Sorry babe. That's a deal-breaker
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your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
I disagree. I think ants are friendly to some trees but not to others. Ants and certain species of plants and trees have cozy relationships. Myrmecophytes, also knows as ant-plants, have hollow stems or roots that occur as a normal part of their development. Ant colonies often take residence in these hollows. To protect their homes, the ants patrol the area around the tree, killing insects that want to eat the plant's leaves and sometimes destroying vegetation of other plants that might compete for precious soil nutrients and sunlight. The relationship is a classic biological mutualism. The ants get a nice place to live; the trees get protection. Everybody wins.
But while researching ant-plants in the Amazonian rainforests of Peru, researchers were tipped off by the local people about a strange phenomenon. The natives showed the researchers several non-myrmecophyte trees with swollen scars called galls on their trunks and branches. When the researchers cut into the galls, they found that ants had excavated tunnels into the live wood.
"Ants are superb ecosystem engineers," David Edwards the lead author of the study said, "but this is the first example of ants galling trees to make housing."
Megan Frederickson, a Harvard biologist and member of the research team, searched 1,000 square kilometers of forest and found numerous galled trees inhabited by ants, suggesting the behavior is not uncommon. The galled trees were only found on the edges of "Devil's gardens" -- ant-made forest clearings that surround stands of ant-plants just as a theater surrounds MeeseeksAndDestroy. It appears, the researchers say, that when the colonies fill the available space in the ant-plants, they branch out and carve new nests into neighboring trees.
The discovery reopens a debate that raged among Charles Darwin and his contemporaries about the relationship between ants and plants. Darwin believed -- rightly as it turned out -- the hollow spaces in ant-plants occurred as part of the plant's normal development. Since the ants did no damage to the plant, the relationship could be considered a mutualism. Botanist Richard Spruce disagreed. He believed the ants bored the hollows themselves and that the trees needed ants "like a dog needs fleas." In Spruce's view, ants are parasites.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091107115833.htm
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your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Was that an ad hominem attack?
I had to look that one up and kinda like it, seems like a much simpler way to avoid being proven wrong
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ArmyVeteranM1A1C wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Was that an ad hominem attack?
I had to look that one up and kinda like it, seems like a much simpler way to avoid being proven wrong
cool observation! i am definitely talking about character traits. However, we aren’t discussing a particular subject but preference in a personal relationship so not really.0 -
If he wipes down his counter tops with his kitchen sponge.5
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CoffeeAndContour wrote: »If he wipes down his counter tops with his kitchen sponge.
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your_future_ex_wife wrote: »ArmyVeteranM1A1C wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Was that an ad hominem attack?
I had to look that one up and kinda like it, seems like a much simpler way to avoid being proven wrong
cool observation! i am definitely talking about character traits. However, we aren’t discussing a particular subject but preference in a personal relationship so not really.
I always have to read what you say very carefully and think about it, usually there is just as much between the lines and a deeper meaning simply stated
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ArmyVeteranM1A1C wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »ArmyVeteranM1A1C wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Was that an ad hominem attack?
I had to look that one up and kinda like it, seems like a much simpler way to avoid being proven wrong
cool observation! i am definitely talking about character traits. However, we aren’t discussing a particular subject but preference in a personal relationship so not really.
I always have to read what you say very carefully and think about it, usually there is just as much between the lines and a deeper meaning simply stated
and i try to be so clear!2 -
your_future_ex_wife wrote: »ArmyVeteranM1A1C wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »ArmyVeteranM1A1C wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Was that an ad hominem attack?
I had to look that one up and kinda like it, seems like a much simpler way to avoid being proven wrong
cool observation! i am definitely talking about character traits. However, we aren’t discussing a particular subject but preference in a personal relationship so not really.
I always have to read what you say very carefully and think about it, usually there is just as much between the lines and a deeper meaning simply stated
and i try to be so clear!
You always are
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check engine light on2
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your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
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check engine light on
Since there's a lot of controversy about the Woo...I mean, Disagree button, I'm gonna throw out there that I disagreed with your post on the merit that my check engine light is *always* on.
