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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2017 - 12:13 am 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, June 03, 2017 - 7:36 am
I vaguely remember my elephant pants being made of felt and being bright banana yellow... a visual nightmare but I thought it was so cool at the time. Ack! I think I was 14 or 15.
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2017 - 9:05 am
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2017 - 3:53 pm
Oh, I had Orange stretchy but not tight pants, yellow tops, olive green.. The seventies.
Just terrible, looking back.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, June 03, 2017 - 9:27 pm
It was a fun time even if it was a crazy time clothing-wise.
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Sunday, June 04, 2017 - 6:59 pm
well, I did the fads in the 80's but I do not think that counts.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 11:00 am
New Question!
I've been outside working on my garden and I've noticed this season that I don't have any bees. It's been a cold, rainy spring, but now it's warmed up and still no bees.
I used to have tons of bumble bees and honey bees but nothing so far except for a few carpenter bees and some little teeny, tiny bees that I'm not sure if they can really pollinate things. They're only a few millimeters long.
So, my question is, what's the bee situation around where you live? Do you have any, or did they all disappear?
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 12:39 pm
I have seen bees going for the honeysuckle.
There are not a whole lot of them.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 1:09 pm
Thanks, Dogdoc. I went outside to check the catmint after I posted the question. I found 1 lone honeybee on it. It should be swarming. The heather had no bees in late winter and spring.
I don't put any chemicals on the lawn (I use the cuttings for mulch in the vegetable garden), I start my veggies by organic seeds, most of my flower beds are perennials and where I do buy flats, I buy from places that grow their own, so I know they don't have that neosecticide (or whatever you call it) so not to kill the bees. I even let the dandelions bloom and not be annoyed by them so the bees have something in the spring.
I don't get it.
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Lyn
Member
08-06-2002
| Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 1:19 pm
Bees - no
Wasps - YES...tons
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 1:32 pm
Haven't seen here or wasps, but was a Monarch butterfly yesterday on my wall over by my doctor's office.
Tons of snails. I went out to toss trash in the dumpster last night and ended up collecting about 40 snails..
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 11:06 pm
Funny Grooch, I've seen more bees in the past week than in the last couple years. I'm wondering if we have a beehive somewhere around the house because there's been so many.
Caleb ordered some seeds from, I think it was Honey Nut Cheerios?, a while back. It was a free promotion (might still be going on) to plant the flowers for bees. As far as I know he hasn't done it yet, but he's all excited about getting them started.
ETA: He has them planted in small containers in the house, excited about transplanting them into the yard at some point.
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Kitkat
Member
08-23-2008
| Sunday, June 11, 2017 - 10:11 am
Over the past few years, bees have been declining. There are studies ongoing trying to figure out why.
https://phys.org/news/2016-05-deciphering-mysterious-decline-honey-bees.html
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/05/11/honeybee-decline
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 4:10 pm
Today was Crazy Sock Day
Did you know that it was Crazy Sock Day?
Did you wear crazy socks?
Would you post a picture of your crazy socks?
Do you ever wear socks?
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 4:33 pm
No, I didn't know it was crazy sock day.
I don't wear crazy socks
n a
I wear socks all the time.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 5:06 pm
Bees have been declining for several years here. We do still have a few.
No crazy socks here. Sounds like something they used to do at the roller skating rink. I wear regular white sock almost every day.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 6:13 pm
Barefoot all day
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 8:16 pm
I think we've done okay with bees this year, we certainly still have a lot, and when the wisteria was in flower it was buzzing with them.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 8:34 pm
Barefoot until I put on ankle socks and tennis shoes to go for a bike ride today.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 8:43 pm
I wear Fitflop slippers when I am home, or walking around my complex, but when I am out, I wear Skechers and Feetures socks that don't show but are kind of crazy looking.
So I guess I wore crazy socks today to drive a patient and work out, but gas, grocery shop..
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 9:46 pm
I did not know it is Crazy Sock Day.
I did not wear crazy socks today. Bright red shoes was about as crazy as I got today.
Of course I have crazy socks.
Here they are:
I wear socks every day if it is at all possible. My feet are a really long way from my heart, and they get real cold, even in warm weather. Plus, having always worn socks and sensible shoes, I don't have the calluses and such on my feet that other people do. If I wear shoes without socks, I best have a pocketful of bandaids handy to cover the owies from the shoes rubbing.
Thanks for asking, Rosie. I have been wanting to share that tidbit for a very long time.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 9:50 pm
nice
i forgot to answer
i did not know about crazy sock day until i saw something online about it
i did not wear crazy socks
i rarely wear socks
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 12:57 am
Had no idea it was crazy sock day.
Earlier today, I didn't wear socks, it was too hot, so I was in my flipflop slippers most the day. Once I changed into my jammies, I put on knee high pick/blue striped socks.
Probably 90% of my socks would qualify as crazy. I wear pretty sedate clothing, jeans, shorts, t-shirts, and tank tops. Don't really go for bright colors or wild patterns. I make up for it with my socks. I have super heroes, bright, neon colors, bold patterns, knee high. To top it off, I rarely bother matching most my socks when I do laundry. I make sure each pair is the same height (ankle, knee, mid-calf) and the same thickness, other than that I don't really care, lol. The fact that my socks tonight are matching is more of a fluke than anything, I just grabbed them out of the dryer and put them on.
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 10:18 am
I have a set of socks with animals on that my mother bought me. Whatever socks I put on in the morning are worn all day, so sometimes I wear them out, but I doubt they're seen.
I always wear socks with shoes, always wear them inside when it's cold, but not when it's warm.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 1:45 pm
I hate socks. I usually even go barefoot in my boots in winter. I do occasionally wear my craziest socks which also happen to be my favourite pair. They are soft, cozy, white ankle socks with red hearts all over them. I wear them to my Zumba classes (although I haven't been to Zumba in at least a year.)
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