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  1. Hey people, I stumbled across this article on cracked while I was bored the other day, here's the link www.cracked.com/article_17522_6-new-personality-disorders-caused-by-internet.html

    It's very well written and it applies to just about every forum I've been to, I'd even say that I've been guilty of a few :innocent_n:

    Anyway enjoy!


  2. Thanks Hunab,

    I've wanted to go to one of these for ages but I seem to have a talent for finding out about the show 2 months after it was on :P

    Why not make this the starting venue for a meet if enough people are interested?

    I can bring my fiance so your girlfriend has someone to talk to lsdreamz, no doubt there will be many distractions that would divert my attention from my loved one.... :lol:


  3. That is why The Economist continues to believe that the least bad policy is to legalise drugs. Least bad does not mean good.

    Finally an organisation that sees it right! Of course both sides will argue that they know best! One side will say that the amount of OD's will increase, obviously with increased exposure this will be in the spotlight; how many happened this week or the week before?

    One side will say that FATAL OD's have decreased, again something that statistics will help prove/disprove.

    In all honesty any change in policy of this magnitude would be acompanied by a backlsh/flow-on effect, those that are simply trying to get high for the sake of it are likely to remove themselves Darwinian style if this happens, those that are trying to self medicate will (potentially) be opened up to proper medical treatment thanks to the new revenue and will be able to be treated appropriately. Finally, those that do choose to experiment will (hopefully) be educated to the level that experimentation is not likely to result in severe adverse effects.

    This is the best model that I see fit for todays society, prohibitionism has only proved to make things (if only to appear) worse. If we could accurately compare statistics of teenagers drinking today as opposed to using hard drugs it would bring people back to the age of accohol prohibitionism, but then again we all know how good alcohol is for us :rolleyes:


  4. From what I've been told by friends that have passed through Amsterdam it's quite easy to obtain RC's from the red light district or even possibly the taxi driver that picks you up from the airport, the latter being the best option as it's home delivery for both you and the substance :wink:


  5. For rotted sections I like to mix up a powder that's 1/6th mancozeb - 5/6ths sulfur. If you only have sulfur thats fine, just cut away until there is no longer any sign of infection (snotty/discoloured flesh) and then dust with sulfur or the mix of mancozeb/sulfur.

    In the future if you see that the cactus is showing any signs of infection like it is now, try to catch it early and give it repeated doses of watered down mancozeb (according to the directions of course), don't worry about appearing paranoid; if it saves just one cactus it's worth it (and it doesn't really hurt the healthy ones, plus it can be one tiny tiny step in controlling fungus gnats if growing inside... [obvoiously there are a number of other factors there that would take an entire other thread to deal with])

    If you get some cheap fluoro lamps from a variety store and the highest wattage fluoro globe you can find (I think 23W is th best you can get at coles) for them you'll have everything you need for growing the seeds inside just try to reflect as much light back on to the seedlings as possible.

    Best of luck with your new cactine obsession :wink:


  6. Ahh Ben Chifley Dam, that's where I caught the biggest Brown trout I've ever laid eyes on (and actually had the pleasure of landing) - 47cm!!! The trick is to fish just below the outflow where the current starts to slow down near a deep hole :wink: Mind you this was a few years ago before they raised the dam wall, back when I was a local... Y'all!

    Anyway, I can't make this weekend but the weekend after next (20th-22nd) sounds potentially quite nice. If oberon isn't happening I know of a place that MAY be swimming with certain red mushrooms... :shroomer:

    But back to the fish, Oberon dam has MASSIVE rainbow trout and is also stocked with atlantic salmon and brown trout, native fish are a very rare catch in this dam and it is one of the very few local dams that is not choked with redfin. One of the best spots I know there requires local knowledge to navigate otherwise the ground can literally swallow you up to your nipples!!! I'm being deadly serious there, I lost a pair of boots and my pants at that spot :blush::ana:

    At this time of year Ben Chifley Dam starts to slow down a bit for land based anglers, unless you already know where the structures are it's best to fish the river downstream from the dam where you will get nice sized trout and perhaps a largish redfin, sometimes even a yellowbelly. Within the dam itself you'll pretty much be limited to small redfin and the occasional very rare trout (brown or rainbow).


  7. My fiancé is a teacher and filming is an absolute no no and will more than likely end in your friend being fired.

    I'd approach the principal and say that things are getting way out of hand and she's thinking of calling the police/applying for a restraining order. That should at least get the message across how serious things are getting and make the staff actually get off their arse.

    Good luck to your friend, I hope things go her way soon


  8. One in particular contained around 10 sentences worth of text but took up a full page by adding a big picture of an angry looking woman who pretends to be a 14yr old girl in under 20's romance (etc.) chatrooms along with a short excerpt of one of her conversations containing about 10 very short lines of text spread out to cover the other 1/3 of the page.

