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Lagniappe
06-11-2007, 09:40 AM
Hey Y'all ,
I thought this would be a fun thing to keep going ! Please add to it !

You may be a banana hobbyist if ......

1. you buy so much fertilizer that homeland security has an eye on you .

2. You look at your plants 2-3 times a day to see how much they've grown since the last time you checked .

3. you've ever worked this problem : Dinner out 15.87
Ramen noodles - .12
total left for plant purchase 15.75

4 . Your kids were upset more than once because the "pup" you told your spouse you were bringing home was musa and not canine .

5. While plant shopping , your spouse becomes frustrated and exclaims "All you care about are bananas ." to which you reply " Not true ! I have several ensetes and 15 or so aroids !" .

6.The friends/relatives who were at your place for christmas drive around the block trying to find your house in june saying "That could'nt possibly be the same place".

7.Your "other than banana" plants (lawn ,azalea ....)grow less than 6 " per day and you wonder what the problem is .

8. Your friends tell you that you should get some parrots or monkeys .

9. You read the (entire)wiki more than once .

10. You've ever wanted to move further south just to be able to garden the way you would like .

11. You read about global warming , freak out a little , then calm down when you think "I wonder what my zone will be ten years from now ?" .

12. Your lawn is disappearing quickly with the onset of new planting beds .

13 .Your neihbors often say "they're shoveling another pile of something over there!" or "what's that smell???".

14.You spend 300 bucks to drive a few states over and visit for a few hours with a fellow grower and trade naners that would have only cost $8-$20 to ship.

:bananarow: :choochoo:
You guys keep this goin' ! It should be a lot of fun !

the flying dutchman
06-11-2007, 10:30 AM
This is really fun.

I will add no 15. + 16

You may be a banana hobbyist if ......

15. you know you will probably never harvest a edible one in your zone.

16. You not buy a bunch in the store but fertilizer, plants and so on.



Ron

Lagniappe
06-11-2007, 10:53 AM
Ha ! Good one Ron ! If I ever get a bunch they will probably have cost me a few thousand dollars a pound!!:abajo: :2704:

Lagniappe
06-11-2007, 10:59 AM
17.if Bananas.org is your homepage .:banana_az

AnnaJW
06-11-2007, 11:52 AM
Those are great!!! LOL!

MediaHound
06-11-2007, 04:24 PM
so much fun!

18. You check each house you drive by to see if they're growing bananas, and when you catch one from the corner of your eye, you barely avoid crashing your car as you rubberneck and take your eyes off the road!

JoeS475
06-11-2007, 05:08 PM
"8. Your friends tell you that you should get some parrots or monkeys ."

19. You've already got parrots or monkeys! (We have 4 parrots)



And the rubbernecking thing is so true, and dangerous, perhaps even more so since so few people grow the cool stuff up north!

Great thread,

~Joe

STEELVIPER
06-11-2007, 05:36 PM
20. When your out in your backyard coving your bananas with tarps, covers, blankets etc.. at 12am and its 32F outside................ For a month straight in your underwear.:woohoonaner:

AnnaJW
06-11-2007, 06:02 PM
"8. Your friends tell you that you should get some parrots or monkeys ."

19. You've already got parrots or monkeys! (We have 4 parrots)



And the rubbernecking thing is so true, and dangerous, perhaps even more so since so few people grow the cool stuff up north!

Great thread,

~Joe

We have five parrots! And I bought a light switch cover with bananas and monkeys on it. :)

AnnaJW
06-11-2007, 06:04 PM
20. When your out in your backyard coving your bananas with tarps, covers, blankets etc.. at 12am and its 32F outside................ For a month straight in your underwear.:woohoonaner:

I hear that one! LOL!!!

AnnaJW
06-11-2007, 06:08 PM
21. During growing season, no one wants to come to your house because if they do, they get the banana tour. In which they have to meet each and every plant, and they get the name, how big the plant should get, the description of the fruit, etc.

AnnaJW
06-11-2007, 06:11 PM
22. You are in the process of designing your new banana plant tattoo! (I am!)

:bananas_g :bananas_g :bananas_g

STEELVIPER
06-11-2007, 06:21 PM
23. when every star in the sky seems or looks to you like they line up in the shape of a banana. The little banana. The big banana. The north banana.:0518:

the flying dutchman
06-11-2007, 06:26 PM
You may be a banana hobbyist if ......

24 you count bananas instead sheeps to get to sleep

AnnaJW
06-11-2007, 06:45 PM
Oh, this is SO fun!!! :nanerwizard: :nanerwizard: :nanerwizard:

Lagniappe
06-11-2007, 07:58 PM
25 . someone mentions ice cream and you wonder if you'll get a bloom this year (you wonder if blue java is one of the 48 flavors).

In regards to "rubbernecking" , my wife swears I hit the guardrail on every overpass in New Orleans.

AnnaJW
06-11-2007, 08:02 PM
Thanks for starting this thread!!!:2750: :2750: :2750:

Lagniappe
06-11-2007, 08:09 PM
Thanks to you folks for playing along . It's always so funny to read things that we all write and think..."OMG, I can relate!!!":discocrazed:

bigdog
06-11-2007, 08:48 PM
IF...

26. You dig up 20 or more plants out of your garden every year, drag them each (sometimes weighing quite a bit!) into a crawl space with 3 feet of head room (or less), then turn around in the spring and drag them all back out again and plant them BACK in the garden...just to hope to get a couple of bunches of fruit that will probably amount to 10 bananas per bunch if you're lucky.

Wow. I just had a revelation. I am a seriously ill person!

:0488:

Lagniappe
06-11-2007, 08:57 PM
BIgdog! ,I was searching the forums to find your post about just that ! I wanted to show it to some nay-sayers that I know.Can someone post the link ? Or at least the name?

bigdog
06-11-2007, 09:47 PM
It's the "Sticky" thread at the top in the cold-hardy bananas forum HERE (http://www.bananas.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=15).

I might be losing my sense of humor digging them up and planting back out though, until I finally transition to dwarfs. I am 6'7", and the crawl space makes it pure misery on my back. It would be more fun if I had a full-sized basement, or room in the garage!

MediaHound
06-11-2007, 10:46 PM
Speaking of stickies...
thread stuck!

:abajo:

JoeS475
06-12-2007, 01:39 AM
Anna, what kinds do you have? We have a Yellow Collared Macaw, a Timneh African Grey, a Mealy Amazon, and a Goffin's Cockatoo!

27. If the guys at your local nursery wonder why you keep stopping by so often...

~Joe

AnnaJW
06-12-2007, 02:09 AM
Anna, what kinds do you have? We have a Yellow Collared Macaw, a Timneh African Grey, a Mealy Amazon, and a Goffin's Cockatoo!

27. If the guys at your local nursery wonder why you keep stopping by so often...

~Joe

Hi!
Wow - you have some awesome guys! Aren't they just the best?!!!
Ours are: Budgie, PF Lovebird, Sun Conure, Maxi Pionus, and a Moluccan Cockatoo. :)


28. You go to a local nursery and ask if they have any bananas that produce edible fruit. And, they respond that they didn't know we could actually grow bananas here. Then they get the same "tour" lecture that drives friends and family away. :bananajoy:

Lagniappe
06-12-2007, 08:28 AM
29 . you get totally upset when the nursury staff claims " they're just plain green banana trees,thats all thats on the invoice ." .

30 . you hesitate when offered free banana plants because their owner has no idea as to what type they are .

bencelest
06-12-2007, 10:00 AM
31. When your wife tells you when you are ready to inspect your bananas at 6pm " Go and sleep with your bananas and don't come back!" and she locked you up outside.

32. And your wife tells you " I'm going to pour clorox in your bananas as a fertilizer".

Ethan
06-13-2007, 05:18 PM
Ben,
you might be able to trade your wife for a few banana plants? If she can pull weeds, I've got some pups for ya.:bebe:

you might be...

33. when you start looking for room in a friend's yard to plant your bananas, because no room is left in yours.

-Ethan:guitarris

AnnaJW
06-13-2007, 08:16 PM
Good one Ethan! I keep doing just that very thing. Drives my friends crazy! :parachutenanner:

Lagniappe
06-13-2007, 09:18 PM
34. you pause movies such as "The Mission " to figure out what Robert Deniro was doing to those banana plants- or - watch shows / movies filmed in tropical locales (regardless of the actual intrest in the program) to see what types of plants show up on the screen - or - You laughed at yourself for wondering if that was an E. Perrieri on "Madagascar" .

AnnaJW
06-14-2007, 12:45 AM
Now I have to get "The Mission" !

Pithy_Cherub
06-14-2007, 02:06 AM
22. You are in the process of designing your new banana plant tattoo! (I am!)

:bananas_g :bananas_g :bananas_g

Now THAT is dedication, my dear - tats!


If I was a few years younger I would ... hmmmm.
Might be worth doing anyway, just to shake up my kiddoes! LOL!

Pictures - the design & the tat, when you get it done ... gimme some inspiration!


And why am I reading this thread, thinking it all sounds like perfectly NORMAL behavior to me? Oh geez ... I'm too far gone to even recognize the signs of 'fiend-dom' - this looks like sensible tips to plantation planning! I need a 12-step program!


