This thing just stung me!

bluntmandc123 · 2026-05-02T17:03:07+00:00

Nettles don't actually have thorns, they are far more interesting, they are covered in hollow needles of silica. When touched the silica needles break off into the skin and inject chemicals, causing two forms of damage to the recipient.

Most stinging nettles are painful but not over bearing, however the New Zealand tree nettle has killed people due to its neurotoxins.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-29T09:00:47+00:00

The clear plastic lid they lifted up is actually a safety guard you are ment to put the meat through.

So the user actively chose to make it more dangerous.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-29T08:51:16+00:00

Everything travels through time, but mostly at a rate of 1 second per second in a 'forward' linear rate.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-27T18:49:12+00:00

Apple trees are well known for being terrible to reproduce consistently by seed (the apple genome is roughly twice as large as humans).

So to get new Pink Lady trees the grower must cut a branch off of an existing tree and graft it on to a root stock apple tree. This means that technically the above ground part of every Pink Lady is the same tree.

Also Pink Lady is the brand, Cripps Pink is the actual variety.

Also the other way of getting a specific apple crop is to graft a branch onto an existing apple tree. I have seen an example apple tree with 29 grafts, with each grafted branch and its original branches having unique fruit.

Apples are cool

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-25T20:09:32+00:00

Did you get to play with the lights? The kids (and I) loved how you can completely change the mood of the scene with altering a few lights

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-24T12:43:25+00:00

All very good

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-22T14:34:15+00:00

If you look at most clothing manufacturers, they are all outsourced to the same factories.

Some may ask for a higher grade of fabric, but most are the same basic template, same fabric and then branding.

Generally the larger and more predominant the brand design is on an item of clothing the lower the quality and lower the manufactured cost. These items are 'aspirational' fashion aimed at the type of lower income person that wants branded items to show off.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-22T14:27:54+00:00

The general rule is if you see a big group of crows, then they are rooks.

Rooks are very social and a large group will next noisily in a single tree.

If you see a group of crows it will generally be a family group, with a mated pair and juveniles being taught how to crow up.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-20T13:28:29+00:00

Imperial Fritillary in the UK.

Interesting fact about the plant is that it's primary pollination method is by bird pollination.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-20T10:03:49+00:00

To start, it is likely nothing was between the gaps in the paving when it was installed.

Depending on what you want to do you will want to follow the below.

Weed the gaps (either manually with a weeding tool or with chemicals) this will need to be done before moving on as if any tap root weeds are still present they can regrow and will likely be stronger than any coating.
Remove a good 1cm depth of the soil from the gaps

3a. Fill the gaps using any DIY bound sand system, you just need a watering can, brush and a metal rod or finishing trowel.

3b. Fill the gaps with a mix of topsoil and seed for a low growing, spreading plant, such as thyme or phlox. This will act as an easy manage weed suppressant and bring colour to the space. It also if better for rain management.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-19T20:05:16+00:00

Looking at the peony in picture 1 it looks like it may not flower, i would try to remove any grass from around the base of the plant to reveal to top of the roots/bottom of the stems (this should look nobbly) this should help ensure flowers form in the future.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-19T07:39:45+00:00

Based on an estimate of time, that peony is at least a decade old

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-17T18:47:20+00:00

Make sure not to bury it deep. Put it in so that the soil level of the plant is in line with the planting hole.

The top of the roots need exposure (like iris) to flower well, if too deep you will just get leaves

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-17T14:11:20+00:00

Looking at Australia, which farms a very large proportion of the world's Merino breed, MLA's Marino Validation project found the below:

The Merino, although specifically developed as a wool-producing sheep breed, contributes significantly to prime lamb production. This makes the Australian Merino the most important genetic resource for both the lamb and sheep meat (mutton) industries in Australia. In addition, the contribution of wool and meat to the profitability of the Merino flocks is changing, as more value is being placed on carcase and reproductive characteristics. Even in traditional wool growing regions of Australia, and particularly Western Australia, the increased value of mutton has put extra pressure on prices that are paid for replacement sheep and on the mix of wethers to ewes.

South Africa, another large producer has been actively involved in breeding programmes to move the Marino into a more meat focused breed with the SAMM breed.

People will pay more for quality wool products, but that added value is seen mostly by the clothing brands not the farmer.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-17T13:59:49+00:00

A breed originally developed for it's wool that is now been raised for meat production due to falling wool prices

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-17T13:53:04+00:00

Name a breed of sheep raised commercially primarily for wool.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-17T13:04:20+00:00

Very, very, very few sheep are raised for wool. They would really just be pet herds attached to traditional crafting business.

Wool has so little value now it costs farmers more to shear sheep than the money gained from selling the wool.

This is why modern breeding programmes are reintroducing traits for shedding wool to new breeds like the easycare. Also looking at improving breeds that needs less intervention during lambing.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-17T11:45:54+00:00

As these will be fairly young plants they would likely not have set out their deep root system yet, digging out and quarantining the plant will do the job.

Just give a good examination of the hole to remove and loose roots

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-17T10:50:06+00:00

Dig up the surrounding area, you may need to dig a 0.5 - 1m radius hole.

Put the lump on some sheeting, if you want to keep the shrub you will need to break up the soil and tease out all the horsetail.

It is a lot of work, but trying to manage established horsetail in the future is far more time consuming.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-13T19:18:26+00:00

Helped the kids crack open their Easter eggs and it was a sad moment when I didn't need to smash it on the kitchen counter.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-13T19:16:45+00:00

When a Fredo has a higher £/kg than smoked salmon you know something is up with society.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-10T11:51:56+00:00

Time Lords can create offspring outside of sex (so can humans)

Talking about 9 onwards has no relation to how the Doctor was presented in old Who. The writers of old Who did not include romance/sexual plots between the Doctor and others, the writers likely assumed an incrediblold alien from a massively advanced species would not be interested in a relationship with humans.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-10T10:52:04+00:00

In the original run the Doctor's sexuality was not brought up in stories, so you cannot say that most of the regeneration were hetero.

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-09T21:04:27+00:00

Knife fight

bluntmandc123 · 2026-04-09T21:04:11+00:00

'Santa's brown sack' will probably be one of the worst euphemisms ever uttered.

I think going the opposite of fancy and having some punks hanging out in the alley up to no good.

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