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  Do You Believe Joe Biden Sexually Assaulted A Woman In The 90’s?

  by minimus in

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  there is an allegation floating around saying he assaulted one of his female staffers .

  most mainstream media do not report on this claim.

  they either don’t believe it or don’t want to believe it.. funny how if it were brett kavanaugh or donald trump, they would be all over it.

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  At least Sarah did a great job as Governor of the state of Alaska.

  She quit after 2 years of a 4 year term. Great job!

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  Earth Boxes - Has Anyone Here Tried to Use Them to Grow Vegetables

  by RubaDub in

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  with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.

  they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.

  then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

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  Magnum ...

  As Still T ADD mentioined, the soil here in Florida, in many places, is really not conducive to good gardening. That is why I am going with the "Potting Mix" and not the "Potting Soil" which is basically topsoil.

  Central Florida is different from South Florida which is different from North Florida which is different from the panhandle of Florida. Florida is a very long State. Drive from Key West to Pensacola and it is nearly 1,000 miles, almost the distance from Miami to New York.

  Apples, peaches and pears are grown in the north, a lot of citrus fruits are grown more in the central parts and tropical fruit such as mangos, papayas and guayabas are grown in the south. So much depends on where in Florida you plan to move to. But in general, the further north you are in the State, the closer the growing seasons will be to what is typical in the rest of the Southeast. It all depends on where you are in the State.

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  Do You Believe Joe Biden Sexually Assaulted A Woman In The 90’s?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is an allegation floating around saying he assaulted one of his female staffers .

  most mainstream media do not report on this claim.

  they either don’t believe it or don’t want to believe it.. funny how if it were brett kavanaugh or donald trump, they would be all over it.

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  Again, middle of the road Rub a Dub dismisses (in general) what happened many years ago. Times have changed. Thought patterns have changed, what is permissible under current standards have changed ... it's just the way it is. Even our actions have changed. Those who can remember, the last few rows of an airplane were reserved for smokers and with the recirculation of the air, everyone on board got to enjoy the second hand smoke. Light a cigarette on an airplane today and you will have federal officers escorting you off the plane.

  One of my elderly relatives laughs at what she hears on the news today. She says, yes, when I was alone in an elevator with my boss, he would pat be on my backside and it was just the way it was. I didn't think much about it ... he was just being a man.

  A lot of the stuff people say 25, 35 or more years ago would be totally inappropriate today. If you are in an office today and do that stuff, you will be escorted to the HR office in about 10 seconds.

  Call a black person "colored" today and it may considered an insult even though there is an organization that has been in existence for decades called the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Try that name today!

  Tell a dirty joke in an office years ago, people laughed or just smiled and continued working. Do that today, and expect a trip to HR.

  You can't really equate what happened that long ago to today's standards. Like it or not, we are more aware and politically correct regarding what we hear and what we say.

  Rub a Dub
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  Do You Feel Your Rights Are Being Trampled On By Government Regarding Coronavirus?

  by minimus in

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  i support local and state and federal government’s power to safeguard the public.

  i wonder is it getting to a point where we will be told we can’t go out anymore, can’t use your phone or computer anymore because of the viruses that we can get, etc.

  are we prolonging this virus at all ?

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  Good god are Americans stupid.

  Steel ...

  Was that a rhetorical question or were you expecting an actual answer?

  If you wanted an actual answer, just take a look at Washington DC and see who the American people voted into office.

  It's a modern-day version of the Addams Family.

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  I think Limbaugh is out and out wrong on this

  by JimmyYoung in

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  i listen to rush most days for entertainment.

  i agree with him on some issues and disagree on others.

  but today he said something i believe is an out and out lie.

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  AOC is very abrasive and self important and obnoxious.

  Limbaugh is very abrasive and self important and obnoxious.

  I would just give AOC the benefit of the doubt because of her age.

  I guess Rush's brain never fully developed. Sad for a man of his age.

  They both turn my stomach.

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  Earth Boxes - Has Anyone Here Tried to Use Them to Grow Vegetables

  by RubaDub in

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  with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.

  they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.

  then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

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  Magnum ...

  Yes, for many vegetables it is too hot. It's not the daytime temperatures, other places get into the low 90's regularly or occasionally 100F (think of Georgia or any other State in the South) but it's the night temperatures here.. Many nights it does not even drop below 80 down here in South Florida.

