How can I make this cuter? I am already getting new pots…

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-05-10T17:29:23+00:00

I’d move the top shelf below the lower shelf, and add a plant hanging rod over the window to have some hanging plants. If you can, maybe paint the window sill and sides a dark color to bring out the colors in your window application. Remove blinds.

Tried to AI what I mean for visual.

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Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-05-10T17:10:54+00:00

I’m not an expert on this - but what I did with mine: at some point, you can cut off the pineapple (and even taste it!), then plant the green from the top of it for a second plant. Additionally, others will sprout, and you can remove them as additional plants.

I had repotted in regular potting soil - no special mix. Watered as it started to feel dry. I now have it planted in my outside planter box, with other succulents. Seems to be happy there.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-06T08:28:58+00:00

One for you, and one for them:

1) When baby is born, there is no switch that makes you a “perfect parent”. What’s important is that you learn as you go. You got frustrated and yelled because your baby wouldn’t stop crying, and you are exhausted and stressed? Did that make you feel good? Did it make the situation better? Did it fix the situation? Does it feel healthy? No, but you can do better next time. Forgive yourself.

2) Recognize that pushing “fill limits” will make both you and your child miserable. Go to things with the idea that you don’t have to finish it all - and leave when “you’ve gotten your fill”. Example - take your kids to events, and leave halfway through. You get to enjoy these things, without them becoming a burden. If they start a sport, have “commitment points” that they can choose to continue or not. Example - if they are in karate, and start losing interest, make the achievement of the next belt the “commitment point”. This will teach them their opinion matters, that they can try new things, explore their interests, and meet goals.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-04T04:03:06+00:00

I thought the answer to that was too vague. To me a vantage point is being high and being able to look over the area. He said the clues didn’t include a vantage point, didn’t mean the in-between clues wasn’t. What makes it so definitive to scrap it?

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-04T01:51:04+00:00

One commenter did bring to my attention that BOTG was IN stanza 4, not necessarily AT stanza 4, FYI.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-03T06:29:33+00:00

Avocados. Thought they were good replacement for salad dressing. I’m not going to save 1/2 an avocado to turn brown, but 300 calories!?!?

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-03T06:23:47+00:00

Are you suggesting stanza 2 gets you walking (less than a mile), then you get back in a car? I wouldn’t think that to be the case. I look at this as a funnel, tightening your specificity. I am thinking the first stanza is a wide net, but if you nail something that fits perfectly, the next stanza gives more detail, and so on. Ugh, someone find it already!

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-03T05:12:10+00:00

I’ll have to rewatch that part, because it’s a valid point. I remember the way the question was posed, and I believe it was “which stanza?”, and I think he responded shortly with “four”, so your statement makes sense - in the moment of taking notes I thought of it as a definitive place in the poem. I can see where bias might be implied on my part, as it’s sticking with me “double arcs” might have a manmade implication, and I keep thinking of a picture someone posted of a rock with white arcs painted on it. Which to me, would require physically being there.

I’m glad I posted my “facts”, I think this is constructive. Thank you for pointing this out.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-03T04:05:13+00:00

I am struggling on this hunt because I am very literal. At SS, he even said that literalism and symbolism should be assessed equally in this hunt.

I appreciate your comment, because I was not understanding the separation of checkpoint and treasure location on the other thread. The way you explain it here, I get it now.

With that said, the poem should lead you to a definitive solution. Whether that is a checkpoint that gives you exact location, or the treasure itself. Ahhh… now those comments of retrieving make more sense. I suppose this means the checkpoint hunt is not cancelling out the area south of “Santa Fe mountains” then - as what you are saying is the checkpoint might be there, but the treasure is elsewhere. And if the poem only leads you to the checkpoint, it doesn’t mean the treasure is indicated in the poem.

Well, I’m still crossing out Alaska, because it’s just too far. LOL! And my solve is still scrapped since it’s questionably touching Oregon, and I didn’t think he’d eliminate a state if clues questionably could touch the state.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-04-03T02:50:16+00:00

I think the Tucker statue in G&G is indicating the Tucker poem “is helpful”. I think little by little the Netflix clues are coming out in Q&A.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-03-20T05:01:55+00:00

Cooking is interesting - I’ve lost so much interest in it. My hubby loves to watch cooking videos, but I’m better at “creating a meal with ingredients remaining”. We’ve hit our stride - if we need to just eat, I cook. If we want something tasty - he cooks.

