The House legalizes weed. Now watch while the Senate fucks this up.

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Also, it was intentionally brought to the US from Japan as a means of attempting to control erosion in the mountains. Newton's 3rd law comes into play here.
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It was mainly introduced in southern Appalachia as an attempt at creating an easily grown, accessible, silage for cattle in the winter. Problem is, nobody can raise cattle out here...
 

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That's what the trunk of our damned thorny locust trees look like. Thorns can be up to a foot long and have a mild toxin in them. If a small piece of one breaks off in you and you don't get it out it will fester and make you sick eventually. The trees spread really fast because of squirrels and they are really hard to kill. Cutting one down isn't enough. Bathing the stump in tordon is a must and sometimes they still come back.
 
They are a puncture weed that grows like a carpet in any place there is a void. Once they seed (the seed is contained inside the thorned berry) the seeds can lay dormant for over 7 years, making them very difficult to get rid of. People who complain about stepping on Legos have obviously never had to pull one of these fuckers out of their foot.

Couple quick stories. A number of years ago, AutzenRocks came here to visit. I told him to bring boots of some sort, work boots, hiking boots - anything besides tennis shoes. He shows up in brand new Nike Airs. The air pockets were popped within an hour. He was pissed.

A few years ago, we had a problem with a fox trying to steal chickens. It seemed he always came about sun up, about 530 in the summer. One morning Mrs Nod heard him first and rolled over smacking me saying "there's that fox!". I jumped up, grabbed my gun and ran out of the house after him. He had a chicken in his mouth headed around the shop, so I took off after him. About 30 yards into my pursuit my adrenaline burst wore out and I realized I'm running on a giant patch of goat heads - barefoot - buck naked and the farm workers were starting to show up to change the irrigation on the hops field right next to me. I had to holler for Mrs Nod to bring my robe and slippers. I was able to get the fox to drop the chicken though, and she survived.

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They are a puncture weed that grows like a carpet in any place there is a void. Once they seed (the seed is contained inside the thorned berry) the seeds can lay dormant for over 7 years, making them very difficult to get rid of. People who complain about stepping on Legos have obviously never had to pull one of these fuckers out of their foot.

Couple quick stories. A number of years ago, AutzenRocks came here to visit. I told him to bring boots of some sort, work boots, hiking boots - anything besides tennis shoes. He shows up in brand new Nike Airs. The air pockets were popped within an hour. He was pissed.

A few years ago, we had a problem with a fox trying to steal chickens. It seemed he always came about sun up, about 530 in the summer. One morning Mrs Nod heard him first and rolled over smacking me saying "there's that fox!". I jumped up, grabbed my gun and ran out of the house after him. He had a chicken in his mouth headed around the shop, so I took off after him. About 30 yards into my pursuit my adrenaline burst wore out and I realized I'm running on a giant patch of goat heads - barefoot - buck naked and the farm workers were starting to show up to change the irrigation on the hops field right next to me. I had to holler for Mrs Nod to bring my robe and slippers. I was able to get the fox to drop the chicken though, and she survived.

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Oh shit :ROFLMAO:
 
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What is that
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Here's another one of our nasties that I hate. Sand burrs. Evil things that like to stick in ya and not come out. The damn thorns are small and hard to see once they get in.
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We have those too. And cockleburrs (the sand burr large cousin). I had a long hair cat one time that somehow got covered in sand burrs (hundreds or maybe even thousands). This cat was a little neurotic (more so than normal cats) and Mrs Nod was having a tough time getting him to settle down as she pulled them out one by one, the cat was agitated. The cat was also trying to clean himself of these burrs. He got one stuck to his tongue, and then the rodeo started. He started writhing and twisting and making some awful sounds, pawing at his tongue to get the burr off it. During this process he somehow hooked his claw through his own cheek. I threw a towel over him and withdrew the claw from his cheek and the burr from his tongue. It was hilarious.
 
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We have those too. And cockleburrs (the sand burr large cousin). I had a long hair cat one time that somehow got covered in sand burrs (hundreds or maybe even thousands). This cat was a little neurotic (more so than normal cats) and Mrs Nod was having a tough time getting him to settle down as she pulled them out one by one, the cat was agitated. The cat was also trying to clean himself of these burrs. He got one stuck to his tongue, and then the rodeo started. He started writhing and twisting and making some awful sounds, pawing at his tongue to get the burr off it. During this process he somehow hooked his claw through his own cheek. I threw a towel over him and withdrew the claw from his cheek and the burr from his tongue. It was hilarious.
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Yep got cockleburrs here to. Don't have your goatshead though. Frickin sand burrs suck, We only have them in the bottoms where there is what we call drift sand. The real pure sand that was once a sand bar in the river. Fortunately, they don't grow up on the bluff.
 
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Yep got cockleburrs here to. Don't have your goatshead though. Frickin sand burrs suck, We only have them in the bottoms where there is what we call drift sand. The real pure sand that was once a sand bar in the river. Fortunately, they don't grow up on the bluff.
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We are in the fluvial drift between two rivers, and my property is right on top of the hill. We get small sand drift and cool dune formations this time of year when it's windy.
 
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We are in the fluvial drift between two rivers, and my property is right on top of the hill. We get small sand drift and cool dune formations this time of year when it's windy.
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Cool. Our sand dosen't usually blow because there's stuff growing on it, but back 35 years ago when some still plowed everything you would see that in a few places. Not big drifts, but in fence lines you would see it some.
 
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That's what the trunk of our damned thorny locust trees look like. Thorns can be up to a foot long and have a mild toxin in them. If a small piece of one breaks off in you and you don't get it out it will fester and make you sick eventually. The trees spread really fast because of squirrels and they are really hard to kill. Cutting one down isn't enough. Bathing the stump in tordon is a must and sometimes they still come back.
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Had those growing once, they nearly took over.
 
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