Diana
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AnnaJW
06-14-2007, 03:14 AM
I thought about starting a contest here to help me design my new tattoo. But couldn't figure out a prize. I don't have any rare plants to offer. :(

I'm really past "the age" for tattoo's; but they are fun, I have to admit!!! And I will get the banana, hopefully this month!

Other: My sister and husband were over this evening. They came out to see our back yard. BIL made a <supposed to be a nasty comment> about the yard. He said "it looks like a jungle". Hey! Success! It's SUPPOSED to look like a jungle!!! :nanerwizard: :nanerwizard: :nanerwizard:

Pithy_Cherub
06-14-2007, 02:19 PM
"My sister and husband were over this evening. They came out to see our back yard. BIL made a <supposed to be a nasty comment> about the yard. He said "it looks like a jungle". Hey! Success! It's SUPPOSED to look like a jungle!!!"

ROFLMAO - I got the exact same snerk from my aunt & uncle ... "it looks like a jungle"!

Like that's a bad thing?

It was covered w/blacktop when I got it - success indeed!

Diana
.

AnnaJW
06-14-2007, 02:36 PM
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JoeS475
06-14-2007, 10:51 PM
Anna, the birds are great - non bird people don't quite get it, but the sheer intelligence in their eyes, and their actions is mind boggling. The Macaw seems to know everything that is going on, and he bursts out laughing before anyone else (people) when a joke is told. It must be the tone of voice we use, but he always seems to get the punchline! And the Amazon is plain scary, because things we said months before he all of a sudden blurts out! His vocabulary is huge, we've really got to watch our language around him!


As for the movie/tv thing, how true! I can't stand David Caruso, but I'll suffer watching him to see the great scenery on CSI Miami! Plenty of movies too, I definitely pause to see what that plant in the background is!

~Joe

MediaHound
06-14-2007, 11:04 PM
The guy behind me recently got a Cockatoo. Probably a Citron or a Moluccan.. I havent seen it, it's on the patio away from our sight, but it's 100% Cockatoo sounding.
The bird thinks its funny to call out my dog's name when it hears us in the yard. It's heard me call the dog's name enough that now it started to do it too. Smart little bugger. Drives my dog nuts but its really entertaining.

:rappinnana:

Lagniappe
06-14-2007, 11:50 PM
I would love to have a parrot here !
I've been askin santa for years ! I do have yellow billed cuckoos though . They eat the spiny / hairy caterpillars from our white oaks .You've probably heard their calls on "jungly movies" before . They migrate here from South American rain forest regions and their call is right on with the backyard jungle.

Lagniappe
06-15-2007, 12:08 AM
35 . you consider potting up 6 banana plants in 20 gallon pots , dragging them in with the threat of low temps and back out when all is clear, but you absolutely cringe when its time to take out the dog .:doggyandnaner:

AnnaJW
06-15-2007, 12:13 AM
Anna, the birds are great - non bird people don't quite get it, but the sheer intelligence in their eyes, and their actions is mind boggling. The Macaw seems to know everything that is going on, and he bursts out laughing before anyone else (people) when a joke is told. It must be the tone of voice we use, but he always seems to get the punchline! And the Amazon is plain scary, because things we said months before he all of a sudden blurts out! His vocabulary is huge, we've really got to watch our language around him!


As for the movie/tv thing, how true! I can't stand David Caruso, but I'll suffer watching him to see the great scenery on CSI Miami! Plenty of movies too, I definitely pause to see what that plant in the background is!

~Joe


You are so right about non bird people not getting it. Birds are so very intelligent! And the people who say they "just mimic" definitely do not know birds! I won't even get started because I'll write an essay before I know it. LOL!!!
Our Moluccan has blurted things out that we know we haven't said to him. (We adopted him from an aquaintance two years ago in April.) Their memories are amazing!
Our Sun Conure is our best talker though. And he really understands what's going on. The one thing that really got me was when one of my fish died, and I was crying. My Sun started saying "I love you" over and over and started sounded very agitated. So I went over to him and told him I was upset about the fish dying. Honest - he got quiet, then looked right at me and said in a quiet voice - "Fish. Sorry."

AnnaJW
06-15-2007, 12:25 AM
The guy behind me recently got a Cockatoo. Probably a Citron or a Moluccan.. I havent seen it, it's on the patio away from our sight, but it's 100% Cockatoo sounding.
The bird thinks its funny to call out my dog's name when it hears us in the yard. It's heard me call the dog's name enough that now it started to do it too. Smart little bugger. Drives my dog nuts but its really entertaining.

:rappinnana:

I don't know what a Citron sounds like, but there's no mistaking a Moluccan. When my best friend comes over she brings ear plugs. LOL!!!
How funny and cute that your neighbor bird calls your dog!

AnnaJW
06-15-2007, 02:34 AM
I would love to have a parrot here !
I've been askin santa for years ! I do have yellow billed cuckoos though . They eat the spiny / hairy caterpillars from our white oaks .You've probably heard their calls on "jungly movies" before . They migrate here from South American rain forest regions and their call is right on with the backyard jungle.

I just Googled them. How cool to have them right in your yard!!!

Lagniappe
06-15-2007, 09:33 AM
36. you've ever been in a "pisang contest".

JoeS475
06-15-2007, 07:43 PM
36. you've ever been in a "pisang contest".

LOL now thats funny!

~Joe

STEELVIPER
06-15-2007, 09:33 PM
37. Just saying and knowing the word "pisang".

I have to go "pisang" be right back.

AnnaJW
06-15-2007, 10:41 PM
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:2719: :2767: :2129: :2767: :2719:

NANAMAN
06-17-2007, 10:27 AM
(38) You have a separate bank account for gardening.

(39) You divert yearly retirement funds, vacation money, ect... to your gardening account.

(40) You try to convince your friends, ( who you have already planted bananas in their yards ), to open a separate account for gardening , to better care for "their" plants.

MediaHound
06-18-2007, 02:36 AM
41. If you have a waiting list for pups, you might be a banana feind!
42. If you have a wish list of pups, you might be a banana feind!
43. If everyday you inspect the crown of all your plants looking for flags, you might be a banana feind!
44. If you've ever moved dirt or mulch around just hoping to find a new pup about to break through, you might be a banana feind!
45. If you manicure your pseudostems, you might be a banana feind!


:basketballnaner:

bencelest
06-18-2007, 08:46 AM
41-45 THAT All I do.
So am I a fiend?
46 Moving your new planted bananas several times a day to get the maximum sunlight.

Benny

bencelest
06-18-2007, 09:15 AM
Here's a true banana fiend if I can see one:
Posted by one of the members
"Collection consists of dwarf orinoco, grand nain x sumatrana, red iholene, saba, dwarf brazilian, pitogo, kru, hua moa, goldfinger and ae ae (still potted - it goes to bed with me at night along with dog and wife)."
47. If you sleep with your bananas alongside with your dog and wife.

bencelest
06-18-2007, 09:19 AM
Here's a true banana fiend if I can see one:
Posted by one of the members
"Collection consists of dwarf orinoco, grand nain x sumatrana, red iholene, saba, dwarf brazilian, pitogo, kru, hua moa, goldfinger and ae ae (still potted - it goes to bed with me at night along with dog and wife)."
47. If you sleep with your bananas alongside with your dog and wife.

As for me my wife locked me out outside for being with my bananas too long every day. And I can not take my bananas inside the house.

Lagniappe
06-18-2007, 10:19 AM
LMAO.... I move my little ones away from the oak shadows twice a day .

the flying dutchman
06-18-2007, 02:19 PM
48. If you don't buy seed from the bioluminescent glow-in-the-dark AeAe

Thanks Steven

Ron

Lagniappe
06-18-2007, 11:12 PM
49. you have a dog guarding your plants . :11:
50 . you guard your plants from your dog . :2169:

AnnaJW
06-19-2007, 02:27 AM
51. (Hope I haven't used this before)

Your brain has taken the Billy Joel song "Piano Man" and has changed the title to "Banana Man". You go outside and you hear "sing us a song Banana Man; sing us a song tonight..."

AnnaJW
06-19-2007, 02:38 AM
52. You know who has banana plants growing in your neighborhood. You stop traffic to check on their plants. TODAY they have a bloom!!! <go around me you dumb a@^%s!> :bebe:
Run home to check your plants! If THEY have a bloom - I should too!!! :exercise:

MediaHound
06-19-2007, 09:53 AM
lol

Carolina
06-21-2007, 05:33 PM
lol at 36 and 37

53. if you have a wallet full of pics... not of the kids but your plants.

54. if you use a stopwatch to time how long it takes that last leaf to fully open.

island cassie
06-22-2007, 10:13 AM
This is a great thread - wish I had looked at it earlier!

55. You slow down and stare at roadside fruit stalls to see if they have anything unusual.

Carolina
06-22-2007, 03:19 PM
56. if you use banana paper to roll joints. ((Don't ask... it was alot of years ago when I was a teenager)) :)

Lagniappe
06-23-2007, 10:00 AM
57. you have a special bed for discarded seeds (duds)and you check it often .

