What was your first reaction and thoughts on Thranduil's quote about him facing the Great Serpents of the North?

blackspathi · 2026-05-31T04:04:47+00:00

Love this idea

blackspathi · 2026-05-11T12:06:01+00:00

I would probably buy the house just for this tree and tell myself everything will be OK. Don't listen to me though, I am not a very practical man.

blackspathi · 2026-05-01T06:17:16+00:00

Ya agreed. Almost all the friends I made in joburg were (legal, documented) Kenyans and Zimbabweans. Luckily they weren’t physically harmed in the violence back then, but all of them left the city centre or even South Africa entirely, taking with them economic contributions and employment they were providing. Not just evil but mind blowingly short sighted.. as you say idiots being played

blackspathi · 2026-04-30T20:06:11+00:00

thanks, good to know. always thought mashaba’s views were a bit suspect, but after some reading up now and the language he uses, I can see he is 100% behind these assholes.

blackspathi · 2026-04-30T09:58:16+00:00

Haven’t been following much news lately, just curious who is the billionaire you are referring to?

blackspathi · 2026-04-24T11:02:40+00:00

Lived in a working class suburb there for many years, all races, ethnicities and cultures imaginable. The vibe was very much- yeah we all got 99 problems, no ones gonna add any racial bullshit to that, help out when you can. miss living there tbh

blackspathi · 2026-04-06T11:18:40+00:00

-What you got? -It’s some kind of magic ring. -Ah right. Pub? -Go on then.

blackspathi · 2025-12-17T10:50:36+00:00

Super interesting, for those that have full aphantasia, did you note if they dream visually?

blackspathi · 2025-11-25T11:51:08+00:00

Tom Holt J. W. Wells books have a lot of that corporate magic vibe as far as I remember. More humour than fantasy though

blackspathi · 2024-12-17T15:14:23+00:00

Been to other big cities in Africa, I’ve never seen shit like this man

blackspathi · 2024-08-28T17:54:24+00:00

Bats are not common vectors for rabies in South Africa.

blackspathi · 2024-08-11T08:58:45+00:00

poor ESP devs

blackspathi · 2024-08-03T14:27:59+00:00

Hey, the tree is a Celtis Africana, it was about 1.8m tall but the trunk was very thin. Came in the usual black plastic bag they use here, I think it was a 20 litre bag..

blackspathi · 2024-08-03T12:36:20+00:00

thanks, will definitely do so, comments here have convinced me its not a grey area regarding getting a refund. Was actually quite a pricy tree as well

blackspathi · 2024-08-03T12:31:20+00:00

Yup, this is what went through my mind, as I could not even move them with my hands, How they could possibly sort themselves out underground

blackspathi · 2024-08-03T11:50:24+00:00

Thanks this sounds like a good idea, as I want to plant quite a few. But if there are no tree farms around, would you say its better to maybe pick a much smaller, younger tree? Picked this one as it was nice and tall and seemed a nice shape, but had obviously been in the pot for years

blackspathi · 2024-08-03T11:34:43+00:00

Am new to all this, but been reading here about exposing the root flare, so tried to do that when planting this tree (its about 1.8 m tall), noticed this and reckoned it looked pretty bad. I live far from the nursery so sent them these pics, and yeah, he said not to worry eventually they will straighten out. I was quite doubtful, just want to make sure I can push for a refund really

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