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I would think that if you can eat a fruit or vegie than you can eat its leaves, too. I don't know if that's a trustworthy rule or not. Anyone know of a plant that has edible fruit and poisonous leaves? I do know that squash

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oops, didn't mean to press "post". I know squash blossoms are really yummy and nutricious...that's why the deer love to eat them!

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Hey Bill,
We tried some squash leaves last night (yellow squash) lightly steamed with lemon and a dash of sea salt. My husband threw some bragg's amino acids on them and they were yummy!
And yes, I've always thought of Marie as a beautiful and graceful deer with a great sense of humor (and a diet of squash leaves.

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Hey Vickie! I tried some last night, too. They were good. I skipped parts 1,2,3, and 4 of the tests you should make to determine if a wild plant is edible. I just ripped off a leaf and ate it. Then I simmered some in a skillet with some olive oil, garlic, fresh-ground pepper, and some slivered onions. I also added some swiss chard, mustard greens and spinach (all from the garden) It was really good! Thanks to everyone for the advice on the squash leaves!

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Oh, you daring soul, you! Sounds like our Bill is becoming epicurian, at least in the family of leaves (and ribs).

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Our neighborhood in Oregon City was the main feature of the Culture Warriors segment of the O'Reilly Factor last night. We have a crazy neighbor who was identified as 'Rae' on the segment who lives across the street and two doors down. And when I say crazy, I mean that she has a debilitating Axis II personality disorder as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Reference Manual, third edition, revised.

Anyways, she refuses to wear clothes anymore because she feels plastics and artificial fibers are oozing into her skin, getting into her blood, where it accumulates in her brain and tells her what to do. I know what you are thinking, who doesn't feel that way on a rare occasion?

So anyways, the point of the segment was that the Oregon Constitution doesn't allow laws to prevent anyone from being naked anywhere, at any time. It sucks to be us.

So if any of you have any ideas how to get 'Rae' to put on her clothes, the residents of Bellevue Avenue would certainly appreciate your ideas.

P.S.

This is actually true. Every single word of it. ...... unlike almost all of my other posts.

P.P.S.

Except for my grandmother using us to smuggle flour across the border. Thats true too.

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Teri, That IS the cutest Yankee fan I've ever seen (I'm a huge Yankee fan myself)! What a living doll....could eat her up with a silver spoon. So yummy!

Vickie

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Freyja asked:

I would think that if you can eat a fruit or vegie than you can eat its leaves, too. I don't know if that's a trustworthy rule or not. Anyone know of a plant that has edible fruit and poisonous leaves?

Tomatoes and potatoes are both nightshades. The leaves are very poisonous. Cashews are perfectly edible but almost every part of a cashew tree has blistering agents. Apples are great but their seeds contain high concentrations of of Potassium cyanide, cupcakes are delicious but Bill will shoot you if you try to eat his cupcake tree. There is no reason to assume a leaf is edible if the fruit is.

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Bill.... Bill.... did you hear what Lee said?? BILL!! SPEAK TO US!!!

Vicky, her is a he. His name is Damon (after Johnny Damon of course) ;)

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Ahhhh, A he....even better! And named after Johnny Damon, well, what more can be said! If I had a son, he's have to be named after Derek Jeter or Johnny Damon. Love those Yankees! And I would love to hold that sweet little Yankee fan and whisper....world series....world series, here we come.

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Coconut water with its electolytes is nature's Gatorade according to:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=8332495

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Bill:

If you are still alive...........

The most common side effect of eating things that aren't really edible is that you will be sandblasting the porcelain.

And Bill, if your not still alive,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nevermind.

Evil Lee

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Hey....whats going on??? All this talk about leaf eating or experimentation or whatever.

I HOPE YOU DIDN'T KILL BILL!!!

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I think I just saw Bill in the hammock by the campfire, Harrie. He was sporting a new leaf, eating some ribs and very much alive.....I think that was Bill.....

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Was he like...."wearing" the new leaf????

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It was a Big leaf....I'll leave it at that. Let's just say he was covered in green (Hope he doesn't decide to stew this leaf).....and then maybe that was Bill, could've been some wood nymph from a distance....

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Vicki.... I will be glued to the set this weekend for another great series in Boston! Check out my ears!!

