This looks like a good idea! No tools required DIY pallet cucumber trellis. [lovelygreens.com]

Fernapple comments on May 26, 2020:

Clever idea. A friend asked me if he could leave a big pile of old pallets in my back yard for a few days, then of course, he forgot about them. It is a pity I already have the bean and cucumber supports up.

Don't blame the politicians who are trying to keep us safe; blame the covidiots who don't care about...

Fernapple comments on May 25, 2020:

Yes but the politicians are to blame, in part, for the covidiots.

Cf. Lockdown to Retirement. After retirement comes death. Discuss?

Fernapple comments on May 25, 2020:

I retire next year, thank for the heads up, but can I ask. How is that any different from working life?

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy ...

Fernapple comments on May 25, 2020:

Epicurus to a tee.

If spaceships from "other" worlds could reach our Earth much less our Galaxy, could they be organic ...

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

Really did they not tell you to take your medication ?

The allegation of "Fascism" is too often used as a pejorative against those who disagree with one's...

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

Name calling in general is not helpful.

Rod Stewart's 1,500 Square-Foot Model Train City Will Blow You Away

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

Yes, it seems he used to work on it in hotel rooms while traveling. Good way to cope with hotels.

Austria Has 90% Drop in Coronavirus Cases After Requiring People to Wear Face Masks | Science Times

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

In the UK the government tried to pedal the line that, masks were no help, to cover the fact that due to their own incompetence, they could not get enough to go round. And now they are stuck having to defend a position which is increasingly at odds with the rest of the world and the advice of the WHO.

Trump Administration to Redirect WHO Funding to Evangelist Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse, ...

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

No doubt Franklin Graham will be redirecting some of his funding into Trumps purse as well. Especially his private one that he only brings out in carefully chosen company.

These Tiny Nuclear Power Stations Could Be, Well, Huge [popularmechanics.com]

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

I have heard that fusion is now moving forward fast, and may be a reality within a couple of decades. These could soon be out of date before they are hardly built.

I'm looking to buy a new bicycle to get some more exercise and my research has shown me that ...

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

I am thinking that the prices will come down a lot when the lockdown has been over a month or two, the market may then be flooded with a lot of second hand, and overall demand should go down. I am not going out much now anyway, since the lockdown here in the UK is very strong, so meh! I can wait.

Two words have always attracted attention from me in the headlines.

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

Sorry but this post needs more explanation. Or at least a link.

Was Jesus a man who became mythicized or a myth that became historicized or something else?

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

Why not both. Or all three, because you can also throw in, that there may have been several persons involved and some deliberate falsification. Its just a mess, and anyone who thinks that they can unpick the threads after all this time, and the many attempts deliberately made to hide the truth over the years, is just deluding themselves.

The devil in me finds this funny, even if it’s not true.

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

Yes, like William said, it lost a bit, especially when I viewed it on the front page where only the video was visible, and the text did not seem to relate to it. Interesting video though. Though I do wonder if baboon cultures do not vary from troop to troop, and change over time a lot anyway. I remember seeing a documentary about a group of Langur Monkeys, whose culture changed almost overnight, when a single bullying leader was overthrown in a coup, and a similar one about chimps. Which makes me wonder if he is not perhaps overstating the case and the uniqueness of his own, special troop, of which no doubt he is very fond.

Ghana or Senegal can do it, but USA and UK can't... [theguardian.com]

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

Africa of course, both their governments and populations, has previous experience with a wide range of tropical diseases, especially malaria. They also take things seriously, and don't pander to spoiled brat elements within the population.

How many US citizens will be dead or permanently incapacitated from C19 by November?

Fernapple comments on May 24, 2020:

In my opinion, only opinion, looking at the data, my own country the UK is opening up too much and a little too soon, and may have to suffer a second wave. **BUT THE US!** You have not even got to the top of the first wave yet.

Just testing if my photo works

Fernapple comments on May 23, 2020:

No photo sorry. On this site it is best to make the photo fairly small, say 1800pics square, and it only seems to be doing landscape format at this time. You must wait for the upload bar to finish and then a couple of seconds more for the picture to appear before hitting submit.

Wild flowers i dont think we planted = weeds.

Fernapple comments on May 23, 2020:

I love the term outdoor pet, awarded when the animal gets a name. I have a squirrel, now it seems I have to think of a name.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm ...

