Graytail's 4th Perpetual: 4x4 Samsung Panels

[Gazoo]

LOL, I was musing over my obsession with scifi as a young reader. I read everything that had been published, I think, by the time I hit high school. Heinlein wrote some pretty cheesy stuff - don' know if you read those. I got one of my best early chubbies from Farnham's Freehold.

But he redeemed himself with Stranger, and the Foundation trilogy, etc.

Bradbury, Asimov ... there were some greats in those days. And here I am now, 50 years into that future. We have a lot of the gadgetry that they foresaw, and the culture is similar in many ways to some of their predictions.




[Edit] I was reading scifi when the 9v portable pocket transistor radio, and color television, were the most amazing new "electronics". Stereo HiFis. Touchtone telephones.

As a Teenager in the 70's I was taken with
The Teachings of Don Juan
had I think 4 or 5 in the series. At the time was NOT considered FICTION

"was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology, though many critics contend that it is a work of fiction. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his Master's thesis in the school of Anthropology. It purports to document the events that took place during an apprenticeship with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus from Sonora, Mexico between 1960 and 1965.

The book is divided into two sections. The first section, The Teachings, is a first-person narrative that documents Castaneda's initial interactions with don Juan. He speaks of his encounters with Mescalito (a teaching spirit inhabiting all peyote plants), divination with lizards and flying using the "yerba del diablo" (lit. "Devil's Weed"; Jimson weed), and turning into a blackbird using "humito" (lit. "little smoke"; a smoked powder containing Psilocybe mexicana). The second, A Structural Analysis, is an attempt, Castaneda says, at "disclos[ing] the internal cohesion and the cogency of don Juan’s Teachings."

 

[DopyLemontree]

Interesting...the CCH seeds I planted are 1.5 years old, not old at all. They came up a day later than the recently bought three Ace seeds. How do you store seeds?

I store mine in the basement where I dry and cure. 60-70* winter/summer, rh of 55%, sealed in the original packs, in an old cigar box that was my father-in-laws...which smells so good! I hate cigarettes but love the smell of fresh un-burnt tobacco. The oldest seeds I’ve popped were ak47’s that were 8-10 years old. I think 2 popped out of 12, but still amazed me.

 

[Graytail]

As a Teenager in the 70's I was taken with
The Teachings of Don Juan
had I think 4 or 5 in the series. At the time was NOT considered FICTION

"was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology, though many critics contend that it is a work of fiction. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his Master's thesis in the school of Anthropology. It purports to document the events that took place during an apprenticeship with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus from Sonora, Mexico between 1960 and 1965.
"

Got through three of them, read the first one three times. It definitely shifted my perspective for awhile. There's still a part of my mind that believes in that view of reality.

Lately though, I've come to believe that the best definition of "reality" is what the humans around us agree it is.

 

[Graytail]

Interesting...the CCH seeds I planted are 1.5 years old, not old at all. They came up a day later than the recently bought three Ace seeds. How do you store seeds?

I store mine in the basement where I dry and cure. 60-70* winter/summer, rh of 55%, sealed in the original packs, in an old cigar box that was my father-in-laws...which smells so good! I hate cigarettes but love the smell of fresh un-burnt tobacco. The oldest seeds I’ve popped were ak47’s that were 8-10 years old. I think 2 popped out of 12, but still amazed me.

Much the same for me. They're in original packaging or tiny ziplocks, in a tupperware container in the dark, in the furnace room.

I'm a little suspicious about the bottom heating of the soil, but I have no science for it. I'm tempted to set up a CFL fixture and heat from the top.

 

[DopyLemontree]

As a Teenager in the 70's I was taken with
The Teachings of Don Juan
had I think 4 or 5 in the series. At the time was NOT considered FICTION

"was published by the University of California Press in 1968 as a work of anthropology, though many critics contend that it is a work of fiction. It was written by Carlos Castaneda and submitted as his Master's thesis in the school of Anthropology. It purports to document the events that took place during an apprenticeship with a self-proclaimed Yaqui Indian Sorcerer, don Juan Matus from Sonora, Mexico between 1960 and 1965.

The book is divided into two sections. The first section, The Teachings, is a first-person narrative that documents Castaneda's initial interactions with don Juan. He speaks of his encounters with Mescalito (a teaching spirit inhabiting all peyote plants), divination with lizards and flying using the "yerba del diablo" (lit. "Devil's Weed"; Jimson weed), and turning into a blackbird using "humito" (lit. "little smoke"; a smoked powder containing Psilocybe mexicana). The second, A Structural Analysis, is an attempt, Castaneda says, at "disclos[ing] the internal cohesion and the cogency of don Juan’s Teachings."

Interesting Gazoo, I never read any of them...I’ll have to tell my wordy used bookstore owner friend watch for any of them.

 

[Neiko]

I always use a seed heat mat when I germinate. If I don't turn it on they just don't come up. I've been soaking for 24 hours then just dropping them into a pre soaked 1 gal. They usually come up within 3 days. I store my seeds in the refrigerator and I have 4 year old seeds that still germinate.

 

[Gazoo]

Got through three of them, read the first one three times. It definitely shifted my perspective for awhile. There's still a part of my mind that believes in that view of reality.

Lately though, I've come to believe that the best definition of "reality" is what the humans around us agree it is.

I think reality is PERSONAL, I view the world according to how it effects ME so it must be a bit
different for everyone ?

Speaking of REALITY: I was taken with the IDEA of DREAM reality. There was a part were he was told the way to become
AWARE in your Dreams was to try and FIND your hands, if you could control a dream so as you could
actually make a SUB-conscious decision to look at your hands your have taken control and can move
around with control ?