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Yeah, Terri! Those are beautiful! I'll be immersed in those three games against Boston also. Last year my grandson was a Yankee in Cal Ripken Majors and they played the championship game against the Red Sox. I knew then that we were going to win, which we did 6-4.
LOVE THOSE YANKEES!!!!!!!!

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I wonder if you cross a dog and a cat would it be a cog or a dat? or how about a moose and a horse? would that be a morse or a hoose?

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Laura:

I'm not sure which it would be, but I am pretty sure you shouldn't be crossing a shi-tsu and a pit bull.

Lee

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LMHO!!

Cow and a rapper? Would that be a crapper?

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Hey Terri! 20-11 Yahoo....just hoping Damon is ok. GO YANKEES!!!!!!!

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Vicki, IT'S ALL GOOD!!!

I was hoping for at least 2 out of 3 series victory!! Woo Hoo!! This year, October is gonna be GREAT!!!

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Laura:

It reminds me of the story of Cranapple juice which is a mix of cranberry juice and apple juice. They changed the original name because nobody was willing to buy 'crapple' juice. True story. Well except for the true part. Anyways, if it isn't true, it should be.

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Terri, Looks like we got that 2 out of 3 and now we're up 71/2 games over the Socks of Red! Wahoooo!And Damon looked mighty happy last night....(and Jeter and the gang)

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That's funny Colleen's husband! :D

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Thinking deep thoughts about dogs

When I was younger ;) when a purebred dog mated outside of it's gene pool :D it was a mutt, didn't matter if the other dog was a purebred, it was a mutt, and you could get them for free.

Nowadays it is called a "designer" dog and you pay out your nose for one, now how did that happen? Do you think "designer" dogs are here to stay or are they just yesterday's mutt in the making?

(p.s. there is cuties out there for sure, the Pomapoo is a good example of a cutie patootie!)

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Hi There,
We don't have squirrels in Oz, but possums are similar...and they cause us grief...
Our Chihauhau X dog loves getting out there and harrassing them up trees, but our poor trees look worse for wear...not alot of leaves on them and looking like we could lose one of the older trees...but they seem to love our place, the possums have their little hideout down the back of our garden and breed, breed, breed,
Regards
Sue

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Gypsy that is sad for the trees :( I wonder what it would take to make them move? That is natural and not harmful to you or your dog?

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I'm really bummed out about "Turkey Bacon". I've been putting off trying it for years. It was supposed to be my "ace in the hole" when I wanted to kick my health level up a notch or two. I mean, it's common knowledge that bacon is the best thing ever made, so it's understandable that I had high hopes for this turkey bacon nonsense. My son Daniel said it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, so a few weeks ago, I figured I would try some. I was left to my own devices one Sunday afternoon and raced to the grocery store. I grabbed a pack of turkey bacon and threw it into my cart next to the V-8 juice, cranberry juice, walnuts, almonds, avocadoes, and bluebrries. I whipped through the checkout line and raced home and pulled out the 2 pounds of ground beef I had stashed in the fridge and worked it into 4 patties and began slicing a block of cheddar, picturing the awesome bacon cheddar cheeseburgers I was about to create. I grilled the burgers to near perfection as the turkey bacon simmered in a pan on a side burner. "mmm, that's funny, there's no fat or grease leaking out of this bacon. It's sticking to the pan" To make a long story short (I know--too late) I threw half a pound of that god-forsaken turkey bacon on the most awesomest fat cheeseburgers you ever saw and was horribly disappointed. That was 3 weeks ago and I'm still bummed out about it.

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you crack me up!!!!

Kanye West
 

Wow people, now, THAT's a class act! ;)

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TerriB said:

Kanye West
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 51);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Wow people, now, THAT's a class act! ;)

Well, it could have been worse. He could have shown up to Patrick Swayze's funeral and said "Michael Jackson's death was the best death of the century!"

I'm just saying.....

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HA! Lee. I think the South Park guys told the true Kanye Waste story... if you haven't seen it, look for it. It's pure gold.

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Whatever happened to Jimmy Page?

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Hi WB
He played during the Superbowl. Not sure if this yr or last yr. Also I think I saw him perform with John Mayer, not positive, but fairly certain.

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Jimmy Page is 65 hard years old and has rather fragile health. He spends his time as the chief patron of the Outside the Edge Theater Group which is solely run by addicts and ex-addicts.