Posted on 08/03/2020 12:03:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The first time Renee Ball received mystery seeds in the mail from China, it puzzled her. Then, a few weeks later, it happened again.
She had ordered some seeds online at her Churchill Falls home, but these didn’t appear to be what she ordered, so she put off planting them.
“I thought I’d wait, not plant them, since there wasn’t any clear address of where they’d come from other than China. I held on to them and never gave it a second thought until I got the second ones and thought that was weird. It wasn’t what I’d ordered, and the label said ‘beads.'”
Shortly after that, she ran across social media posts from a variety of agencies in the United States and Canada warning people about unsolicited mystery seeds sometimes labelled as jewellery and the potential dangers of planting them.
One of those agencies is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which issued a statement on July 28, which said unauthorized seeds could be the seeds of invasive plants, or carry plant pests, which can be harmful when introduced into Canada.
“These species can invade agricultural and natural areas, causing serious damage to our plant resources,” the statement read.
Ball said she never even considered planting the seeds she received, but knows some people might, which is concerning. She contacted the government about the packages she received but hadn’t heard back at the time of this interview.
“I don’t know what to do with them,” she said. “I don’t want to burn them, not knowing what they are, and I don’t want to put them in the trash, [because] they’ll make their way into the environment somehow.”
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I was referring to the photo in #4. It’s from the B movie, “The Day Of The Triffids,” starring absolutely nobody.
Made in 1962.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids
Gee! I wonder if we could use this for our new Undead Thread? We really do want to move...anyone?
I like it. Plant Kingdom Weirdness!
I guess we just need to wait for Darks and the moving van and get permission from the Owner before we can drive it away!
How’s the castle coming along?
We did packages 9 and 10 yesterday afternoon. More of the Great Hall and the adjacent courtyard. Pat helped. The price of helping was he had to listen to me lecturing about economics.
SeekAndFind, what would think think about the Undead Thread’s taking over this place?
Well, hello, little Morning Floof!
So, its not official, but I guess that’s what “takeover” means, eh?
Good morning.
Disrupted sleep, as you well know. But for now, I’m going to run with it and see what happens.
Well, I guess you know, I need pics of the progress!
I didn’t wake up (officially) until 0335 and that’s when I just said “to heck with it.” I took the pain pill and that got me through the first hour, so I was able to get dressed and then sort my pills.
This time, this week, I’m just going to let my body do what it wants and not try to keep it on a specific schedule and see where it takes me. It may end up being a new schedule. Except for Mondays. I like getting the wash done by 0400!
Seek and Find, could we please have your permission to use this thread? It’s so fresh and unsullied, we’d like to have it for a month or two and see what kind of sulliness we can subject it to.
It would also be forever immortalized on Nicknamedbob’s home page as another home for the Undead Thread, or, as originally named, The Flying Castle.
If you agree, you’ll have our undying appreciation!
:o]
‘Face
Sounds like a plan. I’ll take pictures when it’s lighter upstairs.
My major task for today will be choosing a new washing machine and ordering it. Meanwhile, the other family members will have to use some clothing that’s not their one favorite thing.
I’ve noticed that James don’t seem to have any shirts that aren’t worn out. Maybe a trip to Hanes.com is in order.
My sleep was disrupted by Shannon’s scratching at the door. It’s been quite a while since we had cat interruptions, but I guess she wanted to make sure the people were still there.
She walked around, purring, for a minute or two and then left again.
You said you were having problems with the washing machine but didn’t indicate the extent of them. Is that washer still under warranty?
Perhaps the other family members will have to choose their second favorite thing to wear and be satisfied for now. The James is just growing too fast and wearing the one favorite things to the point of extinction, evidently. My shopping trip will be done at Walmart. Online is out for now.
Anyone remember
“Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”?
At the very end it showed OTHER vegetables rising up.
Maybe the ChiCom Chinks have figured a way to harness them and ‘trick’ us into destroying ourselves?
PUT YOUR MASK ON, THAT WILL HELP!!!
Yeah. The mask. That’ll scare ‘em! Whip ‘em into submission!
The electronic controls stopped working. It was under warranty. Last Tuesday, a repairman looked at it and said two parts needed to be replaced. Then the warranty holder (Lowe’s) emailed that the repair would cost more than it was worth, so they’re going to pay us the purchase price, and we’ll get a new washer.
It’s annoying in one way, because a repair would be faster, but on the other hand, we’ll have a new washer with a new 5-year warranty. If the old one were repaired, it would probably have another part (usually it’s the water pump) break after the warranty expired!
James loves their camp staff shirts. Loves them to death. I think there are two new ones from the Webelos camp that just ended.
Ah. There was a day, things were built to last. Now things are built to be replaced. But if you get a new washer AND a new 5-year warranty, then that is good!
It’s funny how kids will glom onto a specific clothing item and won’t part with it until forced to. Good luck to James and their new shirts!
Back from Walmart. I had a chance to figure out the gas mileage while I was waiting for Walmart to open, and it has improved by two miles a gallon over last month. I have no idea what the difference is, but I’ll take it!
Later this morning, I’ll go to the bank and get some quarters. Maybe one of these days, I can get the truck washed before the cold weather comes. There is a coin wash right next to the Rooster Run cafe, and I’m becoming more and more tempted to go there some early morning and feed it some quarters. The poor truck is really filthy and needs a bath big time.
“They say” that a washer is supposed to last ten to fifteen years “with normal use,” defined as one load per day. Since I average four loads per day, I’m actually getting more use out of it than could reasonably be expected.
Well, in washing machines as well as everything else, you’re proving the exception to the rule! Good on ya!
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