Thread: Fringe

stuckintx wrote: Hey, it has already happened to roses. There's a super popular one here, called Knockout, that's patented. It's supposed to be hardy and long blooming, and just about every business in town landscapes with them. Big box stores sell them, but it is against the law to propagate them /take clippings yourself. I love when pols waste time passing non-enforceable laws. As if the flower police are going to pop up in...

Oh, thanks! I was just heading over to amazon to look for some books for the kids for Xmas.... After reading the description & excerpt, they sould like something ds would love.....

They are by N.E. Bode. We just finished The Anybodies, and I can't wait to read the other two in the trilogy. They are well written & funny.

Yup - we donated a bunch of VHS movies. My kids beg me to go to Goodwill. Couple of weeks ago, DS9 got a "microscope" there. It magnifies enough to see the hairs on a grasshopper's leg, but is not a true microscope. It has a viewing screen instead of eyepieces. Came with a bunch of prepared slides, empty slides, and instruction book. It is very old, and didn't work when he first tried it. He opened it up, found a...

Hey, it has already happened to roses. There's a super popular one her, called Knockout, that's patented. It's supposed to be hardy and long blooming, and just about every business in town landscapes with them. Big box stores sell them, but it is against the law to propagate them /take clippings yourself. And I think several years ago, "we" passed a law in Iraq stating the farmers there had to use pre approved,...

Was it King Corn or another video that showed how some farmers had to destroy their crops and ditch their seeds because of windblown roundup ready propagation and the patent on round up ready corn? That was absolutely disgusting and skeery.

So far, there is no more or less violence in this one than there is in any cartoon. The original was much more involved violently, than this is. This is just the 1st episode, but I don't think your kid or any kid from anyone on this board, will have a problem. Especially if they are already geeks or nerds.

Stacia wrote: macafi wrote: I think he is trying for the Johnny Depp look, but just not quite there. Love the little beads... Yeah, Johnny Depp can carry off that look. Brad Pitt can't. Maybe Brad Pitt's kids 'dressed him up' w/ the beads? Maybe he fell asleep and his kids did that to him, and because he's Brad Pitt no one stopped him and said, "hey did you loose something in your beard or did you do that on...

As a farmer, I detest Monsanto with a loathing that defies words. You should know, though, that slowly farmers are fighting back with organics at the forefront, followed by heritage seeders and soil conservationists.

You mean Darwin's Darkest Hour? Didn't even know about it, but I do now. Thanks! Added to the queue.