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Well let's just take a minute to examine the definition.

edgy
/ˈɛdʒi/
adjective
  1. 1.
    tense, nervous, or irritable.
    "he became edgy and defensive"
I would say in that regard I'm doing a pretty damn good job of being "edgy" here.


Your move, pleb.
 
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Infrarednexus

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Spooky month is approaching!​

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Keefur

Keefur

aka Cutter Cat
Mr. Fox said:
My survey says your survey is full of shit. Think about the damage you're doing trying to piss off that "10%". Those people could've lost their job, home, mum or what have you and they might rely on the misery of others to get through their day. It's a shitty deal but being worse off could help the less fortunate. I believe the Germans actually have a word for it, "Schadenfreude".
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I think we get our "surveys" from the same place. :cool::p
 
Fallowfox

Fallowfox

Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
Thinking about all the tree species in the UK that have been driven to effective extinction or which are likely to die out soon.

Wych Elm, English Elm, Ash, Horse Chestnut. :\

This keeps being allowed to happen.
 
Simo

Simo

Professional Watermelon Farmer
Fallowfox said:
Thinking about all the tree species in the UK that have been driven to effective extinction or which are likely to die out soon.

Wych Elm, English Elm, Ash, Horse Chestnut. :\

This keeps being allowed to happen.
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Wow...what are the reasons behind it? Too much development, loss of habitat, changing climate, pollution, invasive insects or disease?

We lost a huge number of elms some decades back; it's quite rare to see large beautiful elms in the US, and amazing when one does; I think it was Dutch Elm Disease, that took them out.

From Wikipedia:

"The disease was first reported in the United States in 1928, with the beetles believed to have arrived in a shipment of logs from The Netherlands destined for use as veneer in the Ohio furniture industry. Quarantine and sanitation procedures held most cases within 150 miles of metropolitan New York City until 1941 when war demands began to curtail them.[29] The disease spread from New England westward and southward, almost completely destroying the famous elms in the "Elm City" of New Haven, Connecticut, reaching the Detroit area in 1950,[30] the Chicago area by 1960, and Minneapolis by 1970. Of the estimated 77 million elms in North America in 1930, over 75% had been lost by 1989."

As a kid, in northern Michigan, dead elms were our main source of fire wood for winter heating, as by the 1980s, any elms on my folks' land had been killed, and were just dry, standing trees, that at least made a rather perfect firewood. Still, I'd rather have had the elms still there...
 
Fallowfox

Fallowfox

Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
Simo said:
Wow...what are the reasons behind it? Too much development, loss of habitat, changing climate, pollution, invasive insects or disease?

We lost a huge number of elms some decades back; it's quite rare to see large beautiful elms in the US, and amazing when one does; I think it was Dutch Elm Disease, that took them out.

From Wikipedia:

"The disease was first reported in the United States in 1928, with the beetles believed to have arrived in a shipment of logs from The Netherlands destined for use as veneer in the Ohio furniture industry. Quarantine and sanitation procedures held most cases within 150 miles of metropolitan New York City until 1941 when war demands began to curtail them.[29] The disease spread from New England westward and southward, almost completely destroying the famous elms in the "Elm City" of New Haven, Connecticut, reaching the Detroit area in 1950,[30] the Chicago area by 1960, and Minneapolis by 1970. Of the estimated 77 million elms in North America in 1930, over 75% had been lost by 1989."

As a kid, in northern Michigan, dead elms were our main source of fire wood for winter heating, as by the 1980s, any elms on my folks' land had been killed, and were just dry, standing trees, that at least made a rather perfect firewood. Still, I'd rather have had the elms still there...
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Wych Elm and English Elm declined to virtually nothing as a result of Dutch Elm disease, which I *think* was spread to the UK from imported timber from North America.

Ash is dying due to the combination of Ash-dieback fungus, from Garden plants imported from continental Europe, and emerald beetles, imported from East Asia.

Horse Chestnut is not a native tree of Britain, and normally it would be confined to high-mountain situations in the Balkans, where the caterpillars and fungi that parasitise it would struggle to survive.
 
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Massan Otter

Guest
Fallowfox said:
Wych Elm and English Elm declined to virtually nothing as a result of Dutch Elm disease, which I *think* was spread to the UK from imported timber from North America.

Ash is dying due to the combination of Ash-dieback fungus, from Garden plants imported from continental Europe, and emerald beetles, imported from East Asia.

Horse Chestnut is not a native tree of Britain, and normally it would be confined to high-mountain situations in the Balkans, where the caterpillars and fungi that parasitise it would struggle to survive.
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Nooo, not the conker trees!
 
TR273

TR273

Pirate Fox Mom
Godzilla said:
Oh boy. The company I applied to contacted me and it's looking really good. They even told me the days and times they would need me. I'm stressed but excited, send more good vibes please! Worked last time!
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*Crosses fingers, toes and tail for you.*
And here are some good vib(ration)s
 
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Infrarednexus

Guest
I saw two deer in my yard. One doe and a baby deer that still had all the white spots on it. The little one looked adorable when it ran off.
 
Kit H. Ruppell

Kit H. Ruppell

Exterminieren! Exterminieren!
My work week ends in 2 hours.
 
Kit H. Ruppell

Kit H. Ruppell

Exterminieren! Exterminieren!
It's good to see that the GTWT of old has a spiritual successor
 
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