View Poll Results: Why Visit the TN forum
To see what The Wolf, and his sidekick are doing
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To see what Theo is doing, when not being Wolf's sidekick
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To see if Theo's good looking sidekick posted anything
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To cause havoc, mayhem, and chaos
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13.33%
To get a good recipe idea
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All of the above
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none of the above
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this poll proves that poles should not be available
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Post Fiend
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From: Kansas
Originally posted by Carlene
I didn't know that you had tumbleweeds in Tennessee.
I didn't know that you had tumbleweeds in Tennessee.
Theo, there is actually a person out at Garden City that has/had a tumbleweed farm! They had a web site and actually shipped tumbles all over the world. The farm of course was just somebody's field that they had taken a picture of but they did get request from all over for tumbleweeds.
Last edited by Ultramagdan; Nov 13, 2003 at 05:09 PM.
Post Fiend
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From: Kansas
Hey, the tumbleweed farm is still going! They even offer the site in the Japanese language for crying out loud!
http://www.prairietumbleweedfarm.com/
http://www.prairietumbleweedfarm.com/
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From: Kansas
Theo, I can't imagine the havoc you may create.
"Local News Channel #" We're here live to report that tumbleweeds are blowing across major interstate ## here in Tennessee . Currently both lanes are shut down as TDOT tries to find a way for commuters to safely navigate the highway. The sudden appearance of tumbleweeds has local agents and law enforcement baffled. Terrorist are not currently thought to be behind this occurence!
It can only get worse from there. ..
"Local News Channel #" We're here live to report that tumbleweeds are blowing across major interstate ## here in Tennessee . Currently both lanes are shut down as TDOT tries to find a way for commuters to safely navigate the highway. The sudden appearance of tumbleweeds has local agents and law enforcement baffled. Terrorist are not currently thought to be behind this occurence!
It can only get worse from there. ..
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From: Baileyton, TN
The biggest problem would be the total dumbfounded looks on the trooper's faces, as they ponder forever on how to deal with yet another unfair annoyance.
Everyone would slow down, to a crawl, Semi Trucks wouldn't because they have seen tumbleweed before, so the slow pokes will be mown down by the semis, as happens every year, when a butterfly lands on the median.. Drivers here are the very worst that you could ever imagine: I drive all over the country, and Memphis is one of the really bad places. Chicago is kind of rough too.
Theo
Everyone would slow down, to a crawl, Semi Trucks wouldn't because they have seen tumbleweed before, so the slow pokes will be mown down by the semis, as happens every year, when a butterfly lands on the median.. Drivers here are the very worst that you could ever imagine: I drive all over the country, and Memphis is one of the really bad places. Chicago is kind of rough too.
Theo
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
NOTE TO Carlene:
"GRRRR..." means I haven't been loved much lately, and I need it badly.
(It tends to neutralise the effects of accrued crabbiness)
Besidezz - my fur sticks up at odd angles when I haven't been petted in a while *shrugs*
"GRRRR..." means I haven't been loved much lately, and I need it badly.
(It tends to neutralise the effects of accrued crabbiness)
Besidezz - my fur sticks up at odd angles when I haven't been petted in a while *shrugs*
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
On "SIBERIAN THISTLE":
It ain't native to North America - by which you can imagine how well it manages to migrate on it's own.
Tumble weeds and Catalytic converters are theoretically linked to the Al Queada and should be ripped out while they are still green. Once they dry and break loose they bear seeds - which is the means of propagation.
I can no more fathom a desire for the damn things than I can visualise a use for "CUDZU" in North America...
Curiously - if Tumbleweed and Cudzu were interbred, we would have something that could swallow a telephone pole and roll across a highway with it. Think of the defence department applications that might have...
It ain't native to North America - by which you can imagine how well it manages to migrate on it's own.
Tumble weeds and Catalytic converters are theoretically linked to the Al Queada and should be ripped out while they are still green. Once they dry and break loose they bear seeds - which is the means of propagation.
I can no more fathom a desire for the damn things than I can visualise a use for "CUDZU" in North America...
Curiously - if Tumbleweed and Cudzu were interbred, we would have something that could swallow a telephone pole and roll across a highway with it. Think of the defence department applications that might have...
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Curiously - if Tumbleweed and Cudzu were interbred, we would have something that could swallow a telephone pole and roll across a highway with it. Think of the defence department applications that might have...
What an image!
Slik
What an image!
Slik
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From: Baileyton, TN
If Americans would shy away from conventional medicine, and go to more natural sources, the Kudzu Vine would be a major component of their medicine chest.. It has amazing healing properties, both root and aerial parts, the seeds have anti bacterial properties, the leaves strengthen the blood, clean the internal filter organs, and enrich the chemical stores, the stems are edible, with the leaves, the trunk stems are an blood flow enhancer, and anti cholesterol, and the roots make a starch like gruel good for the infirm, as well as a healing poultice with anti biotic properties.
I have not yet studied the tumble weed's medicinal properties, because I have not yet figured what it looks like when still stuck in the ground..
Theo
I have not yet studied the tumble weed's medicinal properties, because I have not yet figured what it looks like when still stuck in the ground..
Theo
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From: Baileyton, TN
Kudzu is harvested all over the world, with the noticeable exception the good ol' US of A. It's properties are well documented in eastern journals, with acceptance all over the orient. A big killing could be made by the person who organically grew the stuff, harvested it, and marketed it as food, and herbal preparation supplements. If I had provably organic land, I would grow it myself, but I do not know the history of this land.
Theo
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