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#1 Post by Samray » Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:37 am

God bess those good men who fight for our country and serve the public in any way they can. God bless this man especially. It seems especially appropriate today of all days.
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#2 Post by Fausto » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:54 pm

Not wishing in any way to detract from the importance of 11/11 but....








Isn't that an Anemone ?

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#3 Post by Samray » Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:41 pm

No. This is an anemone.
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#4 Post by Kwackerz » Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:05 pm

Tis very close! :smt001
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#5 Post by Fausto » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:33 pm

This is also an Anemone....

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#6 Post by Kwackerz » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:48 pm

*sticks hand in air*


I thought this was a biker site...

:smt011 Tune in for next week's basket weaving....


:smt002 :smt002

Good to see we have a learned membership though.
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#7 Post by joecrx » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:14 pm

Kwackerz wrote:*sticks hand in air*


I thought this was a biker site...

:smt011 Tune in for next week's basket weaving....


:smt002 :smt002

Good to see we have a learned membership though.
i cant wait i need a baskey to pt my poppys in :smt001

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#8 Post by Samray » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:29 pm

The stamens in an anemone form a distinct mound as oppose to the flat centre of the poppy.

(As can be seen in Fausto's pic) :smt002

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#9 Post by Kwackerz » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:32 pm

I knew that... :smt019
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#10 Post by joecrx » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:50 pm

so did i :smt012 .....the wee black bit in the middle looks very interesting :smt004

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#11 Post by Fausto » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:56 pm

.....and these 2 are poppies as can be seen by their poppy like appearance and hairy stems.

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2 - 0 :smt019

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#12 Post by Samray » Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:36 pm

For those that haven't bothered investigating the properties of the original pic .... http://www.legion-aux.org/uploads/images/Poppy .jpg :smt098

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#13 Post by joecrx » Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:40 pm

Samray wrote:For those that haven't bothered investigating the properties of the original pic .... http://www.legion-aux.org/uploads/images/Poppy .jpg :smt098
thats a bad link ,mmmm i dont have permition to view that flower, :smt005

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#14 Post by Kwackerz » Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:40 pm

First thing I checked :smt002

But it is the American Legion... :smt002
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#15 Post by Gio » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:11 pm

Kwackerz wrote:First thing I checked :smt002

But it is the American Legion... :smt002
Which isn't quite english, spoken or otherwise. :smt003

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