Whatzit?

[rogruth]

Gympie gympie.

[Roy]

It's a green leaf.

If you touch it you will throw up.

I don't think I want to touch it. Why are we talking about barf plants?

[webenda]

It's a green leaf.

If you touch it you will throw up.

I don't think I want to touch it. Why are we talking about barf plants?

As a public service Roy. Danger danger Roy Robinson, do not touch the leaves to the gympie gympie. (Thank you for identifying it, Roger.)

I don't know about you Roy but I would not throw up. I would just suffer from the sting of a gympie gympie leaf for two or more years. Those who have touched the leaves of gympie gympie report there is nothing like it.

The recommended treatment is to apply hydrochloric acid (1:10) to the affected area.

[Mitch]

So where does this plant grow? What is the range or areas where it would be found, and why have I never heard of it? I do know that there are plants all along the Buffalo Creek from Butler, Pa., to Freeport that we called "Itch" weed when I was a youngin'. If you went up into the weeds along the creek from the swimmin' hole to relieve yourself, and you so much as bumped the itch weed with bare skin, you were really in for it for about 15 minutes or so. Best thing was to jump back into the water and rub the itch like hell under water to get relief. Haven't been along the creek banks fishin' or swimmin' for about 35 years, but I'll never forget it.

[robert.]

nettles Mitch. Stinging nettles or 7 minute itch.

[HONDO74]

Being Stung by the Gympie Gympie Tree Is the Worst Kind of Pain You Can Imagine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CuUMLkPey8

Factsheet: Gympie-Gympie
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au ... ie-gympie/

[webenda]

So where does this plant grow? What is the range or areas where it would be found, and why have I never heard of it?

Australia Mitch... relatively common in Queensland, the species is uncommon in its southern-most range, and is listed as an endangered species in New South Wales. Maybe you never heard of it because you never stomped around in Queensland?

[webenda]

The main hall of the Ramses Cairo railroad station in Cairo, Egypt.

This is a cropped area of the photo Roy posted in another thread. There is something unusual in the photo. Whatzit?

[Roy]

There is something unusual in the photo. Whatzit?

Might you be referring to the life-size two-sided figures? Or, the "opening soon" posters, which suggest a movie theater, more than a train station?

Oh yeah, and the box office.

[webenda]

There is something unusual in the photo. Whatzit?

Might you be referring to the life-size two-sided figures?

They are not real aliens from planet X? Yes, that is what I thought unusual,

[webenda]

whatzit?

[E7]

----Wayne----

The sound of speech is momentary and is lost forever if there is no listener.


Considering that we see light from stars that started out many many years ago, do you think the same thing might happen with sound?

Rich

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Frankly, I wouldn't want to be at the front of those lines, in the bottom photo, because one can never tell how aggressive the crowd behind might get upon arrival of the train.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

----Wayne----
The sound of speech is momentary and is lost forever if there is no listener.
Considering that we see light from stars that started out many many years ago, do you think the same thing might happen with sound?
Rich

Is there any sound in space/ What would carry it along?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

----Wayne----
The sound of speech is momentary and is lost forever if there is no listener.
Considering that we see light from stars that started out many many years ago, do you think the same thing might happen with sound?
Rich

Is there any sound in space/ What would carry it along?