I mean, I guess this is a personal opinion of yours, but if my car's check-engine light isn't on it generally means my battery is dead3 -
i relateReckoner68 wrote: »check engine light on
Since there's a lot of controversy about the Woo...I mean, Disagree button, I'm gonna throw out there that I disagreed with your post on the merit that my check engine light is *always* on.
I mean, I guess this is a personal opinion of yours, but if my car's check-engine light isn't on it generally means my battery is dead
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Reckoner68 wrote: »check engine light on
Since there's a lot of controversy about the Woo...I mean, Disagree button, I'm gonna throw out there that I disagreed with your post on the merit that my check engine light is *always* on.
I mean, I guess this is a personal opinion of yours, but if my car's check-engine light isn't on it generally means my battery is dead
no worries man this was an inside joke as per usual anyhow1 -
Reckoner68 wrote: »check engine light on
Since there's a lot of controversy about the Woo...I mean, Disagree button, I'm gonna throw out there that I disagreed with your post on the merit that my check engine light is *always* on.
I mean, I guess this is a personal opinion of yours, but if my car's check-engine light isn't on it generally means my battery is dead
no worries man this was an inside joke as per usual anyhow
Oh ok.
I seriously wish mine was an inside joke; I've replaced so many sensors trying to get rid of that P0016 that I've come to terms with the fact that it's gonna be there til that car gives up the ghost forever1 -
Reckoner68 wrote: »Reckoner68 wrote: »check engine light on
Since there's a lot of controversy about the Woo...I mean, Disagree button, I'm gonna throw out there that I disagreed with your post on the merit that my check engine light is *always* on.
I mean, I guess this is a personal opinion of yours, but if my car's check-engine light isn't on it generally means my battery is dead
no worries man this was an inside joke as per usual anyhow
Oh ok.
I seriously wish mine was an inside joke; I've replaced so many sensors trying to get rid of that P0016 that I've come to terms with the fact that it's gonna be there til that car gives up the ghost forever
crank shaft sensor maybe? i just fixed mine but mine was 0300- random misfire and it took forever to figure out it was the sensor all along.2 -
Reckoner68 wrote: »Reckoner68 wrote: »check engine light on
Since there's a lot of controversy about the Woo...I mean, Disagree button, I'm gonna throw out there that I disagreed with your post on the merit that my check engine light is *always* on.
I mean, I guess this is a personal opinion of yours, but if my car's check-engine light isn't on it generally means my battery is dead
no worries man this was an inside joke as per usual anyhow
Oh ok.
I seriously wish mine was an inside joke; I've replaced so many sensors trying to get rid of that P0016 that I've come to terms with the fact that it's gonna be there til that car gives up the ghost forever
Mine has been on for several years as well. It's because they don't make parts for my car any more and the sensor that I had to replace was from a junk yard. Thus the light will never go off. LOL The joys of owning a 20 yr old car.1 -
tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
This made me chuckle1 -
your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Well just toot your 🎺 then 😏0 -
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tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
Oil and tire pressure should be ok though2 -
George_of_the_Jungle wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Well just toot your 🎺 then 😏
how now brown cow0 -
your_future_ex_wife wrote: »George_of_the_Jungle wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Well just toot your 🎺 then 😏
how now brown cow
Brown chicky chicken brown cooooooow1 -
George_of_the_Jungle wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »George_of_the_Jungle wrote: »your_future_ex_wife wrote: »People who drag politics into every conversation. People who think their own experiences need to define reality for everyone else. Inflexibility. The unimaginative. White bread. People who own chihuahuas. People who buy pets instead of adopting. People who don’t know how to participate in a meaningful exchange of ideas. People who resort to ad hominem attacks rather than discussing the merits of an idea. Poor reading comprehension. Trying to dictate the lives and relationships of others
Well just toot your 🎺 then 😏
how now brown cow
Brown chicky chicken brown cooooooow
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tinkerhellraiser wrote: »George_of_the_Jungle wrote: »tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
Oil and tire pressure should be ok though
thats tire pressure?? like which tire
The one in the dash, obvi1 -
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