Fernapple comments on May 23, 2020:

Not sure. Ignorance often invests the most in weapons.

You are all great to me ! Thanks !! Why level 2 ?

Fernapple comments on May 22, 2020:

Hello and welcome. Do enjoy the site and if you have time check out the groups, there is something for everyone.

[agnostic.

Fernapple comments on May 22, 2020:

Link still not working, sorry.

Biased media, confirmation bias, conspiracy theories, the pandemic of misinformation - this stuff ...

Fernapple comments on May 22, 2020:

To not believe can never be quite as tribal as believing, there is danger, but not as much if you are careful. This site is no echo chamber. Don't let it spoil your nights rest therefore.

The hard-to-imagine alternate reality of 'the intellectual right'... [newrepublic.com]

Fernapple comments on May 22, 2020:

Big cookies and pop ups, no thanks.

Does anyone else get annoyed at lack of explanations that are hidden in the following phrases.

Fernapple comments on May 22, 2020:

Murder is meat. If you don't shut up, you could end up as meat, sooner. Marriage is a subjective state, and therefore like anything subjective, exploitable by churches for profit. If you are only a kid, everyone is free to use you. Money is the measure of life. Length = inches, weight = pounds, capacity = pints, the hours I work = dollars. Therefore why are some able to use my life, because they got money for doing nothing. God does not exist, so it can be anything you want to claim it is. Good, evil and happiness are absolutes, and like all absolutes they belong in the same box with things that don't exist. There you are, do you feel better now.

Both agnostic and atheist?

Fernapple comments on May 22, 2020:

I posted this bit about muffins before, but this seems like a good time to bring it out again. And muffins are fun. Suppose for a minute, and for the sake of argument only, that there is a god, and an afterlife, including heaven and a hell; and that the god chooses whether people go to heaven, or if some go to hell, in fact the whole theist deal. Not only that, but the criterion on which the god makes the choice is based on the type of muffins they eat. ( Note: “eat” not prefer, this is not about free will or anything like that.) People who eat lemon muffins go to heaven and people who eat chocolate muffins go to hell, with limbo for those who don't eat muffins at all, naturally. Would that make a difference to your life ? Would you give up your chocolate muffins for an eternity of joy, and all the lemon buns after death you could ever eat ? Perhaps you would. But there is one vital thing that I forgot to mention about this god, which is that; this particular god, does not tell you about the muffins, or how they affect your afterlife, in fact it keeps the whole thing a big secret just to itself, so that you have no way of knowing which muffins you have to eat. Then in that case, of course, you could not make the appropriate changes to your life, or save your soul anyway. In fact muffins, the gods preferences and even that god, would not impact on your life at all. The point is this. That a gods, souls, the afterlife etc. have no effect on anything, unless that god, or someone who knows, tells you about it, and you therefore have some knowledge of god's cake prejudices. Making this the big difference between religion, which pretends to offer knowledge of god the afterlife etc., and none belief which does not. Which is why the difference between atheists, humanists, agnostics and even deists, is so small and unimportant by comparison, because none claim any knowledge of gods preferences, and it is the pretense of fake knowledge, and of god given authority, which makes the big difference. Compared with that the differences between atheist and agnostic, even deist, are trivial to the point of vanishing.

I'm beginning to hear that people I know have contracted the bug.

Fernapple comments on May 21, 2020:

It is bound to take longer to reach rural areas, which are less connected, unlike big cities with multiple rail air and bus links. But when it does get there it will be just as bad, perhaps in the second wave, if people are casual in their behavior. Its later arrival in rural areas should not be mistaken for thinking it is only a big city problem, but it will be.

Here's an interesting article on the why and how the Covid-19 virus is so damned infectious and ...

Fernapple comments on May 20, 2020:

No there isn't. Sorry but no link.

Inside Italy's COVID War (full film) | FRONTLINE - YouTube

Fernapple comments on May 20, 2020:

Sorry, it says video not available.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

Fernapple comments on May 20, 2020:

The sun has a corona, maybe you should tell him not to go out in daylight.

Why are certain members of the Jewish community conservative?

Fernapple comments on May 20, 2020:

What evidentialist said.

Old seeds! I'm pitching the sunflower seeds out in our habitat garden.

Fernapple comments on May 20, 2020:

Love the box.

“The person who is normal in terms of being well adapted is often less healthy than the neurotic ...