D'Andra
06-23-2007, 12:02 PM
OMG Pete! I have a spot on my drip system just for those seeds!
Now it's a fact. I'm a Banana Feind!

MediaHound
06-23-2007, 06:08 PM
58. (followup to #45) You might be a banana fiend if you've ever manicured a "p"stem!


:2784:

:ha:

MediaHound
06-23-2007, 06:10 PM
49. you have a dog guarding your plants . :11:
50 . you guard your plants from your dog . :2169:


:2118:
:2780:
:03:

:ha:

AnnaJW
06-23-2007, 07:03 PM
56. if you use banana paper to roll joints. ((Don't ask... it was alot of years ago when I was a teenager)) :)

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lagniappe
06-23-2007, 07:22 PM
59. you've ever begged for Musa Nagensium trades/offers .
:0488:

BTW...anyone have any musa nagensium ?

the flying dutchman
06-24-2007, 02:49 PM
60. If you stay online only to break the record of the 'Most users ever online'

bencelest
06-24-2007, 11:37 PM
61. You measure the spear of your bananas to see how many cm they grow in 24 hours. And record them and compare them with the others.

62. You look and look and look at least 3 times a day to all of your banana pups if they have a new pups of their own. And when you found some of them you feel so good as if you have a one newborn.And so repeat it again and again each day.
63. You fill your plate with food and take your plate outside your yard and inspect your bananas and gulp your food in between inspection.

AnnaJW
06-25-2007, 12:02 AM
LOL!!!!!!!! I Love this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:2727:

STEELVIPER
06-25-2007, 12:32 AM
64. When all the jokes you tell people have to do with bananas.:2738:



Why was Anna not allowed to visit her King in his jungle kingdom?


He had the guards ban-anna from the castle.:2725:

Lagniappe
06-25-2007, 10:35 AM
65. when you swim , folks think your farmers tan is a tee shirt.

66. you realize its dawn and you lost another night while researching the benefits of compost tea.

Lagniappe
06-25-2007, 10:56 AM
67. you read that horses make 50lbs of manure per day each and consider building a corral .

Lagniappe
06-25-2007, 11:06 AM
Why was Anna not allowed to visit her King in his jungle kingdom?


He had the guards ban-anna from the castle.:2725:

The Kings orders were to use mild 'non lethal' force if need be . When the commanders told the guards they asked exitedly "Are we to poison her if she tries to break through? " . To this the commanders replied "no you stupid twits ,his majesty did'nt say poison her , he said to give her arse a nick."
:banananinja: :2719: :golfingbanana: :2727: :0487: :eek: :eek: :eek:

mrbungalow
06-25-2007, 12:52 PM
#68 You look at your neighbors greenhouse and think to yourself "If I stacked 4 of those, I could fit a Saba for the winter..."

momoese
06-25-2007, 12:57 PM
58. (followup to #45) You might be a banana fiend if you've ever manicured a "p"stem!


:2784:

:ha:

I guess I'm a total fiend then! :2720:

AnnaJW
06-25-2007, 05:41 PM
64. When all the jokes you tell people have to do with bananas.:2738:



Why was Anna not allowed to visit her King in his jungle kingdom?


He had the guards ban-anna from the castle.:2725:


LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bananaflipflop: :bananaflipflop: :bananaflipflop:

MediaHound
06-25-2007, 09:25 PM
lol

Good thing we have moderators that could un-ban-anna if the need ever arose :)
:banana-computer:

Lagniappe
07-07-2007, 09:54 AM
70 .... you live on a small lot but brew 100 gallons of compost tea every two weeks .

bencelest
07-07-2007, 11:37 AM
Hey, Lagniappe:
How do you brew compost tea?

Lagniappe
07-07-2007, 10:54 PM
I use about 4 - 8 lbs of horse manure compost in a 100 gallon horse trough . This is aerated with a bubble wand and a cheap aquarium pump . I let it brew for about 4 -5 days (more if it's cool outside). I also add a bit of sugar or corn syrup after a few days to ensure the feeding of the aerobic bacteria / fungi .
There are a lot of recipes out there and formulations for more fungal based or more bacterial based tea . I have only done this for three months and have seen remarkable improvements in my plants .
I have plants in heavy clay soil and some in low areas . These plants often get wet feet regardless of my soil amendments . The grass in my lawn also suffers during extended wet periods . One could actually smell the sour , stagnant soil at times . The results were twisted leaves , browning ,chlorosis , and a myriad of fungal problems . The insects are also quick to prey on weakened plants.
The solution ? First I realized that the soil was too acidic ,so I applied lime . Then I realised that I had to oxygenate the soil . I did this with hydrogen peroxide . My plants looked like new again and started to grow like never before . THe reason is that the beneficial organisms began to thrive in the oxygen rich breaking down of the peroxide .
I look at this method (peroxide application) as I do chemical fertilizers , in my opinion they have their place but not in a sustainable program .
When I found out about compost tea , I felt that it was the obvious solution .
I have been applying it for almost three months now and my soil remains sweet regardless of our 'monsoon 2007 '. :nanabath:
If I've overlooked a compost tea thread I apologize .
Surely someone here is experienced with compost tea and will get a good thread going about it .I have found so many mixed stories about it and so many techniques that I just threw mine together to see what would happen .
I am very glad that I did !

Pithy_Cherub
07-09-2007, 12:14 AM
I have plants in heavy clay soil and some in low areas . These plants often get wet feet regardless of my soil amendments . The grass in my lawn also suffers during extended wet periods . One could actually smell the sour , stagnant soil at times . The results were twisted leaves , browning ,chlorosis , and a myriad of fungal problems . The insects are also quick to prey on weakened plants.
The solution ? First I realized that the soil was too acidic ,so I applied lime . Then I realised that I had to oxygenate the soil . I did this with hydrogen peroxide . My plants looked like new again and started to grow like never before . THe reason is that the beneficial organisms began to thrive in the oxygen rich breaking down of the peroxide .
I look at this method (peroxide application) as I do chemical fertilizers , in my opinion they have their place but not in a sustainable program .
When I found out about compost tea , I felt that it was the obvious solution.

Ooooooh, my neighbors would love the tea brewing! I'd be interested to hear more @ the peroxide ap you mention, I've heard of it but have never tried it. You have similar conditions as my place ie: clay, drainage, & I'd wager heat in the summer (we hit 114 under the porch a couple days ago!). I've amended, plowed, composted, tilled, limed, & beered etc for the last few years (was previously paved over w/blacktop & covered w/@ 2 inches of dirt to pass as a real yard ... NOT!). It's miles better than when we first started, but I'm always looking for improvement. The soil beneath that blacktop was as dead & toxic as anything, & I'd bet that what you're doing w/the peroxide (& tea) would give it a huge boost!

Besides, it's too dayum hot to get out there & till in manure again. Peroxide & tea? That I CAN do!

Diana
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bencelest
07-09-2007, 12:37 AM
I will assume that the horse manure is fresh.
I am not sure if I can get a fresh horse manure but will a composted steer manure sold in bags at Home depot will do?

Lagniappe
07-09-2007, 09:56 AM
I've read that tea can be mase even with active forest soil . As long as the material contains the good bugs and you provide them with the goods to create a population explosion the brew should work . Later I'll post some links of sites that I've read . They all have different recipes as well as techniques .
It's all very confusing . This is why I just threw some aged (mostly) horse manure in my trough and some water ,aerated it untill it smelled sweet , then poured it on my plants as a foiliar feed and around the roots to supercharge the soil and kill unwanted pathogens .

bencelest
07-09-2007, 11:36 AM
Thanks a lot.

Benn

jnstropic
07-09-2007, 04:23 PM
72, If you refuse to plant your bananas in the front yard because is would cause more rear end car accidents.

We have had rear end accidents in front of the house as the driver slows to see the yard.

the flying dutchman
07-09-2007, 04:38 PM
Lol, there should be a trafic sign for that so everyone can recognize the
danger in time:)

MediaHound
07-09-2007, 06:58 PM
Wait till those Talipot palms get really big, Jordon!
You may as well buy a tow truck and keep it there on the property and make the most of it! I love your yard...

bananimal
07-10-2007, 11:11 AM
73. If you want a Siam Ruby so bad you post a PM to members saying things like ----------------------

Maybe you need the garage painted???

I have a grand neice and nephew I can let go real cheap!!

Lagniappe
07-13-2007, 10:22 PM
74 . you've already asked Santa to bring you a "dSLR Canon, EOS Digital Rebel (aka EOS 300D in Europe), with an EF 28-105mm lens" so you can post cool macro pics like Ngiann .

Lagniappe
07-26-2007, 02:19 PM
75. You build planter boxes with casters underneath and it would take an army to move them in and out doors with the seasons.

JoeS475
07-26-2007, 10:46 PM
76:
You make sure the patio umbrella is always down to ensure your nearby bananas are getting as much sun as possible!

~Joe

Bananaman88
08-04-2007, 03:06 PM
77.) if you have a nightmare that someone stole or cut down all of your bananas! True story! I was so releived when I woke up and realized it was all a dream (nightmare!). Now my wife really thinks I'm obsessed! :D

bencelest
08-04-2007, 09:27 PM
78.
Your first born child, I mean pup that is ready to separate its umbilical cord You think of many ways how not to hurt it when you cut it from the mother plant and think what kind of soil it will need of course the best soil you can think of and once it is separated and see that it is OK you felt so relieved one of the most wonderful feelings you feel. Haaaay!