    Doesn't this make her one of the freaks, if I were to do the same and pretend to be a teenager I'm pretty sure most people would label me a pedo :slap:


  9. nice plants I like them a lot...so do ants. :P

    H.

    I've noticed this too, for a while they were farming mealies on mine but after I picked them all off repeatedly they must of given up on this idea. Now I find that they (the ants) have chewed little spots on the larger leaf stalks where it meets the vine and they must be eating the sap that comes from the hole. they don't appear to be doing anything too detrimental so they can keep doing it for now.

    I've had mine growing in my window box for a bit over 2 years now, I wish I could put it in the ground to get some serious growth :wub:


  10. They realised in their enlightened state that the phallus is also a symbol for life, meaning that by eating the eggs of the donkey that they loved so regularly their life would be extended. This realisation immediately sent their souls hurtling back towards their bodies, however due to decreased visibility from a snow storm............


  11. Sounds like the dreaded little bastards known as White flies, you have a long battle on your hands now. :uzi:

    Some things I've found that help are employment of daddy long legs spiders or crushed moth balls sprinkled on top of the soil, then there's also sticky traps but I've never really noticed any reduction in numbers from the traps.

    Goodluck


  12. Hmm... the "Big Bend" National Park wasn't hard to find on google. Maybe I need to take a road-trip?

    I'm quite up there for a road trip, been planning one for the past 2 years to South America...

    Call it wishful thinking, but if it's true that L.diffusa was distributed to "Big Bend national park" then that is proof of use of diffusa among native americans.

    I know it's not very likely but I'm holding out for that elusive link that only dreams have whispered to me.

    Maybe one day in a less restricted society we'll all be open to a less censored view point...

    I'll let you all know what I'm whispered in person when I finally make the voyage to South America... Hopefully in less than 6 months...


  13. I know it's too late to post my comp photo but just thought I'd put it uppost-1315-1224857615_thumb.jpg since this photo was taken it's flowered 6 times and I've had 2 fruits and grown close to 2 cms (more likely 1.5 cm at the most but if you want a more recent pic I can post it). 6 seeds in the first cause I crossed it with my caespitosa and only 2 seeds in the 2nd cause I assume it was self fertilised (uni made me significantly less attentive!!!)

    Anyway, when is the next competition? I'd say I've endured quite a learning curve since this last competition so I'm looking forward to the next!

    If you see Ed's free seed give away, the diffusa grafts I did have all been done well and truely after this comp ended and it's my best success yet (2/3 as opposed to 1/65).

    I say we start either mid november or 1st december for the next comp. with as much help to any grafting noobies as possible! That being free seeds/grafting stock or technique support where needed.

    What I also think would be most appropriate is Loph. (where still legal) and ariocarpus for all other states...

    So essentially a simultaneous competition for the different states in AUS and everywhere else loph is now stupidly illegal.

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  14. Hi ED,

    Thanks for the last round. I decided not to graft your little ones, if there's one thing that peyote has taught me it is to be patient. That said, here is the progress... I'm quite happy with how they're going, the really small ones you can see are from my competition graft crossed with my caespitosa (just wish I put up the photos when it ended) anywho, here's the pic of your lovely little ones (actually they're quite fat):

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    and under more dramatic lighting...

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    and then, "ïf only I had a macro lense but I'll have to make do with my camera phone" conditions:

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    Anyway, to try to qualify for your successes here are 2 of my recent grafts and my second ever graft; the side graft... I thought this guy wasn't going to go anywhere, it stalled for over 1 year, only growing roots and about 1/10th of its size in the entire time. Then I decided to do the diffusa grafts (the larger ones above it to the left and right) and it suddenly tripled in size.post-1315-1224855264_thumb.jpg

    I guess it just shows that even if you graft, the only thing that matters is that you actually care for and love the plant no matter how long it takes to mature (just like family... End semi-philosophical rant now)....

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  15. I remember in high school how all the really cool kids would huff deodorant and a few would bring butane cans in.

    For them it was the best way to show how big they were....

    Then one of my sisters friends was found dead on the corner of the main street and the highway with an empty can next to him.

    It pretty much all stopped after that day.


  16. My fiance has recently become addicted to growing orchids and as such has had me researching how to look after them properly and all the other stuff...

    Anyway I recently cross pollinated a few of them and I was wondering when should you harvest the seed pods?

    The orchids we have are the phalenopsis type, the regular size and the little ladies.

    I did try pollinating the larger orchid with a Singapore orchid so hopefully it'll take, either way I guess I'll find out in the next few days.

    What are your thoughts people?

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