Fernapple comments on May 20, 2020:

Don't be a people pleaser ?

Where Do White Evangelicals Get Their Coronavirus News?

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

From the pulpit of course, the same place they get all their news. Always true, fact checked by god.

Are these prices reasonable for hand made First People's products?

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Depends. If they are getting all of that for say one two days work, which I think is about it, perhaps. If however a dealer and a retailer are also taking large percentages, then No. Having said that I am working on two dollars per pound, could be wrong.

Is there evidence for God?

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Depends what you mean by 'god', for some gods none. But I would say that there is a lot of evidence for others, such as the biblical god, for example. It is just that in real objective terms, it is entirely really very bad crap evidence. There is for example a large volume called the Bible, which could be called evidence. But it is a book which was assembled by many people over centuries, without a common plan, whose authors are unknown, as are the dates of writing, which often contradicts itself, whose editors are unknown, ditto the dates of editing, we do not have any original copies, or even know how many lost copies there were, how often it was reedited, the true date of first assembly, or even the original language of all of it, etc. etc. In short it is about the worst possible evidence you can have for anything. But if you are to debate with theists, it is much better to concede that there is evidence, and then question what it is worth, than to flatly say that, there is no evidence. Because that is what they expect you to say, and that concession throws them, because they know that if you do say, there is no evidence, then that throws you into the position of trying to prove there is none, which they know is hard, and puts you at a disadvantage, because of course there is, especially in their minds, so it is impossible to prove. It is much easier to prove that the evidence is not, **good** evidence.

Are people protecting the idea of religion or the power, privilege and social status that religion ...

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

It is always those who have the greatest doubts about the value of their belief, or themselves, who make the biggest noise in its defense. Those who have no doubts and are genuine, have nothing to prove.

Questions to ask Sunday School teachers - Noah's ark "Do you think there really was a worldwide ...

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Hello and welcome. Boy you are big on Noah. Nearly every culture has a flood myth, floods when they occur are big events in peoples lives, and overstatement is an inevitable result. The thing that interests me however is speculating, ( It is only for fun speculation, not evidence based. ) how the overstatement first occurred. What story teller sat by the fire, and first answered the question. "How big was it?" With raised arms, and. "It was the whole world OK !" And when perhaps did. 'He put on board two of all his domestic animals.' First become. 'He put on board two of all the animals.' It is fun to think about how, so easily, the omission of just a tiny and easy to forget small qualification, 'all his domestic', could instantly create a whole new story, quite different from what may have been originally every day sensible tale. Worth thinking about other things too. Like how easily a sentence such as. "He was not frightened, (Being the hero of the story . ) but stood up and walked about while they were still in the boat on the water." Could so easily become something like. " Stood up and walked about on the water, while they were in the boat."

I'm gonna go to sleep ,so goodnight to all atheists on here💖

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. And if you do have time check out the groups, there is something for everyone.

Florida man who called coronavirus ‘fake crisis’ gets infected, warns others | KXAN.com

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

No. His wife is not going to a better place if she dies, and she is not going to forgive him, because dead people don't do anything. Everything that was good and worthwhile in his wife, including forgiveness, will be gone, end of story. For some people there is just no letting go of the delusions.

Florida man who called coronavirus ‘fake crisis’ gets infected, warns others | KXAN.com

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Says site not available in Europe. Could you copy and paste an good extract ?

The new dog! She reminds me of Anubis, the Egyptian god.....those ears!

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

She will weigh your heart and find it lighter than the feather of truth.

Notice which part of the US is least affected by the Coronavirus?

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Connectivety is certainly a big factor as well.

The Flat Earth Society are reporting that the 6 foot social distancing measures are pushing some of ...

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Best funny this month.

Trump says he's taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Wonder if you can o.d. on hydroxychloroquine ?

[msn.com] You Shouldn't Be Wearing Gloves to Go Grocery Shopping

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

The writer says that gloves do not help much, and could make things worse if not used properly. Agreed. So you may get a tiny gain if you do make a big effort to use them properly. Take your choice.

Where are all the obese people on the sixties, what has changed!

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

There were certainly many fewer obese people then, But also they did not put on swim suits and go to the beach, in those days you hid your fat if you had it.

Reprinted by request: What?

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

We are all unclean, one of the dirtiest and most disease ridden animals on the planet, even before Covid-19. Perhaps we are now, only just beginning, to act as we should.