Vintmer
08-05-2007, 08:45 AM
For #72 Here's your Sign...
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1o1xu/Banana-Zone.jpg

Taylor
08-05-2007, 10:38 AM
Vintmer, I couldnt see it. So here.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4567&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4567)

FUNNY! Jordon needs it.

Taylor

the flying dutchman
08-07-2007, 07:11 AM
Hey Don, that is really a great design. That will help for sure.

Ron

BabyBlue11371
08-07-2007, 04:28 PM
#79
when asked "how are your little ones doing" you give a report on the joys/growth and concerns of the pups you got last fall.. untill they say no how are your children..


Gina *BabyBlue*

Lagniappe
08-08-2007, 07:23 PM
80 . ;) You totaly freak out when your favorite banana site is down or when there hav'nt been any new posts to veiw in a while .

MediaHound
08-08-2007, 07:57 PM
:2738:

:banana-computer:

:ha:

D_&_T
08-08-2007, 09:41 PM
#80 how true:banana-computer:

buzzwinder
08-08-2007, 09:45 PM
Your driving with your wife and all you comment on is what you heard on the forum today, and point out various plants in peoples yards or at the entrance to a store:camelnaner:

Lagniappe
08-09-2007, 11:31 AM
82 . You slap one of these on your older freinds cars...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4656 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4636&ppuser=766)

harveyc
08-14-2007, 12:58 AM
83. You keep checking out those banana earrings on eBay and convince yourself they would make a cute gift for your patient wife.

84. You ask your wife if she'd mind a change in the kitchen decor and then suggest the addition of a clock with a banana design.

85. You've referred two or more members to bananas.org in the past week! :D

86. You scoff at those folks in zone 10 with small yards and set your mind to proving you can find a way to grow more bananas in your big zone 9 yard. You then talk Jarred into adding a new profile category so you can keep track of progress! (okay, I know I'll never catch up to Pintandeigo!)

Harvey

harveyc
08-14-2007, 01:07 AM
Okay, one more I had to share....

You're definitely a banana field if you look at your Yellow Lab late at night crashed on her pillow and realize she looks just like a banana!

Fcastro
08-16-2007, 10:21 PM
........you drive around with a shovel and trash bags in your truck, looking for "Orphans" in yards of houses for sale.

MediaHound
08-16-2007, 10:55 PM
89. Most all of the landscaping from when you bought your house has been replaced with, well, you know...

MediaHound
08-16-2007, 10:57 PM
........you drive around with a shovel and trash bags in your truck, looking for "Orphans" in yards of houses for sale.

ROTFL
I drive around with bags too!
:ha:

Fcastro
08-17-2007, 02:03 PM
Came in handy this morning too, I deployed on a rescue op......No Banana gets left behind ! :nanertank: :2687:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=4843&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4843)

BGreen
08-18-2007, 06:59 AM
90. If you see a 14' banana out a downtown window and the first thing you think of is this thread?

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/photo_servlet?contentId=4099982&version=1&locale=EN-US&subtype=MIMG&siteId=1020&isP16=true

"KANSAS CITY, MO. --
A giant papier mache banana now graces the Avenue of Arts Exhibition at 12th and Central in Kansas City.

The 14-foot piece of art is part of the Avenue of Arts exhibit on the east wall of the Folly Theatre.

The sculpture is the final piece of artwork to be installed for the 2007 Avenue of the Arts exhibition. The papier mache banana was conceptualized and created by local artists A. Bitterman and Deborah Pettid"

Fcastro
08-28-2007, 12:31 PM
.............Pups follow you home.http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5060&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5060&ppuser=821)

Lagniappe
08-30-2007, 11:26 PM
92. .....You read Annajw s post about the banana cell phone cover and acually order it .
http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?t=2414

AnnaJW
08-30-2007, 11:28 PM
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As soon as my check is in the bank, I'll order one too!


92. .....You read Annajw s post about the banana cell phone cover and acually order it .
http://www.bananas.org/showthread.php?t=2414

jason
08-30-2007, 11:55 PM
or when your up at 2 oclock in the morning out in the pouring rain collecting rain water for your Ae,just so you dont have to keep stressing about keeping the plants ph low!

Fcastro
08-31-2007, 04:14 AM
or when your up at 2 oclock in the morning out in the pouring rain collecting rain water for your Ae,just so you dont have to keep stressing about keeping the plants ph low!



Now that's LOVE, pure and simple. Too bad you'll STILL be stressing over the PH ....LOL!

Lagniappe
08-31-2007, 09:38 AM
Jason , I have an r.o. unit for sale and I'll throw in some coffee grounds .

Lagniappe
08-31-2007, 07:16 PM
94 . ...you dig a moat for spider mites !!

Lagniappe
08-31-2007, 07:17 PM
95. ....you try to identify banana plants that you see in prints / paintings

AnnaJW
09-01-2007, 02:36 AM
........you drive around with a shovel and trash bags in your truck, looking for "Orphans" in yards of houses for sale.

Hmmm... I just read this one! Great idea!

AnnaJW
09-01-2007, 02:43 AM
<SIGH> Why does this keep happening? :)

You wake up in the morning, and run outside to check on your newest pup! Grab the coffee, let the dog out, look around... and realize it was just a DREAM. :0491:

AGAIN!!!!!!

AnnaJW
09-01-2007, 03:25 AM
97. You keep having the dreams about the new pups.

AnnaJW
09-01-2007, 03:46 AM
#98. You start to write #97, and one of your cats decides to leap from the cabinets above you; lands on a <cute-but-cheap> ceramic plate. Breakng it, and sending pieces flying everywhere. A piece breaks your glass of wine that wasn't necessary in the first place, but NOW you have to clean up all of the glass; and mop the floor, and wipe the counters!!!



And all you can do is be ticked off about, is that your last post about bananas was interrupted. :) :jumpingonbednaner: :)

Oh, and hope to dream of banana pups tonight.

Lagniappe
09-01-2007, 11:06 AM
LOL :ha: :ha:
interesting chain of events !
Real Jerry Lewis stuff !

klemmthamm
09-02-2007, 01:53 AM
#99 While planning for a cruise to the Caribbean one of you major concerns is that you will run out of room in your suitcase for banana corms to bring back.

bananimal
09-02-2007, 02:24 AM
#100 You cry and cry when customs lightens your suitcase by confiscating all your banana corms you brought back from your cruise to the Caribbean.

klemmthamm
09-02-2007, 02:46 AM
lol... I know I couldn't actually get away with it but it would be nice :D

AnnaJW
09-02-2007, 03:04 AM
#100 You cry and cry when customs lightens your suitcase by confiscating all your banana corms you brought back from your cruise to the Caribbean.

Oh, that would truly make a banana lover cry!!!

AnnaJW
09-02-2007, 03:07 AM
lol... I know I couldn't actually get away with it but it would be nice :D

If you can't sneak any back, at least please take some pictures to share!

AnnaJW
09-02-2007, 03:19 AM
LOL :ha: :ha:
interesting chain of events !
Real Jerry Lewis stuff !

LOL!!!

I left out alot of that story. Like the other cats running in all directions; dog barking like crazy; Cockatoo also barking - okay- SCREAMING - like crazy. Which makes the other birds start yelling...
Oh, and the two shards of glass that somehow sliced the back of my hand open.
Always an adverture at our house. :banana_pi

:choochoo: :choochoo: :choochoo:

klemmthamm
09-02-2007, 03:49 AM
If you can't sneak any back, at least please take some pictures to share!

Definately... I am thinking I will have to get a bigger memory card for the camera before we go (getting better camera and lense too)... but it is next year before we leave so I have time to buy one.:ukkibannana:

Fcastro
09-02-2007, 09:37 AM
Why wouldn't you be able to bring any back ? I buy plants from overseas all the time. Less than 13 plants doesn't even need a Phytosanitary certificate. There are just a few plants that you can''t bring into the U.S., Bananas isn't one of them as far as I know.

klemmthamm
09-02-2007, 04:31 PM
Why wouldn't you be able to bring any back ? I buy plants from overseas all the time. Less than 13 plants doesn't even need a Phytosanitary certificate. There are just a few plants that you can''t bring into the U.S., Bananas isn't one of them as far as I know.

Really?! Oh whew! I was going to try no matter what but I didn't think customs would let anything like that through.

#101.) You breath a sigh of relief when someone tells you customs won't confiscate your banana corms that you are bringing back in a suitcase from a Caribbean cruise.

mike
09-02-2007, 05:08 PM
#102 When you move your kids swing set because it is a good location for banana plants.
#103 When your three year old daughter comes to you while you are on the computer and tells you no more bananas.
#104 When you spend five hundred dollars on a system to keep the dog from your bananas.
#105 When your bananas have more room in the yard than the dog.
#106 When you got to dig new holes for your bananas when your wife is not home.

:2185:

bananimal
09-02-2007, 05:45 PM
Having plants shipped from "certified nurseries" is not the same thing as a civilian (not a plant dealer) --- trying to bring plants/corms/bulbs in your luggage into the US thru customs.

