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Posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 12:42:21
Since Spriggy has been seriously behind in her questions, and I am too strained to seek an answer myself, I ask, "Where do they get the seeds from to grow seedless watermelons?"
Posted by spriggy on November 5, 2005, at 12:59:36
In reply to Spriggy-esque question, posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 12:42:21
*blonde from Alabama very confused look*
Oh man, my head hurts.. ROFL
Posted by spriggy on November 5, 2005, at 13:00:41
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question, posted by spriggy on November 5, 2005, at 12:59:36
It's good to see you around again.
You have been missed!
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:09:04
In reply to By the way Larry!, posted by spriggy on November 5, 2005, at 13:00:41
there's always a few seeds in a "seedless" watermelon but are they fertile? How do you make them grow? If the balance of seed to seedless isn't just right, eventually the watermelon will revert to one or another won't it? So does that mean they're constantly re-bio-engineering the seeds to keep the right balance.. because if you have too MUCH seedless, won't you eventually run out of seeds to plant? Or maybe there's no such thing as seeds, anymore. I'm pretty sure they can clone stuff like this y'know. Clone food. They can do that to meat now, apparently.
Make it grow on its own.
Vegetarian meat.
Or close to, anyway.
It's in Harper's this month. Back page. Yup. 1984 has come and gone. We're beyond the beyond.
Posted by Tabitha on November 5, 2005, at 13:14:44
In reply to Spriggy-esque question, posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 12:42:21
Hi Larry!
Well I learned something today
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/newsletters/hortupdate/may00/h5may00.html
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:21:16
In reply to Larry, well my guess is, posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:09:04
Well except that wasn't 1984 more of a statement on big brother, more the human state, more of an Animal Farm. Orwell wrote them both .. Orwell served time in Burma, maybe I should take some Orwell, yes I'll go see what the library has, there's some Indian-type reading .. and the British in India, this very interesting scrapbook.. need to find the Portuguese in India though..
my brain's a hundred miles a minute and my body's on STOP...
Noon again today, before I get out of here.
In any case I'm referring more to the Huxley-ish side of things, you know, "...the dangers of moral anarchy in a scientific age...." (from Chambers Biographical Dict) .. we're there, we're living science fiction and it's too much for us, we're not ready for it. It's akin to the state of vehicular traffic in countries which didn't experience an Industrial Revolution .. I mean, look at it, it's atrocious. They weren't ready for it either. And on the Autobahn, an accident is not like an accident in this country. You speed things up to much, you get badly hurt.
We're finding out.
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:38:13
In reply to Larry, well my guess is, posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:09:04
Why would meat GROWN like this mean anything to us if consciousness weren't the reason for being alive? Does the conscious have a soul? What's a soul anyway? Consciousness, consciousness only so does that mean that you can have a good soul if you are a good person and a bad soul if you have "no conscience"? I mean, if you have no conscience, isn't that like being Unconscious, so can you be held responsible for that? I mean, can you be held responsible for behaving in a psychopathic manner if you're not conscious of doing that?????
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:44:05
In reply to Re: Larry, well my guess is, posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:38:13
I have to rant, and I'm doing it here.
Being unconscious of your behaviour doesn't necessarily make a person bad, does it? I mean if you behave like a psychopath, you use people, that doesn't mean you ARE a psychopath, does it? But aren't we always talking about paying attention to what people do, not what they say? Or how they behave rather than how they justify that behaviour.
But then, how do you define good or bad, sane or insane? Can a person Become Conscious, and change from bad to good, insane to sane? What is sane? Am I sane? I don't think so, but maybe a jury of my peers would have different findings. Maybe my mind is so totally screwed up that I no longer can see Anything Clearly.
Does that have to be okay with me?
Posted by gardenergirl on November 5, 2005, at 17:00:52
In reply to I'm sorry Larry, posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:44:05
(sorry to interject a personal note)
gg
Posted by verne on November 5, 2005, at 17:51:01
In reply to Spriggy-esque question, posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 12:42:21
Saw a sign upon entering Montana -
"At least our cows are sane!"