Not a view generally available to visitors but a roof top photo of the garden can help to ...

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

Wonderful garden. Well done.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

Fernapple comments on May 19, 2020:

“Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.” Quintin Crisp.

When you post something on the internet or on this platform for that matter, and someone starts ...

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

It is often just an admission that they know they can not win the argument. In which case you can ask yourself if you are wrong, or admit that you lack the skills needed to argue at that level even if not wrong, but some people find those things hard to do, perhaps because they were taught that there is no forgiveness for falling short. At which point they can either run or resort to weapons, insults included.

Recognition merited.

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

After weeks of lock-down. Lets take a moment to recognize all the people who still have clothes that fit.

At the end of the day science always prevails and has the last laugh scientists do make errors ...

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

Science is the philosophy of. We may have got this wrong, lets try harder. The philosophy of humility. Religion is the philosophy of. We are sure to have got everything right. The philosophy of those who know they are the chosen ones.

Covid-19 has driven Mexico into insanity: [bbc.

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

It seems that there are two types of Covid-19 related violence, that from those in denial, and that for a fear of infection. But then, stupid always did come in several flavours.

Scammer Alert! New member @jeff75, describes himself as "religious", and he & i can "be together ...

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

Looks like he has gone now.

Why THE FUCK are we allowing senior members of this site telling junior members to SHUT UP, to STOP,...

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

Yes I agree, it is wrong to belittle new members, and people should always be willing to give a little genuine time to help others who have real questions. It is important though not to confuse advice with criticism, https://agnostic.com/discussion/496758/i-checked-in-to-see-what-agnostics-are-up-to-these-days-i-am-a-lifelong-atheist-i-feel-we-can-comm?aid=2330050 ,sometimes I have advised new members that long term members are likely to be put off by some subjects. But I reserve criticism for 7 and above, or those who attack others.

Is it just me or do other find it kind of strange/odd that we have heard very little from the ...

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

Maybe he is not well. Or they are waiting to see what happens in the long term, so that they can seem wise after the event.

How far can someone go back reading someone else's posts?

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

I do not know, but I think that posts are stored long term, so it should be possible to go a long way back. Why not put this question on the Community Senate instead, you may get more in depth answers.

I'm going to the nursery tomorrow morning, first thing (it's alway empty at opening time).

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

Don't be afraid of a couple of impulse buys as well. If you are anything like here in the UK, nurseries have been hit hard, and had to dump stock. So save a something from the skip.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion.

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

Good quote, like it a lot in modern terms. But slightly suspicious in translation, since the word science did not exist in any language in Hippocrates day. You have to wonder what the original Greek word was, and how much latitude was used in translation.

I checked in to see what agnostics are up to these days.

Fernapple comments on May 17, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. Don't worry about being an atheist, I think that there are quite possibly more self defined atheists on the site than agnostics. Generally speaking it is a fairly broad church and easy going site in that respect. In fact, the one thing that will bore most of the long term members to distraction, is debates about labels. If you have time, do check out the groups there is something for everyone.

The true story of these shipwrecked boys shows the grim vision of 'Lord of the Flies' is just ...

Fernapple comments on May 17, 2020:

The 'Lord Of the Flies' was quite deliberate theist propaganda, trying very hard to promote the theist idea that morality only comes from Abrahamic inspired authority. It was inserted into the schools reading list here in the UK quite deliberately, by pressure from the religious authorities who always enjoyed a massively exaggerated influence in our school system.

But my favorite child is still not my own.

Fernapple comments on May 17, 2020:

But that is so limiting. And I always wondered about that sort of question, why does no one ever ask you who your favourite adult is ?

Totalitarian and Democracy society

Fernapple comments on May 17, 2020:

Sorry but the post needs some work, the grammar is all over the place, and the numbers do not relate logically to any part of the text. I think you may have an interesting point here, but there are a lot of pedants on this site who will find this too sloppy to be of any value.

"I have a dream, where our president isn't a imbecile.

Fernapple comments on May 16, 2020:

Life is a learning curve. Every disaster movie you ever saw, started when some stupid, vain and greedy politicians would not listen to some scientists. **And you thought it was fiction too silly to be real !** So hows life in Amityville suiting you.

[motherjones.

Fernapple comments on May 16, 2020:

Perhaps just videos of his press conferences.