I have been thru this in a return trip from PR which is still part of the USA. Every thing veggie/fruitee was thrown into bins with no questions asked? If you snuk a bunch of quenepas in your pants you had to eat them on the plane as you were checked again when you debarked.

I live in a state that is overrun with foreign plant and fish species, diseases. More people need to take ownership in goings on, wherever they live. Environmental, social issues -- etc..

When one sees how many red lights get run on a given day here in Fla it's obvious why there are so many man-made environmental problems. Many folks don't care, don't take ownership or pride in their communities - yet they continue to live here. We that do care often get hot, upset and vocal when stuff happens. Sorry if If anyone was offended about this post before edit.

Dan

Bananimal

klemmthamm
09-02-2007, 06:04 PM
Issue Resolved :)


-James-

Fcastro
09-02-2007, 06:16 PM
Bananimal,

Did you fly into Florida from P.R.? , that might be why if so. Florida has lots of State regulations in addition to the Federal ones that everybody is under.I remember driving from California to Louisiana and being stopped at the Arizona border and pretty much having to get rid of any kind of fruit/plant.That's another place with all kinds of State regs. I'm pretty sure that most of the guys in Thailand that I've dealt with weren't "certified" nurseries, in fact i got a package of plants from there on Thursday.

Lagniappe
09-03-2007, 12:44 AM
Dan ,
Many , if not most , of the fish and plants you reffer to are not ones that someone brought in 'up the sleeve ' . They came in through the proper channels and just happened to do well in that enviroment . Some were even introduced as a means of control . This is only my understanding and I could be very wrong about this and apologize if thats the case .
I would not have even posted on this but you dropped it in what is supposed to be a light hearted thread .
On that note....Can't we all just get along ?

klemmthamm
09-03-2007, 02:54 AM
Ok... just so that this thread can move on with what it was intended for. I would like to offer bananimal an open invitation to PM me to resolve this issue in a peaceful and respectful manner. I came to this website to make friends, NOT enemies. I apologize for my foul language used in my post and will remove it out of respect for all the other members of this wonderful site.

and to get the ball rolling again...

#107 You might be a banana fiend if... you know that the 'bunchy top virus' is not a series of bad hair-dos from the '80's.

Fcastro
09-03-2007, 10:27 AM
#107 You might be a banana fiend if... you know that the 'bunchy top virus' is not a series of bad hair-dos from the '80's.[/QUOTE]



ROFLMAO !!!

There sure were some bad ones too......

Lagniappe
09-03-2007, 11:28 AM
OMG... This is sooo neat ! My wife has been downloading Karaoke songs from the ' 80's hair bands ' all morning . Then , She let me have the puter' and I see this !!!! You are as demented as I am to come up with that !:0517: :0517: :0517: :06: :08: :08: :08: :08:

Lagniappe
09-03-2007, 11:58 AM
Do you guys remember : the dreaded 'mullet' , The 'duck tail' , or those darn lines kids cut over the sideburns ?

Fcastro
09-03-2007, 02:08 PM
unfortunately the "mullet" is still alive and kicking here in Good Ol Westlake.......:2723: :2723: :2723:


there is a hilarious website called www.ratemymullett.com ,funny stuff.

Lagniappe
09-03-2007, 02:39 PM
Unfortunatly , it can be found throughout the bayou state . At least the 'moon walk ' has been forgotten !
We went to our favorite Karaoke place in Vegas recently and this topic came up . Someone sang "Rappers Delight " and several of us tried to breakdance . It was horrible ! But it did bring up the topic of the 80's and all the crazy things folks did back then . If I could go back , I would move my entire portfolio over to 'styling mousse' !

JoeS475
09-04-2007, 04:27 PM
Every now and then I see a Mullett here in Jersey. Its a very rare thing, kids point and old ladies cover their eyes!

Recently I was treated to a Mullett driving an 80's T-top Camaro or Firebird! Wish I had my camera...

#108: You dread winter, you hate winter, but Jimmy Buffett CD's help you make it through...

~Joe

MediaHound
09-04-2007, 08:59 PM
#109 Water restriction? Yea right!! LOL!!

Lagniappe
09-04-2007, 09:07 PM
;) :raftingnaner: :2730: :ha: :ha: :ha:
.....your august water bill exeeds your grocery bill .

AnnaJW
09-04-2007, 09:07 PM
#109 Water restriction? Yea right!! LOL!!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kylie2x
09-05-2007, 12:05 PM
# 110
The major topic of disscussion is "What" furniture will have to go to accommidate the Banana's....

BabyBlue11371
09-05-2007, 02:56 PM
#111
you have to move your Bananas because it is taking you an hr and half to get a cup of coffee......
Take coffee cup to kitchen set on counter.. look over see banana plant.. wonder if it needs water... forget coffee cup to inspect plant.. return to seat 20 min later.. look around for coffee remember empty cup on the counter... return to coffee cup.. pour coffee.. see banana again.. wonder if that is a new leaf you see starting... return to plant for another inspection.... 20 min later after inspecting all the other plants return to seat...... dang.. still didn't get coffee.. return to coffee cup.. wonder if the 20 min old coffee will still dissolve creamer.... dump in creamer.. then sugar.. while waiting for sugar to sink creamer.. notice a lower leaf that is brown and could be pruned off.. look for scissors... primp the banana and others.. return to seat... DAMN!!! where is my coffee!!!! return to cup.. too cold to drink now.. microwave.... while I'm waiting.... Awww but they look soo cute!!!! is that a bug???? back to inspecting plants oblivious to the microwave ding.... return to seat... Hmmm.. still no coffee??? Thankfully when you return to the microwave hubby steps in-between you and plants to ensure you complete your mission....

True story!!!! Now if hubby sees coffee cup empty on counter he usually just fixes it for me and brings it..

AnnaJW
09-05-2007, 03:46 PM
#111
you have to move your Bananas because it is taking you an hr and half to get a cup of coffee......
Take coffee cup to kitchen set on counter.. look over see banana plant.. wonder if it needs water... forget coffee cup to inspect plant.. return to seat 20 min later.. look around for coffee remember empty cup on the counter... return to coffee cup.. pour coffee.. see banana again.. wonder if that is a new leaf you see starting... return to plant for another inspection.... 20 min later after inspecting all the other plants return to seat...... dang.. still didn't get coffee.. return to coffee cup.. wonder if the 20 min old coffee will still dissolve creamer.... dump in creamer.. then sugar.. while waiting for sugar to sink creamer.. notice a lower leaf that is brown and could be pruned off.. look for scissors... primp the banana and others.. return to seat... DAMN!!! where is my coffee!!!! return to cup.. too cold to drink now.. microwave.... while I'm waiting.... Awww but they look soo cute!!!! is that a bug???? back to inspecting plants oblivious to the microwave ding.... return to seat... Hmmm.. still no coffee??? Thankfully when you return to the microwave hubby steps in-between you and plants to ensure you complete your mission....

True story!!!! Now if hubby sees coffee cup empty on counter he usually just fixes it for me and brings it..

Too funny!!! And I totally understand! LOL!!!

klemmthamm
09-05-2007, 04:27 PM
#111
you have to move your Bananas because it is taking you an hr and half to get a cup of coffee......
Take coffee cup to kitchen set on counter.. look over see banana plant.. wonder if it needs water... forget coffee cup to inspect plant.. return to seat 20 min later.. look around for coffee remember empty cup on the counter... return to coffee cup.. pour coffee.. see banana again.. wonder if that is a new leaf you see starting... return to plant for another inspection.... 20 min later after inspecting all the other plants return to seat...... dang.. still didn't get coffee.. return to coffee cup.. wonder if the 20 min old coffee will still dissolve creamer.... dump in creamer.. then sugar.. while waiting for sugar to sink creamer.. notice a lower leaf that is brown and could be pruned off.. look for scissors... primp the banana and others.. return to seat... DAMN!!! where is my coffee!!!! return to cup.. too cold to drink now.. microwave.... while I'm waiting.... Awww but they look soo cute!!!! is that a bug???? back to inspecting plants oblivious to the microwave ding.... return to seat... Hmmm.. still no coffee??? Thankfully when you return to the microwave hubby steps in-between you and plants to ensure you complete your mission....

True story!!!! Now if hubby sees coffee cup empty on counter he usually just fixes it for me and brings it..

rofl! that is a good one.

harveyc
09-05-2007, 10:15 PM
Gina, your husband is much more understanding than my wife!!! ;)

BabyBlue11371
09-05-2007, 10:37 PM
Truly I am lucky.. He honestly could care less about my tropical plants.. but that I am interested in them he tolerates them.. and even helps if and when I ask.. I broke my hand in July.. hubby has helped out more with my plants than I'm sure he'd like.. as well as picking up the slack in house work and waiting on me hand and foot at times... he needs spouse of the yr award!!!
he even acts interested when I tell him some new thing I learned about one of my plants!!! and he puts up with all of THIS coming inside during winter!!!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5205&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=5204&size=1
These pics do not show every thing!!! Thankfully I have a bunch of south windows!!

