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Gigem · « **Reply #2814 on:** September 21, 2021, 09:49:37 AM »

Quote from: longhorn320 on September 20, 2021, 07:31:13 PM

you bet

there was a time when right before the cowboy kickoff when the kicker would look over to the ref for approval to kick the ref would make sure I was sitting in front of the TV with a cold one and then give his approval to kick

in high school our offensive line ( of which I was one) would rise and fall like the boys used to do before the ball is snapped

those were the days

Lots and lots and lots of Dallas Cowboys fans in and around the Houston area. Why? It's simple. Dallas has won superbowls, while Houston teams haven't done squat. A lot of fans threw in the towel on the Oilers when they blew that 30 point lead at Buffalo. Texans haven't exactly done much either. Of course, Cowboys are running on past glory, but that's something.

CWSooner · « **Reply #2815 on:** September 21, 2021, 01:52:23 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on September 21, 2021, 08:02:31 AM

Maybe, not that I know of. It was recently refurbished to the tune of $85 million and it looks great. It was funded by German immigrants who did well here back in the day, it's in the area termed "Over the Rhine" because it's north of what once was a canal.

Cincinnati Music Hall

Music Hall was built over a potter's field, a place where immigrants and the poor who had died without identification were buried. It is rumored that the "soul and spirits" of those buried now haunt the building, according to Friends of Music Hall.

Yeah, I thought I remembered that.

At some point, I had a slide on the Cincinnati Music Hall in a PowerPoint file on the architecture of the Gilded Age.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2816 on:** September 22, 2021, 10:07:49 AM »

Any gardening/arborist nerds here? My stepson is into air-layering plants (an easy propagation method), he's done quite a few between our yard and his dad's. I didn't know about it until I saw him do a few. So I thought it'd be fun to go do a few of my dad's. I've wanted a fig tree for a while, but instead of buying one I figured it would be cool to have a "legacy" tree of sorts, plus one of dad's fig trees has outstanding genetics, the kind that makes you say "Yeah, I'll take a clone of that in my yard." He also has a nice vitex chaste that I just like the looks of, and the wife and I were planning on planting the air-layer in our front yard.

They didn't go well. They rooted well but didn't survive transport and planting. Must be harder than the kid lets on.

utee94 · « **Reply #2817 on:** September 22, 2021, 11:04:33 AM »

I think I might have understood every third word in that paragraph, so it's probably safe to say, I'm not a gardening/arborist nerd.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2818 on:** September 22, 2021, 11:26:52 AM »

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847badgerfan · « **Reply #2819 on:** September 22, 2021, 11:34:05 AM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on September 22, 2021, 10:07:49 AM

Any gardening/arborist nerds here? My stepson is into air-layering plants (an easy propagation method), he's done quite a few between our yard and his dad's. I didn't know about it until I saw him do a few. So I thought it'd be fun to go do a few of my dad's. I've wanted a fig tree for a while, but instead of buying one I figured it would be cool to have a "legacy" tree of sorts, plus one of dad's fig trees has outstanding genetics, the kind that makes you say "Yeah, I'll take a clone of that in my yard." He also has a nice vitex chaste that I just like the looks of, and the wife and I were planning on planting the air-layer in our front yard.

They didn't go well. They rooted well but didn't survive transport and planting. Must be harder than the kid lets on.

Mrs. 847 is doing a lot of that down here. Of course, everything just grows here, whether you want it to, or not.

You can stick a branch in the ground and a month later you got a bush.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2820 on:** September 22, 2021, 11:45:19 AM »

Quote from: 847badgerfan on September 22, 2021, 11:34:05 AM

Mrs. 847 is doing a lot of that down here. Of course, everything just grows here, whether you want it to, or not.

You can stick a branch in the ground and a month later you got a bush.

Yep. Which makes it all the more incredible (not in a good way) that I seem to have botched my two attempts.

Looks like this wasn't the best time to plant a fig tree....probably shoulda researched that first. And should've potted it before planting. The vitex may make it, it's still alive, but it appears dead just by looking at it. We'll give it a while, my wife says she's seen things in worse shape make a comeback. Just not sure why it got so bad off in the first place.

We can always go to the store and buy plants, but I thought this would make a for a minor hobby.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2821 on:** September 22, 2021, 11:52:11 AM »

My wife bought a plumeria in Hawaii. It looked like a greenish stick about a foot long. Well, it frew and now is 4 feet tall, she cut a branch and stuck it in some potting mix and it's growing now too. We have WAY too many plants though. WAY. Fortunately we have three decks and I have banned all but a few plants from two of them.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2822 on:** September 22, 2021, 12:02:11 PM »

We have an appropriate amount of plants outside. I wouldn't mind doing a little more in the landscaped areas.

Inside though, I think we have way too many. Mrs. DeDKR seems to think we don't have nearly enough. They keep appearing, and my desk is routinely overrun with creeping vines.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2823 on:** September 22, 2021, 12:04:34 PM »

Mrs. CD buys them on line often as not, I try and keep her out of Home Depot.

utee94 · « **Reply #2824 on:** September 22, 2021, 12:09:10 PM »

If you want to grow something that is crazily robust and indestructible and will make you feel like a mighty green-thumbed warrior, plant some cilantro. It's pretty much impossible to prevent it from flourishing.

But do it in a pot, otherwise your entire yard will become cilantro.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2825 on:** September 22, 2021, 12:19:27 PM »

Yikes, I don't need any more weeds. Ever since Harvey laid waste to this area a few years ago our yard has been a fight to keep tidy.

I recently cleaned out a flower bed that runs along the back side of the house that had gotten in a sad state, and we planted purple heart for some ground cover. It's starting to look real nice.

utee94 · « **Reply #2826 on:** September 22, 2021, 12:22:39 PM »

We grow all of our own cilantro, basil, oregano, and Italian parsley. All in pots, otherwise that's all our yard would be. Every now and then, if I don't catch one before it goes to seed, the wind will grace us with some basil or cilantro in the grass. I pull those in a hurry when I see them.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2827 on:** September 22, 2021, 12:37:03 PM »

Utee's Homegrown Herbs. I like it. I'll take a dozen of each.

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