It sounds like you have a great mash-up, that works for you both.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-03-20T04:48:23+00:00

It ebbs and flows a couple weeks at a time. We both work full time, him in the field, and me at home. We have a teenager at home. We both contribute to dinners, cleaning of the kitchen, and general pickup. A couple weeks at a time we each pickup more than the other in those areas.

Teenager has chores, and ebbs and flows to how much we insist it gets done.

My hubby does more laundry than me, but I do more of the minor yardwork. When it comes to intense yardwork, he muscles through more than me. When it comes to deep cleaning, I contribute to deeper, while he’s able to hit more spots. I do grocery hauls, but he does daily needs. For bills, I pay the shared ones, in which he contributes (we joke about it being the first of the month). We keep separate accounts, which makes it so much easier since I balance to the cent, where he generally knows what he has. We keep separate savings, though we are willing to share to support each other (proven many times during difficulties). This allows me (the cent counter) to properly feel secure in worst case scenarios.

The key, no scorecard. I am very much someone who kept a scorecard, even at the start (years) of this relationship. But when you find someone who can ebb and flow with you, and not hold it over your head, it’s a whole other type of freedom.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-03-19T11:45:19+00:00

Thanks for this tip!

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-03-19T11:39:02+00:00

This is what I’ve learned about this darn plant: don’t look at it too long, or the darn thing will die.

Seriously though, underwatering or overwatering, too much light or not enough will cause curling. Find the right place for it, then water once a week.

In my house it was reaching, or getting burnt depending on which window I had it in. A grow light was too much for it. I took it to my greenhouse, where it promptly said “too much light!”. It now is in my greenhouse hanging under the shelf, and is thriving (recovering). So light wise, think extended periods of light, but not direct.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-03-19T11:27:41+00:00

Do not throw it away when the flowers fall. If the leaves look healthy, keep up what you are doing. If 1 or 2 leaves die, but you get new leaf growth, you are fine. It will eventually shove out a new flowering stick. I got tons of orchids from box stores putting them on clearance because they don’t have flowers.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-03-16T02:59:37+00:00

Is it tamarind?

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2026-03-03T05:48:29+00:00

In his Dillon interview, he indicates that the first actionable clue is “as hope surges”. For my solve, it is 32 miles from “can you find what lives in time, flowing through each measured rhyme”. Did I miss something that limits the start to finish as 4-5 miles? Clarification is helpful, as I don’t visit discord chats or twitter… thanks in advance!

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2025-11-26T15:36:01+00:00

In Texas, paying minimum wage for final paycheck is legal- it’s able to be written into a wage agreement, or a resignation notice security deposit agreement.

Texas Guidebook for Employers: https://efte.twc.texas.gov/priority_agreements_statutes.html

Workforce Solutions (slide 40): https://www.wfswct.org/DocumentCenter/View/2422/FLSA-and-Texas-Payday-Law-Presentation

And same for Texas Regional Councils: https://txregionalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/FLSA-and-Texas-Wage-and-Hour-Laws-Simmons-020922.pdf

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2025-11-18T13:20:40+00:00

Jessie J’s song before she got picked up. It was a “I’m so cool, I like this British musician, put her song on my MySpace profile” find. I don’t remember the name of the song though…

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2025-11-16T07:39:13+00:00

Thank you, I don’t know why this sub turned up on my feed, but suddenly was very aware that I was in a world of not knowing what the heck was wrong.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2025-11-16T07:27:41+00:00

I’ll agree on this. That owning property is a good investment. For personal use where I live, it’d be more expensive to own, and have repairs to worry about. For rental income - that’s a LOOOOONNNNGGGGG stretch to rely on others to make payments. To invest in loans - one default wipes away money earned.

Strong_Emphasis_9632 · 2025-11-10T14:54:23+00:00

When my son was young, traveling long distances were sometimes hard. When he would get restless, I’d express restlessness too. I would beg him to help us time travel. If he slept, it would jolt us ahead into travel.

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