Food, Fado, and Football in Porto, Portugal
With several days to spend in Porto, Jonathan L explores several aspects of local culture
With several days to spend in Porto, Jonathan L explores several aspects of local culture
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This iconic tree along The 17 Mile Drive is always a beautiful picture.
Of all the grand features of Paris’s Grands Magasins, Paul Heymont’s favorite is the stained glass dome at Printemps
DrFumblefinger shares images of a Lewis and Clark statue he spotted on the Boise State Capitol grounds.
For those who like to follow the presentation of impressive-looking plaques, or are just curious… here are some more
Of all the grand features of Paris’s Grands Magasins, Paul Heymont’s favorite is the stained glass dome at Printemps
Vienna’s largest and most famous cemetery is a mirror of social change and art
Glad to see you didn’t get too close, PHeymont! The needles on most cholla are barbed, like a fish hook. Very painful and difficult to get out once embedded in your skin.
My local friend, who warned me about them, also told me how to get the barbs out…
I bet your friend said to use “fish nose” plyers. The same kind you use to get a deeply swallowed hook out of a fish.
Or backing into nettles, bare-skinned in an emergency. Ask me how I know.
On a hike once, far from the nearest facilities…well, you get the picture. The trouble with nettles is, unlike cholla, the inflictors of the stings are small and not noticeable if one isn’t familiar with the plant. Despite the painful meeting of nether parts with plant parts, it took another encounter or 2 before I finally got that those innocuous-looking plants were the ones. Cholla, with which I’m also personally familiar, cannot hold a candle in the pain department to nettles.
Always worth trying a little tape or dried Elmer’s glue over the area. Gently pull and hope for the best. What you really do not want to do is sit on the cacti. Ask me how I know.
Or backing into nettles, bare-skinned in an emergency. Ask me how I know.
How do you know?