#112 notice how many plants you have to stuff in your house and put bananas hardy to zone 6 on the top of your list of new plants to get...

Gina *BabyBlue*

BabyBlue11371
09-05-2007, 10:47 PM
#113 feel the uncontrollable urge to check plants while reading posts about others plants... How does mine compare??

Gina *BabyBlue*

buzzwinder
09-05-2007, 10:59 PM
Aint that the truth, a great spouse sure makes it all alot easier, my wife is the same way with my sudden addiction to my nanners, God Bless'm, and she likes to play golf tooo:golfingbanana:

harveyc
09-05-2007, 11:16 PM
I guess I do need to give my wife credit for seemingly appreciating the "cool" factor of 'Ae Ae' when we saw one at the conservatory in San Francisco two weeks ago. Though, when my surprise 'Ae Ae' pup arrived from a friend yesterday, she wasn't nearly as excited as I was!

Speaking of which, I better go see how "she" is doing! ;)

Harvey

buzzwinder
09-05-2007, 11:20 PM
:baloonnaner: The wife or the AeAe

AnnaJW
09-05-2007, 11:44 PM
I think my husband needs to read this thread!!!

He DOES appreciate the bananas when they bloom. He will actually come out into the yard and look at them. :guitarris

harveyc
09-06-2007, 12:09 AM
:baloonnaner: The wife or the AeAe

You shouldn't have to ask....I'm an admitted fiend! ;)

Besides, my wife went to a meeting tonight and left me alone with my son and my bananas!

AnnaJW
09-06-2007, 12:24 AM
Wanted: An Ae-Ae friend. :)

:bunchonanas: :05: :bunchonanas:

buzzwinder
09-06-2007, 12:44 AM
Congrats on the Ae Ae, unfortunatly I'm zonally and experiancially (challenged) for an Ae Ae, but they are Beautiful plants, please post updates as to the progress:2237:

harveyc
09-06-2007, 12:48 AM
Update #1 on my Ae Ae. Jordon told me that I want to keep the pot as warm as possible to get the roots growing ASAP. I have usually pianted my 5 gallon black plastic pots white white paint so they don't get so hot. I re-potted my Ae Ae tonight in another pot that isn't painted. I then put it on a germination mat under a grow light. I am now shopping for a greenhouse!

Lagniappe
09-06-2007, 12:53 AM
114 .... if you say this whle applying liquide fertilizer / tea :
"AY , YOU LIKA DA JUICE ? EVERYBODY LIKA DA JUICE !!"

AnnaJW
09-06-2007, 12:53 AM
Update #1 on my Ae Ae. Jordon told me that I want to keep the pot as warm as possible to get the roots growing ASAP. I have usually pianted my 5 gallon black plastic pots white white paint so they don't get so hot. I re-potted my Ae Ae tonight in another pot that isn't painted. I then put it on a germination mat under a grow light. I am now shopping for a greenhouse!


Hope it does great for you!!! I'm looking forward to seeing pictures!

Lagniappe
09-11-2007, 01:03 AM
115. ......you know that B.T.V. stands for Bunchy Top Virus and NOT for Banana Television.:nanerelectricguitar :vandelnana:

klemmthamm
09-11-2007, 01:34 AM
115. ......you know that BTV does not stand for banana television .
:nanerelectricguitar :vandelnana:

bwahahahaha! oh god... I think I just broke another blood vessel in my eye!

Fcastro
09-13-2007, 09:16 PM
Bunchy Top Virus ? I always figured that was Mullet-Heads girlfriend........

Lagniappe
09-30-2007, 07:28 PM
OMG Pete! I have a spot on my drip system just for those seeds!
Now it's a fact. I'm a Banana Feind!
LOL , I have two sprouted in "the pile" now and have no idea as to which flavor they are .
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=6022&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6022&ppuser=766)
I think the temperature swings are responsible for the new germination .

Lagniappe
10-17-2007, 07:15 PM
116 ....http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=6385&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6385&limit=last1)

AnnaJW
10-17-2007, 07:31 PM
That's alot of planting!

MediaHound
10-17-2007, 08:30 PM
Yea I think that would qualify you! lol

Steve in France (in Maryland) is a banana feind!

island cassie
10-17-2007, 08:32 PM
Pete - that is so funny!!! I had just been looking at that picture in wonder!

Cassie

Lagniappe
10-17-2007, 08:43 PM
Steveinfrance has a true passion for the hobby !
Personaly , I've been whittlin' away at my list of things to bring in . Now Two thirds of the original garage manifest are gonna have to tough it out in the yard .:0521:

island cassie
10-17-2007, 08:47 PM
At this time of year I really feel for all you guys - true dedication!

sandy0225
10-19-2007, 05:40 AM
You might be a banana fiend if you play the Jimmy Buffet "Banana Wind" CD on a continuous loop in the greenhouse "for the plants" and you swear it makes them grow faster...
Guess I'm pretty far gone!

microfarmer
10-19-2007, 12:04 PM
Ok, gotta chime in...

You might be a banana fiend...

117...If you wake up 2 hours before your wife and when she wakes up and asks if you made coffee, you realize you've been reading old posts on Bananas.org for the last 2 hours trying to find info on how hardy your plants are and which ones can actually stay in the ground...again...

118...If you've already got plans for 'which bananas will go where' when next spring arrives and are prepping their spots now, 6 months in advance...

119...If you cut your 15ft. tall lemon tree down to 6 ft. because it was shading one of your newly planted pups at midday...

120...If you constantly lose cups full of coffee and glasses full of beer out in your yard because you put them down to do something with your bananas and forget them...

121...If your wife says she is buying a pair of pants and 2 blouses because you just bought a 'big box of plants' from Rmplmnz and you think that it's fair...

122...If you see the smallest yellowing spot on a leaf and think you have every banana disease possible...

123...If you polish the wax on your P-stems...

124...If your spouse is looking for you, they know to just go out to the bananas...

125...If you ask everyone you know if they're growing bananas and beg them for pups.

126...If you become depressed when you run out of pups to trade for new varieties that you don't have...

127...If you see bananas in someone's yard, trying to come up with the courage to introduce yourself just to ask them for a pup...

128...If this all started with your wife's suggestion to just get 1 banana 'cause she liked the way it looked...and now you have 22 different varieties with more on the way...

129...If you started out wanting only dessert bananas, but now will grow any banana for it's genetic diversity and 'cause it looks 'different' from all the rest...

By the way, I manicure and polish my P-stems, check my bananas 3-5 times a day for new pups/problems, and if my wife is looking for me, she knows I'll be out back with my bananas. I used to carry the shovel and bags (to collect other plants before the banana bug bit) when I was trucking, but ride my bike most days so no room now.

jnstropic
10-19-2007, 12:18 PM
130 You might be a banana fiend If you check this thread everyday.

island cassie
10-21-2007, 08:42 PM
Only once a day? That must apply to almost all of us! lol

D_&_T
10-21-2007, 11:19 PM
# 128 is true here...........started with 1 that has 3 pups, ordered 5 seedlings, given 135 seeds by member, ordered 100 more seeds from another member and now trying 2 pineapple crowns coz of posts on here, plus caster beans:woohoonaner: :raftingnaner: :0519:


Dan

valerie@flower
10-22-2007, 02:52 AM
#27.
If your kids or grand kids call grandma nana and you start thinking of your banana plants instead of a relative.

#28.
When your friends and family keep saying "you have enough plants now, don't you think". Your reply is I will start putting some on top of the roof and also build a deck over the driveway for more room.

#29.
When a guy at work is named Musa from Egypt (I have a coworker by this name) and you think about your banana plants at home all alone.

#30.
You start naming all your pets after a favorite variety.

AnnaJW
10-22-2007, 03:17 AM
#27.
If your kids or grand kids call grandma nana and you start thinking of your banana plants instead of a relative.

#28.
When your friends and family keep saying "you have enough plants now, don't you think". Your reply is I will start putting some on top of the roof and also build a deck over the driveway for more room.

#29.
When a guy at work is named Musa from Egypt (I have a coworker by this name) and you think about your banana plants at home all alone.

#30.
You start naming all your pets after a favorite variety.


LOL!!!!!!! :banana_ba :nanerwizard: :banana_ba

valerie@flower
10-22-2007, 03:50 AM
:parachutenanner:
Sorry guys I was carried away from the first page of posts so to correct the thread, the numbers should be #129, 130, 131 & 132.

Here is #133 (true by the way)
You have a friend in Missouri that remodeled his house (living room) for a banana tree to overwinter. His boss owns the house and he can do anything he wants.

#134 You love plants more than your spouse but you know that he likes banana's. People from the midwest like to grow plants that give back fruit, vegetable etc. So now you show them how zone 10 is a bonus and give them an Ae Ae for their birthday. "I heard it's your birthday, well it's my birthday too ya "(Beatles song).

BabyBlue11371
10-22-2007, 11:09 AM
# 135
you think the Cali Gold Nanner is the greatest present you ever got for your B-day!

Gina *BabyBlue*

BabyBlue11371
10-22-2007, 03:57 PM
#136
you get your child to an appointment late because you were checking posts on Banana.org and adding posts to "You might be a banana fiend......."

