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ribbons · 07-22-2022, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Sounds like you raised a great kid, but yeah of course you did. I mean, come on. It's ribbons.

My mini-me and me are the same way. 2 pea's in a pod. I love having her around all the time again. This morning was a fun one, since it's rare that she's up the same time I am before work. We have different work schedules so the times we get to spend together are always precious.

Thank you so much - you've got me blushing now for real.

And your mini-me is no doubt a lovely person, as her Dad is. Speaking of warming the heart, I feel exactly the same way thinking of you sharing a home now. Glad you had an a nice morning together - and may there be many more happy times in the future for both of you!

Plankton · 07-22-2022, 11:28 AM

Ty

It's gonna be a great weekend.

Guybrush · 07-27-2022, 10:32 AM

Typical vacation day here. Woke up with the kids and made breakfast for the family. Then we packed a picnic and took a car trip to a cove where there's some great crab pickings for the kids. We swung by a strawberry farm on the way and picked up some fresh strawberries. When we got to the cove, I saw japanese wireweed had established there and it's an invasive species, so I spent a good half an hour above and below water pulling up wireweeds and throwing them ashore.. which is something I do every year here and there.

Then I got the bright idea that the municipality should put up some posters informing people about it (so others can chip in), so contacted a couple of people I know in the environmental department about it. Then proceeded to catch crabs for the kids, drink coffee and eat ice cream. We took a little walk to look at the sea before we headed back home.

On the way back, the roads are fairly dangerous, really curvy mountain roads above the sea with no sidewalks. A dad was out in the middle of this stretch with two small kids teaching them to ride bikes and cars in both directions had to stop/slow down and it looked crazy dangerous. We drove from there, but were kinda worried about it and considered going back to escort them or something. It would suck to read about an accident in the papers tomorrow and feeling like we should've done something, so we ended up calling the police, not because it's illegal, but just to ask them to check up on it and perhaps offer some help. They seemed appreciative of the call. Now I'm at home watching the kids play in the garden while she prepares dinner.

This evening when the kids are in bed and after my wife has inevitably fallen asleep on the couch, I'll check out some of the stuff I've missed from Cronenberg's filmography.

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Originally Posted by ribbons

Looking forward to having my son visit from school this weekend. He's had some trouble adjusting so far (he's very shy and a bit homesick). We're going to pay tennis together, as he's taken up tennis at school. I had hoped we could play outdoors but we're having quite a heatwave here, so we'll be playing indoors on clay courts, which should be interesting. My favorite surface and I haven't played on clay in many years.

Sounds really nice

hope you two had a great weekend

Plankton · 07-27-2022, 10:45 AM

I hear ya on clearing out invasive species. Buckthorn and Honeysuckle are the bane of my existence in the world of creating disc golf courses.

Ya got me hankerin for some fresh strawberries now.

Guybrush · 07-27-2022, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

I hear ya on clearing out invasive species. Buckthorn and Honeysuckle are the bane of my existence in the world of creating disc golf courses.

Ya got me hankerin for some fresh strawberries now.

Yeah, japanese wireweed in particular is something I've been removing for years. In the last 10 years, it's just exploded, spreading everywhere, attaching to rocks and overtaking any areas where you have open sandy bottom. When it dies, it sinks and creates these awful, muddy mats.

In Norway, people generally don't litter and we have a good culture where many or most people generally try to pick up and dispose of garbage if they see it. Wireweed here is basically sea garbage that can reproduce. If people only knew about Japanese wireweeds and how it affects ecosystems, I'm sure they'd wanna help keep their favorite swimming spots wireweed free.

Trollheart · 07-27-2022, 11:28 AM

Plankton · 07-27-2022, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Guybrush

Yeah, japanese wireweed in particular is something I've been removing for years. In the last 10 years, it's just exploded, spreading everywhere, attaching to rocks and overtaking any areas where you have open sandy bottom. When it dies, it sinks and creates these awful, muddy mats.

In Norway, people generally don't litter and we have a good culture where many or most people generally try to pick up and dispose of garbage if they see it. Wireweed here is basically sea garbage that can reproduce. If people only knew about Japanese wireweeds and how it affects ecosystems, I'm sure they'd wanna help keep their favorite swimming spots wireweed free.

Maybe put it on the menu:

https://www.foodunfolded.com/article...ask-the-expert

Guybrush · 07-27-2022, 11:48 AM

We've collected and have tried eating various algae. The one pictured at the top of that article looks like it might be Palmaria palmata which we also have here and which is among the highest regarded for culinary purposes.

Unfortunately, nothing about the wireweed seems very inviting in terms of eating and I doubt it's suited. Perhaps pig feed at best would be my guess.

Plankton · 07-27-2022, 12:44 PM

ribbons · 07-27-2022, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Guybrush

Typical vacation day here. Woke up with the kids and made breakfast for the family. Then we packed a picnic and took a car trip to a cove where there's some great crab pickings for the kids. We swung by a strawberry farm on the way and picked up some fresh strawberries. When we got to the cove, I saw japanese wireweed had established there and it's an invasive species, so I spent a good half an hour above and below water pulling up wireweeds and throwing them ashore.. which is something I do every year here and there.

Then I got the bright idea that the municipality should put up some posters informing people about it (so others can chip in), so contacted a couple of people I know in the environmental department about it. Then proceeded to catch crabs for the kids, drink coffee and eat ice cream. We took a little walk to look at the sea before we headed back home.

On the way back, the roads are fairly dangerous, really curvy mountain roads above the sea with no sidewalks. A dad was out in the middle of this stretch with two small kids teaching them to ride bikes and cars in both directions had to stop/slow down and it looked crazy dangerous. We drove from there, but were kinda worried about it and considered going back to escort them or something. It would suck to read about an accident in the papers tomorrow and feeling like we should've done something, so we ended up calling the police, not because it's illegal, but just to ask them to check up on it and perhaps offer some help. They seemed appreciative of the call. Now I'm at home watching the kids play in the garden while she prepares dinner.

This evening when the kids are in bed and after my wife has inevitably fallen asleep on the couch, I'll check out some of the stuff I've missed from Cronenberg's filmography.

Seems like you and your family had such an idyllic vacation day, Tore (well, apart from the wireweeds and that dangerous situation for that dad and his kids - glad you took steps to protect them). Strawberry harvesting - yum! Hope you all enjoy the fruits of your pickings.

Your mention of crabbing brought back memories. We used to go crabbing when I was little, as my grandmother had a bungalow just steps away from the beach.

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Originally Posted by ribbons
Looking forward to having my son visit from school this weekend. He's had some trouble adjusting so far (he's very shy and a bit homesick). We're going to pay tennis together, as he's taken up tennis at school. I had hoped we could play outdoors but we're having quite a heatwave here, so we'll be playing indoors on clay courts, which should be interesting. My favorite surface and I haven't played on clay in many years.

Sounds really nice

hope you two had a great weekend

It was - thank you! Except that he beat me! His forehand is killer now and he plays very close to the lines, so I was running and sliding all over the place. I told him in advance not to have any mercy on me.

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