There was a show on in the 70's called Tales of the Unexpected, and in one episode a man had a machine that he used to experiment with whether living things in his yard felt pain or not. He would snip his rose bushes, and a little shriek would come out his machine. He got bold and took an ax to a big tree, and the tree gave out an emphatic groan of pain. Just a story, yes?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

There was a show on in the 70's called Tales of the Unexpected, and in one episode a man had a machine that he used to experiment with whether living things in his yard felt pain or not. He would snip his rose bushes, and a little shriek would come out his machine. He got bold and took an ax to a big tree, and the tree gave out an emphatic groan of pain. Just a story, yes?

First one must define what it means to feel pain. Animals with brains have nerves that are stimulated. Does an algae? Can it feel? But it can react.

Not sure. There are sum ways trees try to defend themselves.

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Charles Darwin was one of the first scientists to break from the crowd and recognise that plants move and respond to sensation – i.e., are sentient. Moreover, Darwin – who studied plants meticulously for most of his life, observed that the radicle – the root tip – “acts like the brain of one of the lower animals.”

Time for a nice salad. I sure hope the tomato does not fight back.

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The Great Vegetable Rebellion

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Another DUMB CROOK OF THE WEEK.... McDonald’s sent worker home for being late — so he robbed another McDonald’s, Texas cops say

Hours after deputies say a San Antonio teen robbed a McDonald’s along Interstate 10 Thursday evening, they say they tracked him down at a nearby apartment complex.

Early the next morning, David Gomez-Beltran and his twin brother Rey were both in jail after a short vehicle chase ended with a crash into two vehicles along I-10.
... But before the McDonald’s robbery that started the chain of events, David had just worked a shift at a different McDonald’s location about five miles away, according to KSAT — or part of a shift, anyway. The McDonald’s location at a shopping center on the northwest side of town called The Rim sent him home for being late on his first day of work there, the station reported.

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Hacked road signs

one of them.

Considering the goings on in America over the last few days, here's a good argument for voting.

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Grant
Darwin NT

They call it the Camp Fire.

Don't bring marshmallows.
Paradise is lost, the entire town burned. It's gone. Even the McDonalds.



I just heard on the news that everyone in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City and Ventura are under mandatory evacuation. I don't think she read the script correctly.
But evacuations up here have been ordered for:
Nimshew
Lower Clark & Lower Skyway Zones
Paradise
Concow
Pulga
Upper Honey Run Zone
Carnegie Zone
North Pines Zone
North Fir Haven Zone
South Fir Haven Zone
South Pine Zone
Old Magalia Zone
South Coutelenc Zone
Paradise Zones 1-14
Centerville and Butte Creek areas
Fire zones 2,7, 11, 12, 13

Area of Highway 70 from Concow South, including all of Yankee Hill on both sides of 70.
Highway 32 at Nopel Road* to the Chico City Limits (does not include City of Chico)
Cherokee from Highway 70 to Lake Oroville, south to Table Mountain Boulevard
Both sides of Oro-Chico Highway (located west of Highway 99) from Durham-Dayton north to Estates Drive
Nelson Shippee Road

Humbug Zone
Lovelock Zone
North Coutelenc Zone

Highway 32 at Nopel Road* to the Butte County Line (does not include City of Chico)
West Of Highway 99 from Highway 149 North to the Midway. (does not include City of Chico)
Highway 99 east to Highway 70 from Highway 162 to Highway 149
East of Bruce Road between Highway 32 and East 20th Street in Chico

I just heard on the news that everyone in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City and Ventura are under mandatory evacuation. I don't think she read the script correctly.

She didn't read it right. https://abc7.com/woolsey-fire-chars-8000-acres-75k-homes-under-evacuation/4652981/

Remembrance Day

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Grant
Darwin NT

I'm sure most all are impressed by Cadet Bone Spurs

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Got my radon test kit in the mail, today, and hung it up in the basement. The instructions say to leave it up for 4 days, and then you send it in to the lab. I'm curious to find out the results.

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Got my radon test kit in the mail, today, and hung it up in the basement. The instructions say to leave it up for 4 days, and then you send it in to the lab. I'm curious to find out the results.

Although my State of Florida and the County I live, Broward, is among the lowest Radon Levels in the USA. I too will send for a Radon Kit.

Gordon, keep us update regarding your results and what area of the USA you reside.

I will also provide my results.

The local government here in Louisville, Kentucky provides the kits for free. I don't know what to expect. We'll see!

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Although my State of Florida and the County I live, Broward, is among the lowest Radon Levels in the USA.

I can only hazard a guess as to why that is the case. I am under the impression that the geology of Florida has a lot of marshes on top of it, and maybe that means the radon gas escapes before getting into building foundations?

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multi-story apartments and businesses have a greater risk.

I guess the gas gets concentrated in well-insulated places.

Add that one home in past testing can have low levels and the neighbor elevated.

I've heard that before. It's mysterious.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Guess this is the definition of a "smart thief": Thief ditched his truck, beer and stole a $300,000 Ferrari. It was found in Fort Worth

A thief ditched a dinged-up, 11-year-old Chevy Suburban and his beer in favor of a 2018 Ferrari parked in front of a Highland Park mansion with the keys still inside, police say.

The $300,000 sports car was recovered Monday in Fort Worth, said Lt. Lance Koppa, spokesman for the Highland Park Department of Public Safety.

“This is a pretty big theft,” he said, stressing that the investigation is ongoing.

... The Suburban was still there when police arrived to investigate. They found it legally parked and locked with an open can of Michelob Light Ultra inside.

The SUV is registered to a Fort Worth man.

“(Criminal investigators) don’t believe (the Suburban) was stolen, but they haven’t said whether it belongs to the suspect,” Koppa said.

The Ferrari owner also reported five bottles of pain medicine worth $2,000 stolen from the car, police said.

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Seven students, one teacher.
Life at a small island school.

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Grant
Darwin NT

The Ferrari owner also reported five bottles of pain medicine worth $2,000 stolen from the car, police said.

Oh, the pain that owning a Ferrari causes. Let that be a lesson to us all.