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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2008, 12:27:09 am »
Quote from: linnea on January 05, 2008, 12:25:30 am
Oh jeeeeez!! I would LOOOVE an avocado tree. When I finally buy a house, i'm going to build a Thrombe wall on the south side, and also put a greenhouse or conservatory or something back there. I will try my damndest to grow an avocado tree. You can't just grow one from a seed, they're apparently really finicky and so you have to buy one that's had other avocado branches grafted into it.
You also need patience.  Its something like 5 years for the first fruit to bear.  Ours was over 20.  It was enormous (and a great climbing tree too).
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2008, 12:58:35 am »
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You also need patience.

Forsooth, I am already disqualified!
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #32 on: January 05, 2008, 12:59:46 am »
I guess avocado tree answers my question.

I have four avocados, which are probably not going to be that great, ripening as we speak.
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #33 on: January 05, 2008, 01:44:14 am »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on January 05, 2008, 12:58:35 am
Forsooth, I am already disqualified!

If you have a lot of money, you could just buy a tree that was already aged. Large trees cost a lot of money, though.
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #34 on: January 05, 2008, 06:21:56 am »
My avocado surplus is because sometimes we have sales when they're in season where it's cheaper to buy a sack of avocados than the few I do need.  This usually only happens with avocados that are already ripe, and I find if I eat too much of them at once, it bothers my stomach a bit because they're so rich.  Naturally, since the cats love the stuff, and since I know avocado has a lot of the healthy fat in it, I figured why not give each cat a chunk now and then - I've also used it to moisturize my skin and as a hair treatment, all of which work great.  If the option is two avocados or six for the same price, why not take six? 
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #35 on: January 05, 2008, 06:36:04 am »
I went out to lunch for the first time in about a month today.

I went to the Mexican buffet.

I ate about a pound of guacamole.
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« Reply #36 on: January 05, 2008, 06:54:08 am »
Wait... a pound isn't that much really is it? 

Anyway - is so good!
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« Reply #37 on: January 05, 2008, 06:57:55 am »
Quote from: side_show on January 05, 2008, 06:54:08 am
Wait... a pound isn't that much really is it? 

Anyway - is so good!

A pound is half a fuckin' kilo, you crazy lovable Canadian!!!

That is a lot of guacamole. Mmm...guacamole.
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« Reply #38 on: January 05, 2008, 07:23:31 am »
A kilo is 1000 grams, it's easy to remember. 
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #39 on: January 05, 2008, 07:52:14 am »
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I was thinking basically the same thing, but then I thought that no one here would think that the majority of all the cells within my body, which are indeed bacteria, are actually a part of my body, so I didn't bother. But perhaps that's something that people actually need to be reminded of? The majority of cells within your body are bacteria, and not actually a part of you.
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« Reply #40 on: January 05, 2008, 02:53:17 pm »
Quote from: Victoria Waterfield on January 05, 2008, 07:52:14 am
But perhaps that's something that people actually need to be reminded of? The majority of cells within your body are bacteria, and not actually a part of you.

NO thank you I did not.
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« Reply #41 on: January 05, 2008, 04:11:55 pm »
Quote from: linnea on January 05, 2008, 06:57:55 am
A pound is half a fuckin' kilo, you crazy lovable Canadian!!!

That is a lot of guacamole. Mmm...guacamole.

No - we use pound measurements for most foodstuffs in Canada (produce, meats, etc.), so I know exactly how much a pound is.  I was asking if it was "that much" in the embarassed, uncomfortable way, not the confused way. In a "I know it shouldn't be so" sort of way, a pound of guacamole isn't that much to me.  I have most definitely eaten a pound of guacamole a few times in my life, but thankfully when I make it I dice up a couple tomatoes in it, so... I suppose I was at least not eating pure, delicious fat and fat alone.  Guacamole is one of those compulsive foods for me.  If I make it, I'm eating it, and I'm eating it until it's all gone.  I have had more than one meal of guacamole and tortillas in my life. 
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #42 on: January 05, 2008, 07:18:55 pm »
Quote from: linnea on January 05, 2008, 12:25:30 am
Jay, what state (or country) did you live in when you had the avocado tree? California?
Yep, California. 


That's it in the back yard, right up against the house.
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« Reply #43 on: January 05, 2008, 07:26:27 pm »
I heard that there is a crazy water shortage and the avacado farmers have been cut off.  They are plowing under 20% of their trees.

Avacado was already expensive, sigh.
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Re: Cat Toy Problem
« Reply #44 on: January 07, 2008, 09:10:04 pm »
Like Water for Avocado.

I cried because of a knitted afghan a couple days ago, so, you know... I can understand the avocado thing.
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