#137
Your child might be a fiend if they keep asking every 10 min if you have added the bit about them and wanting to see all the updates with you..

Gina *BabyBlue* and Next gen of Nanner Nut...

microfarmer
10-22-2007, 10:29 PM
#136
you get your child to an appointment late because you were checking posts on Banana.org and adding posts to "You might be a banana fiend......."

#137
Your child might be a fiend if they keep asking every 10 min if you have added the bit about them and wanting to see all the updates with you..

Gina *BabyBlue* and Next gen of Nanner Nut...


Gotta snag 'em when they're young! :giveflowersnana:

Lagniappe
10-31-2007, 09:33 PM
By Microfarmer : "129...If you started out wanting only dessert bananas, but now will grow any banana for it's genetic diversity and 'cause it looks 'different' from all the rest..."

138..... you get really hacked off when you hear "I don't see the difference".

AnnaJW
10-31-2007, 09:50 PM
129...If you started out wanting only dessert bananas, but now will grow any banana for it's genetic diversity and 'cause it looks 'different' from all the rest...

138..... you get really hacked off when you hear "I don't see the difference".

Re: #138 - LOL! My mom was looking at my plants today and asked me if any of them ever look different. She's 93, so she gets a break. No one else though!!!!!!!! :witchnaner:

bencelest
11-01-2007, 11:06 AM
139 If you keep looking at your banana for signs of shorter banana leaf emerging for it's the sign of emerging banana blooms like an excited father expecting for a new baby.

island cassie
11-01-2007, 05:02 PM
Every day 5 times a day!!!

magicgreen
11-02-2007, 09:43 AM
:hiiiiyanana: I have become a banana fiend since last week of july 2007! I saw them and went right to the nursery and bought 3. The next week i bought 2 more. Jurassic Daryl gave me 9 dwarf cavendish!!!! they are 5&6 ft tall,some with pups! I baby these nanners like babies. theyre misted 2or3x a day, checked on repeatedly and i kiss them!!!!:waving: Ive never felt compelled to kiss a plant before my nannas!!!!!:simpatica I keep a humidifier running for the ones in the basement and the ones upstairs. My basjoo baby outside has been wrapped up for the winter. Iam watching for my nanna seeds to grow {thanks Randy}. Iam going to Indiana this sunday to get goat fertilizer for my compost pile for my honeys. I can't stay off the banana sites.!!!!!! All this started last week July 2007. I go to sleep, not by the t.v. anymore..............I just think BANANASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!:bed: Magicgreen

magicgreen
11-02-2007, 10:42 AM
:11: JUst remembered..........I put a small radio in the basement for the DC, so they wouldnt feel lonely. am i nuts! NOOOOOOOOOOO! I have truly gone BANANASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!:nanablowskisses:

MediaHound
11-02-2007, 11:48 AM
:11: JUst remembered..........I put a small radio in the basement for the DC, so they wouldnt feel lonely. am i nuts! NOOOOOOOOOOO! I have truly gone BANANASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!:nanablowskisses:

^140 :ha:

Tony O
11-15-2007, 11:46 AM
139 If you keep looking at your banana for signs of shorter banana leaf emerging for it's the sign of emerging banana blooms like an excited father expecting for a new baby.

:bigotes: That's ME!!! :abajo: Always checking.

island cassie
11-15-2007, 06:00 PM
We must all have #139 tatooed on our foreheads! lol!

the flying dutchman
11-15-2007, 06:44 PM
We must all have #139 tatooed on our foreheads! lol!

Thats #140 If you have #139 tatooed on your foreheads.

You need a big head though.

mskitty38583
11-16-2007, 10:14 PM
ok. i thought i was bad...but some of yall got me beat. i get up at 630am, look at my nanas till 1030-1100am. and the coffee thing,well i dont have a spouse to bring me a cup, it usually burns in the pot.then i leave for school.come home put out the dogs.look at my bananas. check under leaves, need water? need food. hang out on banana sites. i leave the radio on also,they like music.(and yes it is 80's hair bands 105.5 the rock dog, i was a teen in the 80's) sorry momentary lapse. read what i can about nanas,(bromiliads, got a new friend on another site who suggest getting at least one bromeliad.) while im at school talk about nana trees to everybody. yes they think im nanas. make sure the temp. in the room is rite, fill up the humidifier 2 times a day. go buy fresh shredded cabbage everyother week. thinking about getting another grow lite..need another humidifier? how many nanas can i fit in a room 10 ft. by 13 ft. along w/ the couch, computer,chair, bookshelves, printer table and about 24 other plants??? maybe the couch will have to go. i thought i had issues, but yall are bananas! ":2761: bananas in pajamas are coming down the stairs":2761:

AnnaJW
11-16-2007, 10:28 PM
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :07: :bungejumpnaner: :07:

Lagniappe
11-16-2007, 10:52 PM
LOL ! You guys should be baked into bread or muffins cuz you're all banana-nuts !:nanarobot:

AnnaJW
11-16-2007, 11:19 PM
Kinda goes with #139 -

You plant some bananas close to the house so you can watch the growth through the windows. BADDDDD idea!!!!!!! One starts to show signs of a Flag.
How many times can a banana fiend look at the emerging Flag right outside the window? Can you possibly WISH it to grow right in front of you? Yes, you can. But, it's NOT co-operating. It should have bananas showing by now. How many pictures have you taken? How many friends and relatives have you dragged out to see the new, soon to be bloom? I am soooooo tired..... :waving:

mskitty38583
11-16-2007, 11:42 PM
you are sooooo rite.my mom (who got me my first nana) said if she hears one more thing about, and i quote,' THAT STUPID BANANA TREE IM GONNA COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND RIP IT OUT THE GROUND!" I TOLD HER IN A VERY POLITE MANNER( not) if she so much as touches one leaf on fred shes a dead woman walking. i told her that this is the only hobby i can do - besides gardening outside that i have found that fits my lifestyle. i dont go to bars, dont do drugs, and dont chase men.... id rather spend my time with potting soil,perilite, cactus mix, fred, charlie ,and george. YES THEY ALL HAVE NAMES. so if i happen to be a bunch of bananas than thats ok. at least im in good company. i should be taking horticulture in school instead of criminal justice...however if i dont get a confession out of a perpitrator...i can just tell them how many varieties of bananas there are in the world and i can tell them how to mix the dirt up, how much lite, humidity, and how to organically feed the nannas. i promise in 10 mins he'll be begging for the d.a. to put him in jail, with a full confession. you know i do have to take biology, botany sounds good to me.:goteam:

natedogg1026
11-16-2007, 11:50 PM
If your Super Cavendish dwarf comes in for winter and sits on the end table completely hiding the photo's of your children. Ouch.:03:

AnnaJW
11-16-2007, 11:52 PM
I LOVE your thinking!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :2236:

mskitty38583
11-16-2007, 11:58 PM
like i said , i thought i was cracked in the head,but yall got me beat,ur just bananas.and yes i d so love banana bread, banana -nut muffins, banana pancakes....just waiting for banana flavored coffee(if it doesnt burn in the pot!) or nana flavored creamer to come out. i feel like forrest gump: banana cream pie, banana pudding, banana sugar cookies, chocolate covered bananas.......:0493:

mskitty38583
11-17-2007, 01:51 AM
#141:

when you ask for the pedigree for your pup- they tell you to call the (A.K.C.) the americian kennel club.:bananadog:

BabyBlue11371
11-20-2007, 06:22 PM
#142 you enter a Pisang contest just so you can say you've done it, because you cursed you saw the last contest too late to enter..
#143 you know your kid is a nanner feind when they insist you find the Banana boat song on youtube for them..
#144 You neighbor gives you a huge bag of Nanners as a gift saying " I knew this would be the next best gift since I can't get you a real banana plant"

SOCALROCKER
11-20-2007, 09:21 PM
#27 OR SO

When You take pictures of your banana's for the family Christmas card instead of your family.:djnana2:

mskitty38583
11-20-2007, 09:29 PM
thats great.

AnnaJW
11-20-2007, 10:16 PM
#27 OR SO

When You take pictures of your banana's for the family Christmas card instead of your family.:djnana2:

OMGosh!!!!!!!!!!!
I TOTALLY Love this idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the idea!
Oooh, and put the Christmas lights on the nanners!

:11: :11:

SOCALROCKER
11-20-2007, 11:42 PM
When your parents tell you are crazy for growing banana's,and then tell you to plant roses instead.You tell them roses are nice and smell great but you cant eat a rose.

Lagniappe
11-20-2007, 11:49 PM
OMGosh!!!!!!!!!!!
I TOTALLY Love this idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the idea!
Oooh, and put the Christmas lights on the nanners!

:11: :11:

I missed my bananas last year so I put up some fake palms in the place they were growing .
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=6822&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6822&ppuser=766):2787:

does this qualify for #145 ?

AnnaJW
11-21-2007, 12:15 AM
Looks great to me!!! :2736: :2736: :2736:

mskitty38583
11-21-2007, 01:40 AM
actually, you can eat roses. the petals that are washed are good in green salads, and the rose hips are good for tea...they just dont taste as good a a banana. sorry

island cassie
11-21-2007, 07:48 AM
Love your house decorations Pete!

mskitty38583
11-23-2007, 04:03 PM
146:

when you trip over everything between you and the front door to get to your tree.

