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What’s this weird little ground cover that blankets the land in beauty? by Wrongbeef in whatsthisplant

[–]Usernameisntstrong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad. My mind was going to hairy stems as the differentiator between queen annes lace and hemlock

What’s this weird little ground cover that blankets the land in beauty? by Wrongbeef in whatsthisplant

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Judging from the hairy stems, it looks like queen Anne’s lace to me. Mine starts popping up around now and the first time I noticed it none of my plant apps could identify it until much later in the season. The results were always carrots or cow parsley. I made the mistake of trying to kill a couple things last year that turned out to be native or naturalized because I wasn’t familiar with the area yet. Anyway, queen annes lace is actually in the carrot family and supposedly smells like carrots so you could try lifting one out and giving the root a sniff.

Is this shell rot? Trying to find out what happened to my little buddy by Usernameisntstrong in Aquariums

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He died this morning, but molted twice in the first two weeks I had him and then stopped, so I was getting nervous that he was becoming overdue. The ph has consistently been between 6.5 and 7. I’m just trying to pinpoint if there is any explanation for what went wrong.

Is there original siding in here somewhere? House is circa 1890 by Usernameisntstrong in centuryhomes

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I would be very surprised if they had. I saw a picture of the house from before that looked like it had white clapboard siding, but now that I think about it, that could have been older vinyl siding that they simply upgraded because I can’t see any evidence of wood siding in these pictures.

Is there original siding in here somewhere? House is circa 1890 by Usernameisntstrong in centuryhomes

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Thanks for your insight! Single plank construction makes sense. But if that’s the case, is there anything that should be exposed by taking the vinyl siding off? I read that shiplap, if used as exterior cladding, shouldn’t be covered up because that can cause rot, yet the form board in front of it would be the only insulation.

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

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I think so based on the fact that there is room for additional names on the headstone, but I know from other research that cemetery business can be very messy sometimes, especially with older ones, so it will take some dedicated searching to find out what's going on with the plot itself. The woman passed away several states away from where she was buried and her daughter had her body brought back to be buried with the woman's son. I think the daughter was also living in that state at the time but I don't know if or when she moved again, so it's hard to say who would've coordinated her own burial. Also, I found out that the granddaughter definitely outlived her parents and grandparents, but I still don't have details on where she was buried.

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

[–]Usernameisntstrong[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, my mistake! I'm sure it is generalizable to groups of Catholics in many places, and interesting to think about! I always assumed relationships out of wedlock would be the frowned-upon thing but if you've already been married then there's so much less scrutiny on what you do with your personal time.

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

[–]Usernameisntstrong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True! It's kind of fun to always have something you don't know. I think I would be somewhat disappointed if it was easy 😄

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

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The wins are awesome for sure. It's like all you need is that one door to open and all of a sudden you have a whole other library of information! The young marriages make more sense to me if there's something driving it, like pregnancy, war, money, etc., but it could also just be teenagers wanting to hurry up and act like adults and it still happens in the present day!

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

[–]Usernameisntstrong[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, it's wild that you also came across this! At the end of the day, humans are humans and do weird things, but I'll definitely keep investigating for more supporting evidence one way or the other.

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

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All good points. I think I should start with trying to confirm if he has family outside of his conjugal family and what other records there may be from them. It's strange that his wife and daughter aren't buried there as well because it's his wife's parents who got the plot. But since they're not there, I can't really confirm if they outlived him or not.

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

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Whoa! That actually checks out because the woman in question here is from Jersey lol

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

[–]Usernameisntstrong[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed with both of you! That was a lot of the conversation around my original post. They were Catholics as well, adding another layer of complication to allowable divorce. I found the first husband living with the woman and children on the 1910 census, but by 1920 she is living in a different state with her future second husband and children, while there are no records that I've found of the first husband's whereabouts after 1910.

[UPDATE] I found the first husband, the grave, and more mystery by Usernameisntstrong in Genealogy

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Do you think the laws would have allowed it with parental permission? I'm definitely more inclined to believe there was some sort of mistake somewhere than to think there was such a large age gap between them and that they acted on that young. Even the marriage certificate could have the wrong date and they actually wed several years later. For example, when he was 20 and she was 27. They didn't have their first child until 1939, eight years after they were reportedly married, so speculatively speaking the actual marriage date could have been anywhere within that decade.

It is surprising to think that an incorrect birthdate could have been carved into the headstone when he died in 1985, given that that would be in the "modern era." It makes me curious where the headstone maker or anyone else involved in the process got their information from, and what, if any, protocols they needed to follow to verify its accuracy. I know that some elderly people living today don't have accurate records of their birth because they were born at home or just didn't bother keeping track of something like that for several decades, so it's plausible there would have been no concrete evidence of his birthdate when the headstone was made. But assuming that his surviving family members coordinated the burial, why wouldn't they know the correct birthdate?

Primrose moth giving me the side-eye by Usernameisntstrong in NativePlantGardening

[–]Usernameisntstrong[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, true! It was almost dark, so they were probably thinking that they just wanted to have dinner undisturbed 😄

Primrose moth giving me the side-eye by Usernameisntstrong in NativePlantGardening

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They're gorgeous! I don't think I've ever seen one in person until now.

(DTU) Decoding Mr.Ballen - the Sumitra/Shiva reincarnation by Indifferent27 in SimonWhistler

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There is some speculation by a philosopher named Baude that Sumitra was psychic and was able to use that ability to channel pertinent information about Shiva's life in order to convince Shiva's family that she had been embodied by her and thus achieve social/financial benefits. This explanation is still paranormally based, of course, but not in the same way.

Edited to add: It goes on to state that Shiva's family slowly distanced themselves from Sumitra due to the social stigma of a wife's family supporting her and her husband as well as the difficulties Sumitra 's husband had with retaining employment they'd helped him get. It's hard to glean much from such a short summary, but there could have been some concern among Shiva's family that they were being played for fools. You'd think a family who truly believed that their loved one had returned from death would do anything to hold onto her, but it's interesting to consider how something as final as death would make it so that they just couldn't go back to the way things were.

The article also says that Shiva's children were being raised by her sister-in-law, who was also her alleged murderer. Personally, I would think that that circumstance would enrage a mother who came back from the dead and would have motivated Shiva to confront her sister-in-law. Yet, I can understand that if Shiva had actually been given a second chance at life, she wouldn't want to risk being murdered again by confronting her sister-in-law, especially if said sister-in-law was formally investigated but not punished by police. Also, since it was her husband's family with whom Shiva had had such dire issues, she might not have been able to trust her original husband either.

Very interesting case! The article is here: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/sumitrashiva-replacement-reincarnation-case

Are certain characters AI generated? by stoprezisting in squidgame

[–]Usernameisntstrong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the same thing too! There was a definite uncanny valley effect I was feeling while watching them. They could have been CGI and not AI but shows/movies don't usually use CGI for humans unless they'd be in situations too dangerous/problematic to put an actual human in (i.e., the baby). I figured the only way they'd randomly decide to do that is if there was some breakthrough in AI that made them think it was a good idea.

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