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willard
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An item in which the author talks about fake trees...
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Jul 23 14:04 UTC 2000 |
What do you guys think of those fake trees? I got 2 of them at
Linens n' Things. They look a lot like real trees, except you don't
have to water them, and they don't drop their leaves.
I put one in the guest bedroom, and one in the living room.
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scott
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response 1 of 27:
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Jul 23 14:55 UTC 2000 |
I already have too many real trees. Why would I want fakes?
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slynne
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response 2 of 27:
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Jul 23 14:56 UTC 2000 |
I like them. I have found though that if you put one in the window, the
sun fades the leaves after a few years. I think next time I might try a
real tree.
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tod
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response 3 of 27:
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Jul 23 14:56 UTC 2000 |
Those ficus trees are kind of neat. Great place to hide an X10 cam to
spy on a housepet.
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willard
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response 4 of 27:
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Jul 23 14:57 UTC 2000 |
Yah, I'm trying not to go too nuts here, because I'm going to be
buying a house in about a year. But I needed something to add some
character to the room, and I wanted something that I didn't have to
take care of.
Fake plants rule.
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tod
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response 5 of 27:
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Jul 23 14:58 UTC 2000 |
They make great props for trailer park porn. Bet Rugg has a few, too.
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willard
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response 6 of 27:
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Jul 23 14:59 UTC 2000 |
Hahahahahaha. Oh shit.
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katie
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response 7 of 27:
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Jul 23 15:29 UTC 2000 |
My office-mate has a very fake-looking tree (Latin name Ficus Fakus) in
our office. I hate it.
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willard
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response 8 of 27:
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Jul 23 15:32 UTC 2000 |
Wouldn't that be Ficus fakus, and not Ficus Fakus?
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jerryr
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response 9 of 27:
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Jul 23 15:51 UTC 2000 |
oh gawd, i just thought of the pontius pilot bit in monty python's holy grail.
sticus dicus?
fake plants rule! they are so much neater than the real thing. and if
someone knocks one over you don't have to call in coach's cleaners.
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scott
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response 10 of 27:
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Jul 23 15:53 UTC 2000 |
This item linked to the plants conference as #48.
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beeswing
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response 11 of 27:
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Jul 23 17:32 UTC 2000 |
i had a faux ficus in my apartment for a long time, to fill up a corner
space. After a few years I got rid of it. I now have little houseplants
around, and I like them better.
Plus there is a store called Trees 'n Trends, and it just bothers me.
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carla
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response 12 of 27:
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Jul 23 18:12 UTC 2000 |
Greggy, that's The Life of Brian, not Holy Grail. :()
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happyboy
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response 13 of 27:
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Jul 23 18:36 UTC 2000 |
Incontinentia Buttuss
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jerryr
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response 14 of 27:
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Jul 23 19:40 UTC 2000 |
ok, either one crackes me up, but i sit corrected.
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rcurl
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response 15 of 27:
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Jul 23 20:25 UTC 2000 |
Only our Xmas tree is fake. We have never wanted a live tree killed
for a short-term interior decoration, so we bought live trees. We
eventually ran out of planting space (and its a jungle out there as
it is....). We do have a couple of interior live trees, which are
no trouble (well...unless one gets knocked over, as jerryr mentions).
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tod
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response 16 of 27:
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Jul 23 20:29 UTC 2000 |
I take it you aren't a Norseman with Yule tendencies.
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happyboy
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response 17 of 27:
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Jul 23 22:02 UTC 2000 |
he doesn't *believe* in odin. :P~~~
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gull
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response 18 of 27:
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Jul 24 01:25 UTC 2000 |
I associate fake trees with doctor's waiting rooms and would be unlikely to
put one in my house.
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jerryr
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response 19 of 27:
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Jul 24 02:39 UTC 2000 |
yeah, all their equipment would tend to crowd out the living room furniture.
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beeswing
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response 20 of 27:
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Jul 24 03:10 UTC 2000 |
My allergist had Lava Lamps in his waiting room.
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rcurl
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response 21 of 27:
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Jul 24 05:23 UTC 2000 |
Hardly anyone knows of the mythological connection of Xmas trees
and pagan practices. A few learn about that, mostly after childhood.
We did it because a) our parents both did it, and b) we had a child
(now, no longer a child). It was a 'different' kind of thing to do
that amused our child and brightened up a few winter days. It was
too much trouble, though, to dream up our own version of brighening
up winter days.
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mcnally
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response 22 of 27:
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Jul 24 05:30 UTC 2000 |
has anyone got a green plasting watering can for their fake Chinese rubber
plant?
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scg
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response 23 of 27:
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Jul 24 06:16 UTC 2000 |
Why does a Christmas tree need that much rationalization?
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tod
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response 24 of 27:
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Jul 24 11:03 UTC 2000 |
It's a Hannukah Bush, you're all just trying to come up with one day to
have it.
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