I think most of us understand that a hard and fast rule on when to get rid of items doesn't generalize very well for how we live. I prefer to go back to my mantra of "I need a place to live my life, not store it." Items either help me achieve that goal or they interfere with the goal. Talley's example of the unicorn box illustrates how it makes her life easier to know a valued item can be safely packed away. I bought some old Hazel Atlas Christmas glasses which were still in the original box. Someone hung onto that for 50 years and I put it in the recycling bin. But if they hadn't chosen to keep thoses glasses in that box, I probably wouldn't have been able to buy them since they would have gotten broken. Gloria...See MoreDrowning does not look like drowning
Comments (18)What concerns me is the number of people here suggesting that knowing how to swim prevents drowning. It can help, but common sense tells us otherwise. Another thing to point out is in this part of the country a big concern is exposure, not so much drowning. People think that if someone dies in the water, it was a drowning. Several friends of mine were in a boating incident many years ago. Everyone thought they drowned but I said nope, I don't believe it. They were all expert swimmers, all athletes and in perfect health. But when you get into 40° water, you have but minutes before your body shuts down. They were going camping on an island and there was a big storm brewing. Seven total and the boat could handle 4 plus gear so 4 went across and one came back to get the rest. Not much was thought about since Gary said if the weather gets worse they'll stay on the other side until morning and come across then. The boat was found upside down with the anchor rope wrapped in the motor. It took nearly two weeks to find the bodies. None drowned, they all died from exposure. One was in three feet of water - that close to making it to shore. Two were found together, it appeared one panicked and the other tried to help him. Which of course brings up another thing, emotions. People who panic (and especially if they panic easily) will have more problems. If this wasn't sad enough for everyone who knew these guys, can you imagine what one 20 year old girl was going through? She lost 1) her brother; 2) her cousin; 3) her fiance; and 4) the man who was to be the best man at her wedding. One show I really enjoy watching is called Deadliest Catch about the crab fishermen. They make it clear how dangerous water can be from exposure. I've spent a lot of time in and around the water. I grew up being taught to enjoy it for sure but to show a healthy respect for it. Also remember a word called undercurrents......See MoreWhat Else Do Parsley Worm Caterpillars Eat Besides Parsley?
Comments (1)That's a black swallowtail. They eat dill, parsley, and carrot tops. Plant all three of them. They'll be happy!...See MoreWhy do caterpillars eat rose's leaves and don't eat rugosa's leaves?
Comments (0)I hate those green worms!...See Moreirma_stpete_10a
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