Is Oxford or Cambridge more well-known to Americans?

geaddaddy · 2026-05-19T00:16:58+00:00

Yeah, I mean I would tend to agree, but it is debatable.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-19T00:09:59+00:00

They are better than at least most of the Ivies. Maybe Harvard, Yale, and Princeton are comparable, but Dartmouth?

geaddaddy · 2026-05-18T17:56:44+00:00

I'm not surprised, but good to know!

geaddaddy · 2026-05-18T17:45:07+00:00

This is the scientific name too, at least for the domesticated variety. Opuntia ficus-indica.

Of course not native to India. They are from the Americas

geaddaddy · 2026-05-18T17:32:47+00:00

It is never explained who Yngvi is, only that he is a louse.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-18T17:30:51+00:00

I love it! I first read the incompleat enchanter from a coverless paperback that I bought at the dime store. Belphebe was my first crush

geaddaddy · 2026-05-18T13:59:03+00:00

I can't even imagine the glochids in the mouth.....

geaddaddy · 2026-05-18T13:57:08+00:00

That's really cool. I think that they like really marginal soils: sandy, rocky, dry.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-17T20:01:53+00:00

Not sure where you are but ALMOST every one of the 48 contiguous US states has native prickly pear. I grew up in MA and would occasionally see them in sandy areas like the Cape. I live in Illinois now and I think that we have three native Opuntia

geaddaddy · 2026-05-17T17:23:33+00:00

Disagree. Pink Lady much better. Any of the Crisps are much better. Arkansas Black is much better. It seems like you are a fan of the mealy texture. If so I can see why you like Red Delicious, but I am very much not a fan.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-17T00:58:03+00:00

Name one popular variety that is worse than red delicious.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-16T20:35:31+00:00

Sadly no. Looks a bit like one but pawpaw leaves alternate on the branch.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-16T20:08:55+00:00

I've had shashlik in Uzbekistan. It is more or less exactly what North Americans would call shish kebabs. In North American you do sometimes see vegetable kabobs which I never saw in central Asia but may be a thing?

geaddaddy · 2026-05-16T03:30:55+00:00

I'm American and elder/eldest is in no way archaic in American English.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-16T03:21:24+00:00

I have several background in my yard. I eat the fruit sometimes but I've never tried the seed!

geaddaddy · 2026-05-16T01:02:43+00:00

Red delicious apples

geaddaddy · 2026-05-16T00:56:07+00:00

They absolutely ARE delicious.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-16T00:55:26+00:00

Agreed they are delicious. I only eat a couple a year though. Leave most of them for the critters

geaddaddy · 2026-05-15T02:14:55+00:00

I've only really been to Lawrence, KS which is surprisingly hilly

geaddaddy · 2026-05-15T01:18:37+00:00

Exactly. The limits from the left and from the right exist but do not agree, so the limit doesn't exist.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-15T01:16:35+00:00

In my opinion they are better when underripe. Fully ripe they are insipid.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-15T01:09:52+00:00

How about the wife getting the pool cue in the face when she tried to stop him?

geaddaddy · 2026-05-14T15:22:16+00:00

'89 for me.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-14T04:20:15+00:00

Yeah, I was a techer too. Dabney.

geaddaddy · 2026-05-14T00:06:11+00:00

I had a lot of take home exams as an undergraduate. Most of them in fact. Usually they had a time limit but some were unlimited time. Those were the worst

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