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Awesome link - that'll take a bit to read thru!!

Euphorb for sure. Its an african succulent afaik. Not in any way active, but be very careful cutting them - they produce a milky latex which can squirt a fair bit, and has caused both temporary and permanent blindness according to an article I read a month or two back on some cacti site (sorry no idea which one...). Very painful by the sound of the story that I was reading.

High guys and gals, In the way of bird seed mixes for use in mycological studies , is there any problems with using a store bought mix containing shell grit? Surely it would be a sterile medium not causing any problems, but does anyone have an opinion in this matter? Sorry if this has been asked before... Cheers Ace

Sounds like a pretty safe method - not that I in any way condone these sort of activities. I've got no expirience with this plant, so I'm probably not the best bloke for advice here, but I cant see why it'd be a huge problem. Keep them 'ornamental' and you'll be fine . May I ask what other species you have in your collection?

Gidday KlUe and welcome As far as I'm aware, the thing that will be a dead give away will be harvested pods or scarred pods. Otherwise intent would be fairly hard to prove, unless you may have some books/other articles/guides on the subject of poppy extractions etc. Provided you already have a fairly ornamental garden, I doubt very much that anyone would look twice. On the other hand, if you have a bare yard with only a couple thriving poppies, it may look a little suss. Can anyone else elaborate? Cheers Ace

Hi Entheogen, I'm not aware of them containing any salvinorin, only in the leaves (though I have no expirience, so dont take this as hard truth ). Have a search thru the archives for salvia and look for a thread about pollinating salvia divinorum - be sure to try and make some seed! Sorry, dont have time to post a link atm, maybe someone could help out? And be sure to get some pickies in the Gallery for us to admire!! Cheers Ace

Bahaha!! I understood way too much of that ranting - Syn, you're a champ! Hope your head is feeling ok today though Kinda hard to believe you managed to turn the computer on, let alone managed to type something that everyone can actually understand! More random drunk chat posts peeps!! -Ace

Crikey a 100 big ones for your foafs plant - now arent you a great mate With a bit of luck she will come back. Havent heard of ginger spray, though I believe a simple garlic spray (maybe available at bunnings) is a pretty good environmentally friendly insect repellant. Could be worth a shot if the ginger isnt all that you were hoping.

Bummer - looks like I lucked out. Congrats to the winners and cheers to Watertrade for a great comp

Complete guess, but maybe 123? Thanks for a great comp Oxy!

or maybe you knocked your monitor onto its side?

Thats a great idea Sob, though I think she'd be a little too painful for a back scratcher! It'd come in handy for scarifying cuttings to assist in fast root production and also in air layering. I'm sure there'd be many other uses too. Great work Sob

bump How's Sally coming along? Any signs of improvement Sphinx?

I'm thinking the dried cactus material would be powdered using a food processor, then added to a jelly liquid before setting - does that sound right? Or would you need semi/pure mescaline to avoid so much plant material? Could we get a recipie Sabre or Zee or anyone else who has an insight?

Very cool clip Cant say I'm a fan of Madonna either, but the underlying tune really makes that clip awesome. Nice and psychedelic visual effects

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb ". Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. Coca-Cola was originally green. It is impossible to lick your elbow. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000 Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight." It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's" Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. Has anyone got any other completely useless, though somewhat interesting trivia?

Bahaha!!! Spot on there Morg!! Grug indeed It appears to be in fact the 'Shaggy Mane' or Coprinus comatus. Have a look and tell us if this is what it forms into: Coprinus comatus I had one turn up outside my old apartment. Apparently they're quite common and a tasty shroom, though not active It also says on the attached link that there are a few poisonous lookalikes so you might want to do your own research before chomping him down -Ace

Feck me sideways! - I'll be in on this comp! Thanks Ferret

Do you have a recipie that you'd like to share Zee?

Fark! That looks awesome :D Cant say I've seen that before and if I were to get me a tat it'd be one like that for sure!!! Does anyone know of tat artists using this ink in aus?

This sounds like a cool idea. Any links? Maybe a pickie or two? Or is this still a trial run sort of thing?

She's around, just not enough... Quite a nice gal though - she knows how to party gets around at times like a town bicycle, then she ups and disappears... sorry cant give you her whereabout atm, she pissed off after a shindig the other night with some other bloke....

That was probably just a coinky-dink Bit. I have a little pedro stump that has started pupping this year and it is surrounded by decorative gravel/stones from hamiltons world of cacti (purchased from Kmart/bunnings). It all depends on how vigorous your plants are and if they are in the mood for pupping. Mine only had to because i chopped the top half off to form another plant (which is also taking off quite well and also dressed with the same gravel). All up to the cacti i think people...

Wow. Thats one hell of a discovery there onemind - I'm glad some of us are able to reach that level. I've yet to expirience any of that, but this is the road I was hoping it would take us down. I really just want to shatter my ego and strip my personality down to nothing. I want to feel compasion without my ego getting in the way. I just want to be on the same level as all other living things. Sounds really cheesy and all that but its that feeling that it is cheesy and kinda stupid that I want to shatter. Kinda like The Wall by Pink Floyd - you have to break down what society has created in order to really see. What it is that is on the other side of the wall, well that might only be visible after letting go of reality and all that has been constructed brick by brick by our fore fathers. Weather or not that wall was accidentally constructed or has been created on purpose, I guess that could be debated until the end of eternity. Either way we need to tear it down so that we can live the way a civilization should - one were people dont starve to death just because their soil doesnt contain something a richer country wants. One where something that grows in the dirt is not prohibited. One where we dont consume all our resources to excess when we should be able to conserve our precious resources. Not too sure where I saw it, but there was reference to a book that talked about the world as a whole but minumised it down to the size of a village (possibly called Global Village?). Anyway it contained just 100 people (maybe) and of that about 30 were starving to death and had diseases of sorts and those sort of things. It really puts things into perspective when people see smaller numbers, because they just cant process the 6 billion or whatever the global population sits at atm. If only everything was treated as though we were one community working together, though I'm sure that would still lead to building a Wall sooner or later. Hell, this could have been the plan that our fore fathers perceived, and it eventuated to this. Anyway enough of that heavy spiritual one-ness Any thoughts/comments?

Im not aware of any either - probably shouldnt have even put that post in - just wanted to keep newbies like myself out of mixtures such as these in case of any possible dangerous situations . Also, onemind mentions that he sits in front of a lit candle - this is not really recommended due to the loss of bodily control during these expiriences and the dangers that can come from knocking a burning item over, though I dont blame him for using this method, It'd be both relaxing and engaging to stare at while falling into the realms of hyperspace