LPTP Thread #4--and away we go

Phil
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The average backyard has

The average backyard has 60,000 arachnids. Most too small to see.

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

Mike Hewson
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So I go out back on a really

So I go out back on a really cold night, breathe out and kill all the little crawly guys with ice needles. That's ecosystem stuff, right ? :-)

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

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RE: Good luck with the

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Good luck with the peppers and tomatoes. If you get any peppers, let me know. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE hot and spicy. I'll PM you my contact details. :-)

I replied in a PM but forgot this link:
http://www.chileplants.com/carolina-reaper.aspx

it is where I bought the four plants I got. I gave one good plant to my neighbor and planted three, two have remained growing but one only has two branches and looks like it is ready to die. The last one is growing but doesn't look healthy like the tomatoes, or the other kinds of hot pepper plants I have grown in the past. I used to grow a variety called Caribbean Red, they can be gotten here:
http://www.amazon.com/Caribbean-Red-Habanero-Pepper-Plants/dp/B000RJOQKO

The Caribbean Red ones grew great in the containers on my deck using Miracle Grow dirt and watering them every other day, so maybe I am doing the Reaper's wrong. The peppers grow slower so there was some lag time between the tomatoes being ready and the peppers being ready. I don't know if that helped or hurt but it made for some VERY scared squirrels!! I have a 2nd story deck and the trees are just further then a squirrel can jump, but they keep trying!! They bounce well though!!

John G
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Pizza Hut uses 525 million

Pizza Hut uses 525 million pounds of tomatoes every year.

Winning

Anonymous

RE: Pizza Hut uses 525

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Pizza Hut uses 525 million pounds of tomatoes every year.

Winning

On what???

John G
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Cleopatra used a mixture of

Cleopatra used a mixture of horse teeth, bear grease, burned mice, and deer marrow, in an attempt to cure Julius Caesar's baldness.

TimeLord04
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RE: I replied in a PM but

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I replied in a PM but forgot this link:
http://www.chileplants.com/carolina-reaper.aspx

it is where I bought the four plants I got. I gave one good plant to my neighbor and planted three, two have remained growing but one only has two branches and looks like it is ready to die. The last one is growing but doesn't look healthy like the tomatoes, or the other kinds of hot pepper plants I have grown in the past. I used to grow a variety called Caribbean Red, they can be gotten here:
http://www.amazon.com/Caribbean-Red-Habanero-Pepper-Plants/dp/B000RJOQKO

The Caribbean Red ones grew great in the containers on my deck using Miracle Grow dirt and watering them every other day, so maybe I am doing the Reaper's wrong. The peppers grow slower so there was some lag time between the tomatoes being ready and the peppers being ready. I don't know if that helped or hurt but it made for some VERY scared squirrels!! I have a 2nd story deck and the trees are just further then a squirrel can jump, but they keep trying!! They bounce well though!!

Well, I have tried Ghost Pepper Ketchup and loved it. So, I'm eager to try the Reaper. I would guess that just one Chile would do for a 6-Quart crock pot full of Chilli. (Cut up thoroughly and with the seeds mixed in.)

It looks like they're getting ready to close down for the season, at that link. Plants and seeds are gone; though I can still purchase the Chiles if I order $30 worth... I'm not going to use that much; maybe three Chiles would do... Use one, freeze two; can you even freeze Chiles??? I've never thought about that...

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John G
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On the first day after his

On the first day after his divorce, he sadly packed his belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.

On the second day, he had the movers come and collect his things.

On the third day, he sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining-room table, by candle-light; he put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, a bottle of spring-water, 3 cans of sardines.

When he'd finished, he went into each and every room and deposited a few half-eaten shrimps dipped in caviar, and some sardines into the hollow center of the curtain rods.

He then cleaned up the kitchen and left.

On the fourth day, the wife came back with her new boyfriend, and at first all was bliss.

Then, slowly, the house began to smell.

They tried everything; cleaning, mopping, and airing-out the place. Vents were checked for dead rodents, and carpets were steam cleaned.

Air fresheners were hung everywhere. Exterminators were brought in to set off gas canisters, during which time the two had to move out for a few days, and in the end they even paid to replace the expensive wool carpeting. Nothing worked!...People stopped coming over to visit.

Repairmen refused to work in the house...The maid quit.

Finally, they couldn't take the stench any longer, and decided they had to move, but a month later - even though they'd cut their price in half - they couldn't find a buyer for such a stinky house.

Word got out, and eventually even the local realtors refused to return their calls.

Finally, unable to wait any longer for a purchaser, they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to purchase a new place.

Then the ex called the woman and asked how things were going. She told him the saga of the rotting house. He listened politely and said that he missed his old home terribly and would be willing to reduce his divorce settlement in exchange for having the house.

Knowing he could have no idea how bad the smell really was, she agreed on a price that was only 1/10 nth of what the house had been worth ... but only if he would sign the papers that very day.

He agreed, and within two hours her lawyers delivered the completed paperwork.

A week later the woman and her boyfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home and to spite the ex-husband... they even took the curtain rods!

I LOVE A HAPPY ENDING, DON'T YOU

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That's TOTALLY AWESOME John.

That's TOTALLY AWESOME John. :-) :-D

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RE: RE: I replied in a PM

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I replied in a PM but forgot this link:
http://www.chileplants.com/carolina-reaper.aspx

it is where I bought the four plants I got. I gave one good plant to my neighbor and planted three, two have remained growing but one only has two branches and looks like it is ready to die. The last one is growing but doesn't look healthy like the tomatoes, or the other kinds of hot pepper plants I have grown in the past. I used to grow a variety called Caribbean Red, they can be gotten here:
http://www.amazon.com/Caribbean-Red-Habanero-Pepper-Plants/dp/B000RJOQKO

The Caribbean Red ones grew great in the containers on my deck using Miracle Grow dirt and watering them every other day, so maybe I am doing the Reaper's wrong. The peppers grow slower so there was some lag time between the tomatoes being ready and the peppers being ready. I don't know if that helped or hurt but it made for some VERY scared squirrels!! I have a 2nd story deck and the trees are just further then a squirrel can jump, but they keep trying!! They bounce well though!!

Well, I have tried Ghost Pepper Ketchup and loved it. So, I'm eager to try the Reaper. I would guess that just one Chile would do for a 6-Quart crock pot full of Chilli. (Cut up thoroughly and with the seeds mixed in.)

It looks like they're getting ready to close down for the season, at that link. Plants and seeds are gone; though I can still purchase the Chiles if I order $30 worth... I'm not going to use that much; maybe three Chiles would do... Use one, freeze two; can you even freeze Chiles??? I've never thought about that...

I know you can freeze the seeds and then thaw then and some will still grow. You have to let them dry thoroughly first before freezing them.

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