LOL! I will be sharing this with DS. When he was in the baking and pastry program at the local Joint Vocational School, his nick name was the Pillsbury Dough Boy. Yes he was "fluffy" then, lost way too much weight after high school, and has gained it all back again, unfortunately. He did need to gain back some, as he was too thin, to the point I think he was malnourished at the time, but as he had moved out, I had no control over what/how/when he ate. He still can giggle like the Dough Boy!

I don't think there's a lot of question that there will be repercussions. There will likely be a loss of US life, but that doesn't negate IMO, that they did the right thing. I had been thinking this for days that they could/should do something like this. The pirate that's left? I think he should have been tossed overboard on the way back. Walk the plank, pirate! We did what we had to do and yes, we'll likely suffer for it in the future. But the sad fact is, we'd suffer far greater effects had we not done the right thing. Ships going in that area know the dangers. If I were a member of the crew of that ship, you think I'd even consider going in that area unarmed? No way. They should be taking steps to provide their own protection too. A good business could be escort ships that sink pirate ships that come near them. I would think that companies would pay reasonable amounts for this type of security guards. The other satisfaction is two-fold. First, that it shows that we will take action against those who do us or ours harm, and secondly that it's going to shut the mouths of a number of more local types of people (who shall remain nameless to avoid a "hot topic"), although I imagine those who agree with me and maybe a few others will know to whom I refer.

I haven't transplanted a Callistemon before although,I've transplanted several Banksias & Palms. It was through transplanting Palms I got the idea of cutting the roots around the plant at a diam.no bigger than you can comfortably handle on your own. Do this about 3-4 weeks (longer if time permits) before you transplant cutting straight down,don't cut the roots undeneath just yet. Prepare the new site by making the hole fairly large & trn in some native fertilizers. Keeping the roots cut gives your plant time to recover from the shock of having it's roots tampered with. Don't cut the roots directly under your plant untill you are ready to moove it. If you do the prep during autum/winter come spring they will recover with no problems. I did it with my Banksias with great results when I was told it couldn't be done.

Wow! Look at who is calling the kettle black! I don’t think your wording is perfect all the time either and often times it’s just as insulting, but I don’t post to specifically criticize it or anyone else’s for that matter. It’s an unhelpful and even offensive habit. Why can’t you just focus on the OP and not critique every comment that isn’t worded (or spelled) to your satisfaction? This thread is about a man of means and privilege. I don’t see your example of teachers as being even remotely in the same category. Even when you look at the list of accused high profile abusers in the metoo movement the number of women in the list pales compared to men. You have a weird habit of participating in threads where the majority of contributors are women. Since that’s obviously your thing, than you need to realize (or learn) that women naturally think differently and express themselves differently then men. If you can’t accept that and get along with the way women express their thoughts, maybe you should look at participating in a forum where it’s predominately men instead.