For those of you who believe there was a Paul (Saul) of Tarsus--any idea whether Paul's letters were...

Fernapple comments on May 16, 2020:

That was a time of transition, could have been either. But since they are letters and long ones at that, and if we take that literally, a big if, then perhaps not codices. The Romans used many writing media, including folded wooden cards, multiple ones of which could be used. Fail to see though why it is interesting.

Why am I suddenly getting notifications of posting to groups I am not a member of, & have in the ...

Fernapple comments on May 16, 2020:

I find it more annoying, that I don't get notifications from some of the groups I am a member of.

Hi I am new to this forum and would love to share issues as Freethinker

Fernapple comments on May 15, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. And if you have time, do check out the groups, there is something for everyone.

"The absurd does not liberate; it binds.

Fernapple comments on May 15, 2020:

Took a while to work that one out, but OK.

Why the World is Horrified by the American Idiot.

Fernapple comments on May 14, 2020:

In try to avoid commenting too much, on the US politics of this site, since its none of my business really, but these days it hard to walk by. I am glad someone overseas said what they did in the article, but it goes way beyond that. How can so many US citizens not understand that this president is not merely making you look immoral and selfish, but laughably silly? It is getting to the stage where just saying, USA and politics, together in the same sentence gets a laugh.

This is my potting bench ...in my living room.

Fernapple comments on May 14, 2020:

Neat. And the best place for it, you are obviously a man who has got his priorities sorted.

“We keep on being told that religion, whatever it’s imperfections, at least instils morality.

Fernapple comments on May 14, 2020:

It certainly makes being as stupid as you like excusable, since by making faith and cherry picking acceptable, it says that you no longer have to use reason or provide justifications for what you do. Thus it attracts and holds those who want to be immoral.

Robert Reich on trump opening up the country

Fernapple comments on May 14, 2020:

I think that may be preaching to the converted on this site.

A friend posted this on Facebook today.

Fernapple comments on May 14, 2020:

Nice rant, but sadly the people who need to learn from it won't be reading it.

If this universe is fine- tuned.... What would a non-fine tuned universe look Like?

Fernapple comments on May 14, 2020:

I don't know, but there would not be many people about to look at it. That may seem flip, but the point is, that for all we know, there may be infinite universes, many of which are not fine tuned but they will be empty or short lived. It would only be in the fine tuned ones that anyone would exist to ask the question. It is like asking after a ship wreck. How come all the survivers were in the one lifeboat that did not sink.

Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain

Fernapple comments on May 14, 2020:

I think that bikes were dangerous things in his day, with poor brakes and treads, but it was before modern traffic. Imagine what it must be like to ride a vintage bike on todays roads.

What are your thoughts about the "God of Gaps"?

Fernapple comments on May 13, 2020:

Only if your god is getting ever smaller all the time, and is now only a thousandth the size it once was.

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Fernapple comments on May 13, 2020:

No of course religion is not the cause or driving force of abuse, that would be putting the cart before the horse. Religion is not the cause of abuse because religion (where not good) is abuse. Religion is what happens when abusers get together and organize, and by so doing attempt to give themselves respectability, gain influence and political power, foster abusive behaviour by making others accept it as the norm, and generate on going abusive cultures which in turn create more damaged personalities ever more inclined to abuse. That is why it is easy to observe across the whole world that there is increasingly, a deepening and ever happier marriage between religion and extreme right fascist culture. Religion thrives by providing an alternative to secular culture, and if secular culture progresses and moves forward, as occasionally it does, especially towards a more humane morality. Then religion increasingly becomes the champion of abuse, because then it is the abusers who are looking for an alternative voice. The religion is not the problem argument, is to a degree quite true, but only in exactly the same way that the pro-gun argument. “Guns do not shoot people, bad people shoot people.” Is true. In that it ignores the fact that it is mainly people with bad intent who want to buy guns, and that guns enable them to do far more harm when they do.

Seems that as gardeners we have the upper hand when it comes to being happy with life.

Fernapple comments on May 13, 2020:

Of course, we were made to engage with our planet. Nothing to do with the main point, but I love the way they use the term "before times" in the article.

Poisonings from bleach and disinfectants double their typical numbers - Insider

Fernapple comments on May 13, 2020:

Well I am not surprised, when a celebrity, ( They don't have to be experts, or even own half a brain. ) makes a gesture, some sheep always follow, and a few always fall over the cliff. If you are a celebrity and you do have half a brain, you have to understand that the modern media makes your every small act, a powerful example, and therefore you should be very guarded. It is a pity you can't charge them with manslaughter.