V.
Posted by alexandra_k on November 5, 2005, at 17:51:08
In reply to Hey Racer...I think I need that neck brace!, posted by gardenergirl on November 5, 2005, at 17:00:52
heh heh. i was going to suggest they probably grew them from cuttings rather than seeds. but... turns out there are seeds for seedless watermelons. interesting..
:-)
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 18:17:31
In reply to Re: Hey Racer...I think I need that neck brace!, posted by alexandra_k on November 5, 2005, at 17:51:08
But that's okay, you forgive me because I'm maniacally insane, right?
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 18:39:53
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question, posted by Tabitha on November 5, 2005, at 13:14:44
> Hi Larry!
Hey Tab. How's your hair? You were always experimenting. I liked your bangs.
> Well I learned something today
So did I. (below)
> http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/newsletters/hortupdate/may00/h5may00.html
Sounds like a lot of work to me. Excellent link. You get an A+ on today's question.
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 18:40:45
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question, posted by spriggy on November 5, 2005, at 12:59:36
>
> *blonde from Alabama very confused look*
>
>
> Oh man, my head hurts.. ROFLSorry. Did I over-Sprig you?
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 18:41:17
In reply to By the way Larry!, posted by spriggy on November 5, 2005, at 13:00:41
> It's good to see you around again.
>
> You have been missed!Thanks. Not sure if you should get used to it, though.
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 18:44:59
In reply to I'm sorry Larry, posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 13:44:05
> Am I sane?
I dunno. You sure sound busy, though.
> Does that have to be okay with me?
Uhhhhhh. Hmmmmmmmm. I dunno. What was the question?
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 18:50:27
In reply to Re: I'm sorry Larry » Susan47, posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 18:44:59
Or something like that.
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 20:10:28
In reply to Comme exactement. » Larry Hoover, posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 18:50:27
Susan, please forgive me. I can only muster superficiality in my present state, and I regret it does not coincide with your serious expression. Again, I'm sorry.
Lar
Posted by Declan on November 5, 2005, at 20:45:28
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question, posted by verne on November 5, 2005, at 17:51:01
Verne, do live in the northern USA? I picture you (for some reason) always in the north, maybe near the Great North Woods (Tangled Up in Blue), assuming they exist.
Declan
Posted by verne on November 5, 2005, at 20:55:25
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question » verne, posted by Declan on November 5, 2005, at 20:45:28
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and used to live on the northern Oregon coast. Now I'm a fish out of water in Iowa - the place where where they grow corn for movie sets. I don't know why so much science fiction occurs in cornfields.
I plan to move far away from Iowa in a couple years, preferably near water.
Verne
Posted by Phillipa on November 5, 2005, at 21:47:32
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question » Declan, posted by verne on November 5, 2005, at 20:55:25
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 22:34:57
In reply to Re: I'm sorry Larry » Susan47, posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 18:44:59
You dope.
You.
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 22:36:51
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question » Declan, posted by verne on November 5, 2005, at 20:55:25
Cornfields are abundant in the United States; they're a cheap, common backdrop .. common as in, there's cornfields near just about everybody, isn't there????
They certainly are becoming ubiquitous here. Corn 'n potatoes. Corn 'n potatoes.
So, what cheaper more common set could you use? I'd go for the cornfield too, if I wrote Sci-fi. Crop circles and all that.
Posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 22:37:39
In reply to Re: Spriggy-esque question » Declan, posted by verne on November 5, 2005, at 20:55:25
Verne, come back to the Pacific Northwest, we miss you ...
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 5, 2005, at 22:54:59
In reply to But I Was being Superficial Larry » Larry Hoover, posted by Susan47 on November 5, 2005, at 22:34:57
> You dope.
> You.Sigh.
This is what I was alluding to.....I can't relax here. Might get blocked for reaching out for help, or saying sorry.
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