  The further you go north in Florida, the more variation you get. We have the Gulf Stream here only about a mile or so offshore and with the ocean breeze, it tends to moderate the temperature here much more than in other parts of the country, even in other parts of Florida. That's why it typically is about 90F here during the day and upper 70's to low 80's at night. Odd to many people, in the summer, it is typically much hotter the further north you go in Florida. It is not uncommon for temperatures to reach 100F or more in Central or North Florida.There is even a debate here as to whether it has EVER reached 100 degrees here in Miami (in 1942 or something when they were building the airport it was supposedly 100 degrees downtown and 98 degrees at the new airport where technically they were not taking the official temperature there until later in the month or something).

  In any case, the summers are more moderate here in the day but warmer here in the evenings (as an FYI, Key West, further south from here, has a max all-time temperature of 97 degrees). But again, it is very warm in the evenings.

  For whatever reason, many vegetables like it cooler in some part of the day. Plus, with food coming from other southeastern States in the summer, I guess the prices drop and there is no real financial incentive to plant things here in the summer.

  I just know that my basil goes to seed very quickly in the summers here.

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  Earth Boxes - Has Anyone Here Tried to Use Them to Grow Vegetables

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
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  with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.

  they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.

  then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

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  you never recuperate the cost. so: have fun.

  waton ...

  You are probably right. Sometimes with a garden, it is more about convenience and freshness.

  In some ways it is like fishing. Add the cost of boats, motors, fuel, ice, tackle, bait, boat storage, fishing licenses, boat and trailer registrations, maintenance, insurance, etc. etc. etc. If you think the fish you catch are a bargain you are wrong.
  
  Like you say, have fun.

  Rub a Dub
  
  
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  New scrolls

  by The Searcher in

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  in 1985 a new phrase was added to our vocabulary, "new scrolls", complete with an explanation as to how they will benefit those who inhabit the new world.

  the following five references are the only quotations of this new 'teaching', but incredibly, these two words have been indelibly stamped on most people's minds by repetition from platform speakers, and in general conversation.. w85 6/15 p. 18 par.

  21 "during this thousand-year judgment period, jehovah evidently will give additional instructions, unknown to us at present, as new "scrolls" are opened.

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  • Revelation clearly does not portray the final state of the every end of ends

    JoenB75

    Are you trying to equate the "final state of the every end of ends" in the context of the unclean and hated bird in Rev. 18:2 ?

    I don't see what connection you are trying to make between the two.

    Rub a Dub

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  Earth Boxes - Has Anyone Here Tried to Use Them to Grow Vegetables

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.

  they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.

  then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

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  tomatoes work really well, but zucchini not so much

  sir82 ...

  Yes, zucchini can get rather "wide" when it grows. Probably only one plant for the entire box.
  

  I know one box, if not two, will be used for herbs. In the supermarkets here, there aren't many "bulk" type herbs meaning ones that you just pick them up and put them in a bag. The exceptions are things that people use a lot of here, such as cilantro, parsley, watercress and a couple of other things.

  Most herbs are in little packages (basil, thyme, oregano, chives, etc.) and we pay like $2.50 for a little package. It adds up really fast and in the end you end up wasting a lot instead of just picking what you need from the garden. It's not that you can't get stuff cheaper, but you end up driving all over place and driving to Italian store for oregano and basil, to a Jamaican/Haitian place for thyme, etc. You spend more in gas driving all over the place than just paying more for the little packages.

  I want my herbs!

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  Earth Boxes - Has Anyone Here Tried to Use Them to Grow Vegetables

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), i decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called earth boxes.

  they are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top.

  then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

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  RubaDub

  With some extra time on my hands (putting it mildly), I decided to try planting some vegetables using these things called Earth Boxes. They are basically rectangular tubs with the soil suspended a few inches from the bottom using a screen and you put water into the bottom and you just add water through a tube to the bottom and the plants get their water from beneath instead of adding water from the top. Then you put a plastic covering around the plants so that weeds don't grow.

  I built about a 3' x 16' x 20" high raised garden in the front of the house where we had some flowers which were always a pain to keep looking good. I didn't buy "real" Earth Boxes since to me they were too expensive (like $40 each) but just went on You Tube and saw how to make my own for about $15 each. Really not much to it. The tubs (18" x 30" x 18" deep) were about $10 each. Then some screen, 8' of PVC pipe and a roll of plastic weed control stuff. A bag or so of potting mixture for each box, a little fertilizer and I am good to go.

  I was just wondering if anyone has had success using this method to grow stuff. This isn't the best time to start to grow things here (mid-April) since the typical growing season is coming to an end within the next few weeks but I will find something to grow.

  Has anyone else tried these Earth Box things?

  Rub a Dub