tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post7636372476738463336..comments2024-03-28T10:28:26.443-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Front-loading pain, Faith and FigsEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-29127994425756596422021-02-01T17:21:54.724-05:002021-02-01T17:21:54.724-05:00The fig that we pick is not actually a 'fruit&...The fig that we pick is not actually a 'fruit'. It is, in fact, a collection of tiny flowers inside the casing. The individual flowers are fertilised by a tiny wasp which enters the casing via a small opening at the tail end of what we call the 'fruit'.selsey.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531315051208210724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-11334047910237662362021-02-01T07:31:08.480-05:002021-02-01T07:31:08.480-05:00If I recall correctly, Joe, it was Sarah Hoyt that...If I recall correctly, Joe, it was Sarah Hoyt that asked on her blog, why did the writer tell me that?<br /><br />So I am reading your blog, and enjoying it, and I come to "Even if I can never ripen the fruit, I can always use the leaves to cover my privates." ... so I asks myself, why did ERJ tell us all this- - -?<br /><br />And the easiest answer, maybe not the best answer is, it is a wonderful lead in to a joke.<br /><br />Then I realized, why it was that you told us about the act of the intellect, the application of our will to bend our intellect to recognize Divine Truth, even when we cannot fully see or understand that Truth.<br /><br />So I will NOT make any statements about the size of the fig leaves you might grow. <br /><br />Peace.milton fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222904984648426127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-29294246940842577322021-01-31T23:06:28.403-05:002021-01-31T23:06:28.403-05:00Yup, 6-7 months is about the length of memory of o...Yup, 6-7 months is about the length of memory of our collective whole . . . Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317597809710979689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-25956031626548427892021-01-31T20:52:46.102-05:002021-01-31T20:52:46.102-05:00Those are the steps we must take...Those are the steps we must take...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-56055604333953783452021-01-31T19:00:59.923-05:002021-01-31T19:00:59.923-05:00Do Biden's advisors really view his economy ki...Do Biden's advisors really view his economy killing actions as...economy killing actions? Maybe they're really wedded to the idea that the forthcoming Green economy is going to be great for all the people it throws out of work and are willing to double down on whatever the consequences are. I bet Jenny Granholm, based on the millions of Michigan tax dollars she sent to Greenies, is of that mind. However, trying to read the minds of progressives is...impossible. Third Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164034977282528857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-11013685594143252022021-01-31T13:27:20.016-05:002021-01-31T13:27:20.016-05:00Dog is supposed to be Fig. Dang thick thumbs and n...Dog is supposed to be Fig. Dang thick thumbs and no proofreading.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-73350787566602817962021-01-31T13:25:56.799-05:002021-01-31T13:25:56.799-05:00The Lord's Prayer is also a plea.
Give us thi...The Lord's Prayer is also a plea.<br /><br />Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.<br /><br />You're asking for this day, for no one is sure of tomorrow. <br /><br />Daily bread could signify strength and forbearance to forgive people who have wronged you as you also ask forgiveness.<br /><br /><br />When we lived in SoCal, we had a dog tree in the back yard, as well as an Olive tree in the front yard.<br /><br />The figs were good to eat and I used them to make homemade Fig Bars. My Mom also used them to make jam. I couldn't tell you what type they were.<br /><br />As far as the Olive Tree, when they were ripe and thrown at cars or someone's garage door, they left a deep purple stain that was almost impossible to get out. DAMHIKT.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-33966279074125491892021-01-31T12:11:23.142-05:002021-01-31T12:11:23.142-05:00Alternatively, the second line could be more worsh...Alternatively, the second line could be more worship. That is, continued identification of who the pleas are being made to.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-57765887273400873642021-01-31T11:52:11.193-05:002021-01-31T11:52:11.193-05:00I see the second line as a transition from the fir...I see the second line as a transition from the first line -- Worship, to the third line -- Request / Confession.<br /><br />Thanks for the figgy link. Alas I'm spoiled and Blessed. With a zone 8a climate, my single Desert King provides 70 to 80 lbs per year. Sweet and wet, tastes like a cross of watermelon and kiwi. I manage to keep the tree down to 17 feet high. No pests other than occasional wasps. No pollination to worry about. Winter kill happens wherever I don't remove tiny, un-ripened second crop figs. <br /><br />I've heard of some colder zones digging a trench, root pruning one side, toppling it and burying it for the winter to resurrect it in the spring. <br /><br />With my variety the leaves are a bit too scratchy for aprons.M.R. Tumnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062877092986261841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-67948816498420187702021-01-31T11:27:50.274-05:002021-01-31T11:27:50.274-05:00I see that second line as a plea, part of the pray...I see that second line as a plea, part of the prayer, not a statement of fact.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.com