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Post by bluedemon25 on Aug 26, 2023 7:00:53 GMT
How can I grow American groundnut? Or where to buy fresh?
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Post by peggs on Sept 4, 2023 11:14:12 GMT
How can I grow American groundnut? Or where to buy fresh? At first I thought you meant Ground Cherries but then Googled Groundnut. Cool beans! I had never heard of the plant but now would like to try it. The flowers are gorgeous and look vaguely familiar. I don't know where you would find them fresh but, depending on where you live, you could grow them yourself. Here's a link if that helps. Apios americana
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Post by peggs on Sept 4, 2023 11:20:51 GMT
Have you made any arrangements or preparations for yourself and/or significant if and when the need arrises for long term care? What is the state elder care in your country or region?
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Post by donavan on Sept 4, 2023 15:36:03 GMT
It's piss poor over here. They basically bleed you dry of cash if you need to go into care. Take everything you have including most of your house value. I've got multiple health issues so I'm hoping in say 10 to 15 years they all come together in a perfect storm and drop me like a stone. If then my wife needs to go into care they can have the lot to look after her. Plus the care isn't very good because they won't pay a decent wage so don't attract the right people. And lots of secret filming shows cases of abuse and neglect. What a carry on. Sorry I couldn't be more positive. But the way we treat the elderly is a total disgrace.
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Post by miles on Sept 4, 2023 21:41:54 GMT
It's piss poor over here. They basically bleed you dry of cash if you need to go into care. Take everything you have including most of your house value. I've got multiple health issues so I'm hoping in say 10 to 15 years they all come together in a perfect storm and drop me like a stone. If then my wife needs to go into care they can have the lot to look after her. Plus the care isn't very good because they won't pay a decent wage so don't attract the right people. And lots of secret filming shows cases of abuse and neglect. What a carry on. Sorry I couldn't be more positive. But the way we treat the elderly is a total disgrace. Pretty much the same here. Medicare and Medicaid pay the nursing home providers the minimum, so it's hard to find workers to do the difficult jobs and they have incentive to cut corners (provide substandard care.) Some people take out extra insurance for long term care, realizing the funds they've been paying into their working life won't cover long term hospitalization. How depressing.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Sept 4, 2023 22:00:37 GMT
How can I grow American groundnut? Or where to buy fresh? At first I thought you meant Ground Cherries but then Googled Groundnut. ย Cool beans! I had never heard of the plant but now would like to try it. ย The flowers are gorgeous and look vaguely familiar. ย I don't know where you would find them fresh but, depending on where you live, you could grow them yourself. ย Here's a link if that helps. Apios americanaI found a fresh once and only but I couldn't dig up the roots near a piece of land that's just a foot or two outside the river high tide and a pain to get through without being a total mess Oh well I ate the flowers They would have matured into beans I actually found one or two beans on it and I ate it too but no roots alas. This is the one and only time over must be 3 to 500 mi the past few years of hiked I've seen it at this one location
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Post by bluedemon25 on Sept 10, 2023 21:47:10 GMT
The pods, looked like very tiny green beans , tasted like mild green beans. The flowers likewise but milder still. Unfortunately no tubers.
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Post by peggs on Sept 24, 2023 19:12:42 GMT
This question is open to as many people who want to (or can) answer it:
Are you happy?
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Post by Finntrovertigo on Sept 24, 2023 19:25:26 GMT
No--I'm sober.
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Post by donavan on Sept 24, 2023 23:13:10 GMT
No. But I should be. Perhaps I am. Everything is relative. Who knows. You can only measure happiness when something terrible happens. Then you realise you were happy. Everything is measurable. Boredom is good. Boredom is a luxury. Cheer up it might never happen. Only when it happenes is when you understand happiness. ๐
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Post by donavan on Sept 25, 2023 14:51:39 GMT
You know when typing my spelling and grammar is terrible. When writing it's a lot better. Maybe Andy was right and I am fuckwit.
Anyone else have online typing issues?
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Post by miles on Sept 25, 2023 18:05:08 GMT
I do. I have turned into spellcheck's bitch. Not that I could spell very well to begin with.
Does anyone still handwrite letters?
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Post by Finntrovertigo on Sept 25, 2023 19:25:34 GMT
No--I've switched to using my feet.
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Post by bluedemon25 on Sept 25, 2023 20:49:16 GMT
Symptom of having tiny Robin hands....
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Post by bluedemon25 on Sept 25, 2023 20:49:51 GMT
Are meatballs awesome?
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