No kidding

Fernapple comments on May 13, 2020:

Who would have guessed that ? (Ironic, rhetorical question, in the odd chance there are any Trump followers reading. )

The seat belt beeper went off and my immediate thought was, "Oh no! I'm not wearing my face mask.

Fernapple comments on May 13, 2020:

Proves you have a mind, and that it still works. You are lucky therefore.

Climbed up a peak and found an old bronze marker. Surprise!

Fernapple comments on May 13, 2020:

Beautiful photos. You are very lucky in many ways, to be able to go walking, here in the UK the lock-down is heavier, we have not even been allowed out for hiking. Envy.

Should we invent a new definition of 'god?

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2020:

God a a synonym for 'nothing much'. No I don't think so, thank you. I think that the term 'nothing much', has served me very well all though life so far, and I see no reason to be disloyal.

Like us guys don't have it bad enough as it is.

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2020:

I did read somewhere, that if you are male, then getting yourself castrated increased your life expectancy to longer than that of women. In fact it was said to be even better than giving up smoking.

AZTEC KINGS HAD RULES FOR PLAGUES, INCLUDING ‘DO NOT BE A FOOL’ [zocalopublicsquare.

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2020:

No one uses the plague word now, for contemporary events. Are we becoming over sensitive, or do we in our pride, think that we are too superior to the peoples of the past to share an experience with them.

You give a differing opinion on someones post, they hit the like on your comment and then block ...

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2020:

Maybe they think that they have to hit the like button first, to highlight the post before they can use the block feature, or get to your profile.

This year The Keukenhof, the Netherlands fabled garden where tourist stream every Spring to enjoy ...

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2020:

That is spectacular. I have heard a lot about Keukenhof over the years, even seen photos, but that is the first time I understood what all the fuss is about.

Well my dalliance with the milk thistle is over.

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2020:

If you let it flower it self seeds everywhere and you are never rid of it. I gave a plant to a friend, and a year later I asked her if she would like another one, (its biennial). "No certainly not!" She said. "My husband fell over and landed in it, and I had to help him bath for a week." Looks like you have a beautiful garden, even without it.

They should reopen the economy. Right after they reopen the Whitehouse for tours.

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

I would not take a tour of the White House, you could come into contact with something infectious, deadly and nasty, or even catch a virus.

[vice.

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

Denial never made anything go away. You can not prove a negative, and you can not create a negative.

The Finger Lakes Region of NY can re-open on Friday, says the governor.

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

I would stay home until the numbers go down, not level out. If, and it is a big 'if' , your state puts in enough regulations to get the 'R' number below one. Then instead of exponential growth, you will get exponential shrinking, and as the death rate, which is what most people follow, trails perhaps two weeks behind the infections, then when the death rate has gone down markedly, it will be relatively safe to start taking a few careful risks.

Except Jesus in a potato. Those are legit

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

Boy that cat is really moving in the second picture.

Except Jesus in a potato. Those are legit

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

For interest. Many nineteenth century photos, are very detailed and pin sharp, because they used huge lenses, and big plates. It meant they had very poor depth of focus and the cameras were nearly immovable, but one thing they could do was pin sharp.

What do you think?

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

Sadly all my vices are very boring.

“It has been said that man is a rational animal.

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

Not sure who he was talking about when he said that, maybe its dated, I do not think that, humans being rational is a view that many hold to today.

On the 20th of May is my last day at work. Retirement here I come. Woohooo.

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

Congrats. And well done you made it, enjoy your well earned.

Hey fellow agnostics... what's with all the masked photos showing up here on the site?

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

Never understood why people want to update their photo at all. Surely consistency is the most useful thing you can have, in something which is designed to help people recognize you, and connect your posts and comments together.

Under the protection of "free speech", does that give the right to threaten a minority group?

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2020:

Criticize certainly, but threaten would be quite different. The old saying. " Your freedom stops at the end of my nose." Still works even when the impact is psychological, no one not engaged in a crime, should have pain or distress inflicted on them, including fear.

Nothing quite like the gift of being able to produce ATP.

Fernapple comments on May 10, 2020:

Mitochondria, you would not get far without them. ( Hope I spilled that right.)