Anyway years of trying never been able to find my hands

 

[DopyLemontree]

Much the same for me. They're in original packaging or tiny ziplocks, in a tupperware container in the dark, in the furnace room.

I'm a little suspicious about the bottom heating of the soil, but I have no science for it. I'm tempted to set up a CFL fixture and heat from the top.

I did heat from the bottom and had a 2x2 8 bulb cfl light 4 inches from the top. When I noticed the 3 Ace seeds pop, it felt like 80-90 degrees around the soil surface. Now that I think of it, I usually don’t put a light over freshly planted seeds, but I did this time trying to minimize the “Seedling stretch” I usually get from not enough light. Maybe it did more than that.

 

[Killerbudz]

LOL, I was musing over my obsession with scifi as a young reader. I read everything that had been published, I think, by the time I hit high school. Heinlein wrote some pretty cheesy stuff - don' know if you read those. I got one of my best early chubbies from Farnham's Freehold.

But he redeemed himself with Stranger, and the Foundation trilogy, etc.

Bradbury, Asimov ... there were some greats in those days. And here I am now, 50 years into that future. We have a lot of the gadgetry that they foresaw, and the culture is similar in many ways to some of their predictions.




[Edit] I was reading scifi when the 9v portable pocket transistor radio, and color television, were the most amazing new "electronics". Stereo HiFis. Touchtone telephones.

Did you ever read any of L Ron Hubbard's books?

 

[Graytail]

I couldn't get into Hubbard, probably because of the other stuff he was into. I was extremely religion-resistant at that age.

Much later, I became fascinated with the Himalayan lamas, too - the ones in the remote monasteries with libraries 10,000 years old. They knew(know) stuff. It's said that there are texts from the Library of Alexandria there.

 

[FutRfarmer]

Yep, I’m doing the soak over night and then paper towel until it cracks thing. This is the first time the soil ate two seeds in a row, second run soil... so giving Duggs method a go. That’s a bummer too I only had 3 star pupil seeds so if this one doesn’t make it, guess I’m SOL!

I'm going to the cup at the DCU, if there's deal from MMS I'll pick up some star pupil

 

[Morglie]

I've been soaking seeds for a couple days and then putting them directly into a cup of soil - same as usual. Then I've been setting them on top of the furnace, so the soil warms into the 80s. I've been wondering if that's the problem. The low humidity is what surprises me about the cuts - you'd think they'd be struggling. The seeds are in dirt, so they don't care about humidity.




I mixed my metaphors. As far as I know, Heinlein created the concept himself. It just seemed to describe that relationship. I "get" dogs and they get me.

The humidity affects it in my case by drying out the soil quickly. Then the tiny sprouted seed has only dry soil around it far enough that the tap root can't find water in time. A bare pot of soil straight from the bin will be almost bone dry after 2 weeks sitting out in my veg room at this time of year. The dryness and cold just suck the moisture out of everything.

 

[dynamo1]

LOL, I was musing over my obsession with scifi as a young reader. I read everything that had been published, I think, by the time I hit high school. Heinlein wrote some pretty cheesy stuff - don' know if you read those. I got one of my best early chubbies from Farnham's Freehold.

But he redeemed himself with Stranger, and the Foundation trilogy, etc.

Bradbury, Asimov ... there were some greats in those days. And here I am now, 50 years into that future. We have a lot of the gadgetry that they foresaw, and the culture is similar in many ways to some of their predictions.




[Edit] I was reading scifi when the 9v portable pocket transistor radio, and color television, were the most amazing new "electronics". Stereo HiFis. Touchtone telephones.

I was also obsessed with Sci-fi and couldn't get enough, remember the paperbacks with two books one cover on each side,

 

[Killerbudz]

I couldn't get into Hubbard, probably because of the other stuff he was into. I was extremely religion-resistant at that age.

Much later, I became fascinated with the Himalayan lamas, too - the ones in the remote monasteries with libraries 10,000 years old. They knew(know) stuff. It's said that there are texts from the Library of Alexandria there.

I listen to a lot of audiobooks and his books have come up in my suggestion list. I've been resistant to giving them a try because of what he became later in life, don't want to be influenced.

 

[dr.h00k]

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[Graytail]

The console!

That brought a memory flash of listening to Doors with my best friend and his parents. It was the good record player in the house, and he was an only child, so there we were in the small living room, a couple nerdy 14 year olds, the console against the long wall with the couch facing it, the parents thoughtfully listening to Doors with us - "Baby won't you light my fierrrrre ... "

 

[JustMeds]

Think of how her outfit would change if they staged that photo today for a ad.

 

[Graytail]

Consoles were sexy doncha know. Or at least ... the sexy lady seems to like it. She's touching it, see? All proud of it. I bet she'd be proud of me too, if I bought one.

 

[FutRfarmer]

The console!

That brought a memory flash of listening to Doors with my best friend and his parents. It was the good record player in the house, and he was an only child, so there we were in the small living room, a couple nerdy 14 year olds, the console against the long wall with the couch facing it, the parents thoughtfully listening to Doors with us - "Baby won't you light my fierrrrre ... "

I was only born in 82 but my dad kept his parents and it lived in our basement forever!

 

[dr.h00k]

hehe...I grew up with a similar model...remember coming home from school and Mom had the Kennedy assassination on the "tube"...couple years later, I was spinning Beatles tunes on the record player...a few years later, we got our first "portable" colour television...was put on the console of course...good times!......cheerz...h00k......