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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 07:42 PM
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I have lived in California just a little over a year now, and palm trees still crack me up!
:rofl:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 07:44 PM
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1. I hear you, my dear KW!
I'm so used to them now!

When I visit other places where they don't grow, I don't expect them, or miss them either...

:crazy:
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 07:53 PM
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5. Any truth to the story that rats live in the tops of them? n/t
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 08:00 PM
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7. I really have no idea...I suppose it's possible!
The big palms have room in the fronds at the top...

And the stalks are rough enough to make them easy to climb!

:shrug:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 08:02 PM
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8. I am not sure, but I do know there are rats living in Angel Stadium
:scared:
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 08:35 PM
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10. Rats and pigeons do live in them, especially the shorted untrimmed palms
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 09:01 PM
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11. Thanks for the input everyone. n/t
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 10:33 PM
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13. Owls do.
Rats live just fine in garages, sewars and under detrius beside houses.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 07:49 PM
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2. Watch out for the old ones - they have been known to kill people when the whole top falls.
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 07:49 PM
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3. I've always wanted to set one on fire.
I almost did, once. My girlfriend and I were all set, had the gas can and everything, but the cops rolled up so we started making out instead. Long story.

Anyway: give it another year, and you'll start to hate the damn things. Fakers. Poseurs. They're not real trees at all, and the bastards are infectious, like 50 foot weeds, sprouting all up and down your lawn, and them some ignorant SOB says, "But what about the shade they provide?" and you have to restrain yourself from punching the guy right in the stomach.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 07:50 PM
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4. We have not a single palm tree on the lot!
Of course our yard is mostly cement...
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 08:14 PM
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9. Oh, you will. You will.
And cement's the worst. They grow in the cracks. And they want you to feel sorry for them, and not to kill them, because little baby palm trees are actually kind of cute.

You know how ugly puppies are cute? Same with baby palm trees, like ferns with a pituitary disorder. It's all really very insidious.

Although, the nice thing about the Southwest is, is that no matter how desolate and dry and palm-infested it can get, mountains and cool temperatures and real trees are just an hour's drive from anywhere. OK, I'm in my happy place now, and the urge to burn is fading, and there are trees with leaves... :)
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StrongBad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 07:58 PM
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6. As a recent LA arrival as well, I love em!!
I think they give an added beauty to the Southern California landscape...
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QueenOfCalifornia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-19-07 09:07 PM
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12. You are a great audience
to work--- I'll bet Carrot Top would like for you to be in his Vegas audience right NOW!
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