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I spread some compost on the front garden a few months ago and a watermelon vine came up. Five wateremelons had ripened by Easter and I broke fast on Saturday with juicy red melon straight off the vine. Then there is the passionfruit that we planted six months ago which is now loaded with over 60 fr...

anything that carries or holds can be a vessel including desire
had i said "boat" the connotation of desire and other possible carriers
would be more difficult.

twiddle your thumbs

Denny wrote:......
vessel?!!? you've got a vessel?!!?
on a stream

yes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessel

why the confusion?

If they are venomous, I kill them. Otherwise, I just let them be. They are good mouse and other critter hunters around the house. c.58% of Australia's snakes are poisonous and according to the criterion used in http://www.avru.org/general/general_mostvenom.html the most poisonous and most of the to...

Or, in other words.... OK. Here's is my first attempt to interpret the Spontaneous Oracle (SO) in full awareness that I do not monopolise interpretation:- It furthers one to experience stillness with the current flute. One should not cross a raging stream whilst suffering thirst. Choosing a "b...

...... I've been playing whistle for a few years. I have been learning to play flute with a keyless Copley delrin for the past few months. I'm trying to be realistic and understand that I can probably spend the next few years playing the Copley before I become even remotely good at it. But, when I'...

I do not smoke.
Embrace the "strange" dream.
Surely she will take you To Soul.

PhilO wrote:Great thread; great Talasiga....Constitution, strict construction or living document?

Philo

living in document
and extending it
beyond strict construction

it seems to me that you have not travelled widely because had you done so you would have noticed that people around the planet smoke the same as they do in the USA my earlier stop smoking post was not a response to a literal interpretation of the ash in mouth comment but one that took that comment f...

Gale: "All right, ya hayseeds, it's a stick-up. Everybody freeze. Everybody down on the ground." Feisty Hayseed: "Well, which is it, young feller? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? Mean to say, if'n I freeze, I can't rightly drop. And if'n I drop, I'm a-gonna be in ...

mutepointe wrote:.......I can't wait to see what other people say.

mighty tighty interpretation: mutepoint is NOT going to hang around to hear others.
loosy goosey interpretation: mutepoint is impatiently eager to hear others ......

Greetings, I have enjoyed playing my high D Susato and low D Ian Lambe whistles. I am considering purchasing another whistle in a different key. I have read (and discovered myself) that G is the second most common key for Irish music (D being the first). I also read that, globally, C is the most co...

....... I am now seeking some advice from you kind people as to what I should now be doing in order to make the most significant improvement relative to the time invested in making the improvement. I should add that the only teachers near here appear to be classical flautists. All advice gratefully...

mutepointe wrote:In the USA, that's not the end of the cigarette that we place inside our mouth.

it seems you have not travelled .........