147:
when you get a new banana tree and you sing to it while your planting it. "isnt she lovely, isnt she wonderful....."

:moonwalknaner: :moonwalknaner: :moonwalknaner: :moonwalknaner:

klemmthamm
11-23-2007, 11:59 PM
148: If you have a car seat for your banana corms :D

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=6863&size=1

mskitty38583
11-24-2007, 12:03 AM
ha ha ha ha. so you took his advise and got one? :2789:

klemmthamm
11-24-2007, 01:21 AM
lol, no that is just my son's and it just happened to be sitting near where I opened and took pictures of my new corms.... good observation by Pete though. :D

mskitty38583
11-24-2007, 02:10 AM
:07: blame it on the baby. likely story huh pete? rotflmbo

AnnaJW
11-24-2007, 03:35 AM
148: If you have a car seat for your banana corms :D

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=6863&size=1

As it should be! :2741:

klemmthamm
11-24-2007, 04:19 AM
#149 If you let your banana plants sit around and drink beer with you all day.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=6864&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6864)

island cassie
11-24-2007, 06:01 AM
Bananas do like to party!!!

magicgreen
11-25-2007, 09:22 AM
:dreadlocksnaner: Thats totally CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!:twonanners:

mskitty38583
11-25-2007, 10:49 AM
150:

you spend hours and hours on line reading about every banana in the world, to narrow it down to the one you want if, you win a contest.

1st stop banana junction, 2nd stop:bananaville, 3rd stop banana valley mental hospital.... :nanerwaveytrain:


so many bananas...so little time.

AnnaJW
11-26-2007, 03:40 AM
#151 - You have plans for a "Girl's Night Out" at a local casino. You won't accept a hotel room without Wi-Fi because you have to be able to access Bananas.org. :2731:

AnnaJW
11-26-2007, 03:48 AM
#152 - you give a friend a very nice TV. In exchange, she and her spouse have to take the Banana Tour. With two bunches showing, and two blooms emerging they should be grateful!
BUT... after the tour - your "friend" asks your husband if you shouldn't be committed... :2720: :2216: :2720: :witchnaner: :nanerelectricguitar :2791:

mskitty38583
11-26-2007, 10:25 AM
:0496: that was good miss anna! ha ha ha

island cassie
11-26-2007, 10:42 AM
Haha!! Anna - some "friend"!

mskitty38583
11-26-2007, 11:06 AM
miss anna, is your "friend" implying that you need to re-read number 150?

Lagniappe
11-26-2007, 12:51 PM
#151 - You have plans for a "Girl's Night Out" at a local casino. You won't accept a hotel room without Wi-Fi because you have to be able to access Bananas.org. :2731:


OMG....:2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: !!!
Do you do the whole "drivin around all night to find a place with a connection" thing?

mskitty38583
11-30-2007, 09:35 PM
153:

when you realize that you water your banana trees with filtered water..... :nanabath:

AnnaJW
11-30-2007, 09:51 PM
OMG....:2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: :2738: !!!
Do you do the whole "drivin around all night to find a place with a connection" thing?

The minute the plans were made, I searched every major travel site and the City of Temecula site as well. Took me a couple of weeks to decide. LOL!!!

AnnaJW
11-30-2007, 09:56 PM
153:

when you realize that you water your banana trees with filtered water..... :nanabath:

I wish you wouldn't have said that! :) Our tap water here is very nasty. I did make sure to buy a "safe to drink from" hose, but never thought about filtered water. I guess it's time to convince my husband that we need a whole house water purifier!!!!!!!!!!! My nanas deserve the best! :camelnaner:

mskitty38583
11-30-2007, 10:09 PM
i didnt mean to cost your husband money....the bananas will like filtered water better, fruit will taste better....im sorry. i got one of those filters on my faucet, then i filter it through a britta.....:choochoo:

AnnaJW
11-30-2007, 10:10 PM
i didnt mean to cost your husband money....the bananas will like filtered water better, fruit will taste better....im sorry. i got one of those filters on my faucet, then i filter it through a britta.....:choochoo:

The plants deserve it!!! :choochoo:

mskitty38583
11-30-2007, 10:15 PM
i know your right. happy trees, mean happy fruit.:simpatica

mskitty38583
12-02-2007, 06:35 PM
154:

when your daughter brings you a glass of italian fruited wine and the first thing you ask is:

i wonder if this would go well wilth bananas? :twonanners: and yes i did ask her that.

microfarmer
12-16-2007, 11:35 AM
#152 - you give a friend a very nice TV. In exchange, she and her spouse have to take the Banana Tour. With two bunches showing, and two blooms emerging they should be grateful!
BUT... after the tour - your "friend" asks your husband if you shouldn't be committed... :2720: :2216: :2720: :witchnaner: :nanerelectricguitar :2791:

Hmmmmm....

You have to bribe your friends to come over? How many times have you dragged them out there?

Tell your hubby bananas are cheaper than being committed. LOL

AnnaJW
12-16-2007, 01:12 PM
I bet that my ungrateful friends don't even appreciate all of the banana pictures I send them. :0492:

mskitty38583
12-16-2007, 01:20 PM
LOL they are ungrateful arent they:waving:

dablo93
01-21-2008, 02:42 PM
today I planted some Poncirus seeds in soil :)
2 weeks ago I planted the ensete ventricosum seed lings in larger pots:D

magicgreen
01-22-2008, 02:55 AM
When in the course of lifes highways........... you lose money, cant find your keys, completely forgot an appointment, dont feel like cooking or cleaning up, dont feel like going to work, sometimes ill


But.............................................................

No matter what!!!!!! You never FORGET the bananas!!! U think about em' every DAY!!!!!:D
When No matter how lazy you feel, You check on your NANNERS!!!!!!:waving:

When you KNOW! Your gonna buy more bananas this Spring!!!! :2236:

When every day you say the word banana!!!! :2719:

When your husband comes over to your desk and see that you've written down,:2719: -Ensete Ventricosum-"maurelli" "montbeliardii" and "hiniba" and ask you are you learning 'Latin?' when you tell him that its different kinds of bananas, he laughs, then stops laughing, looks at you and says.....uh! uh! uh!

AnnaJW
01-22-2008, 03:15 AM
When you buy a greenhouse - especially to over-winter bananas - and try to find a place in the yard where the HOA can't see it.

mskitty38583
01-22-2008, 11:05 PM
when you drool over the idea that miss anna got a green house in the winter time to overwinter her nanas in....and you didnt.:2725: lol. and the fact that i have learned to say bananas in spanish,and everyone at school knows how many nana trees i have and how many are coming in the mail.

bananimal
02-12-2008, 09:59 AM
If you don't pay more attention to what you'r doing, and ruin a serviceable work shirt by trimming and cleaning up banana corms for shipment on it -- instead of a utility towel. Banana plant juice don't wash out, folks!!!

You can see the pstem cell divisions on a couple of stains. Sort of a naner custom tie-dye.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=7957&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7957&ppuser=820)

bencelest
02-12-2008, 10:32 AM
Wow! That's what I call living well. And look at all those bananas outside just looking in!!!

Ahava
02-12-2008, 06:00 PM
Bananimal that's just awesome! To stay on topic *when you see your first banana plants start throw out flags and you decide you need more banana plants, even though you had set a limit for yourself in the first place* Rules are MADE TO BE BROKEN! Mwhahahaha! :2735:

kimarj
02-12-2008, 06:23 PM
:2735:What a fun thread. I just fell for bananas:simpatica..hope they grow:djnana2:

Lagniappe
02-25-2008, 11:26 PM
The posts lost thier number sequence...lol....anyway :

......if you get plants outa the garden center dumpsters (palms too)

mskitty38583
03-03-2008, 09:43 AM
:eek::eek::eek::D.when you go on spring break and you miss your nanas so badly, you call home ever hour just to check on them. you miss your nanas so badly you go to a nursery just to be around bananas.

sandy0225
03-07-2008, 08:38 PM
When your 20X20 greenhouse that you overwinter things in has too many bananas in it for you to sell this year because they're getting too tall to haul to the farmers market or ship without chopping them totally down, and you receive another 360 via fed ex this week.
Need any bordelons or basjoo anyone for $15 each? pm me!

lorax
03-24-2008, 08:30 AM
... when your latest and longest blog post is devoted to that prince of foods, the nanner!

Linky Linky! (http://ispeakforthetrees.blog.com)

Oh, and Ms.Kitty which Spanish terms did your learn? In Ecuador there's a different word for every type of banana....

You might be a banana fiend if you know all of them and which banana or banana product they refer to....

(Banano, platano, maduro, verde, orito, seda, manolito, maqueño, rojito, bananito, and the products bolone, chifle, patacone, empanadita verde, repe, and many many more)

mskitty38583
03-24-2008, 08:40 AM
just the simple ones, my teaches would rather teach us which latino star is on dancing with the stars instead of things we really need to know. like how to order food, and how to get directions if we are lost these things we need to learn. so after i pass this class ill be getting the rosetta stone, so i can learn how to converse with real people and not just my tv.