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Major PRA. Tri County. First pix ever. Bubba, Ken, Kingfish


Ken Johnson

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Bill was breaking out his best dance moves as Bob pointed to the outdoor dance patio.

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Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

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Ken pulls off his Donald Rumsfeld impression as Bob looks in disgust. I think he liked the dancing better.

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Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

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Rolling four deep through the mean streets of Palm Beach.....

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Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

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For those who don't do thumbnails, here's that BIG fANTastic tree from on the way to lunch... For size reference the the Cocos below to the right are at least 30 ft tall!

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Lunch was just as good as the palms! It has been a while since I laughed as hard as when Keith mentioned how much he liked Bumble Bee tuna. :lol: Ill let Ken tell the details.

Christian Faulkner

Venice, Florida - South Sarasota County.

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you guys need to get out more often

Larry Davis

Time flies like an arrow,

But fruit flies like a banana

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yes. In Palm Beach when you ask if the Tuna is fresh you may hear the waiter tell you that it is fresh canned in oil. You may then reply "What?" and the after many attempts to figure it out and with Bubba doin the Bumble Bee twist you may be near to being asked to leave.

Since we had made such a grand entrance in the first place what with the truck driver drifting into the vallet lane and leaving the truck in the middle of the raod as we hopped out (remember no one was in town so no biggie :innocent: ). We then rearanged the tables till we had it right (after knocking over the gerber daisy...twice). The waiter realy could do little more than tell me again that the tuna was fresh canned in oil!

This was all accepted with a twisted face by the waiter and Bubba presented us with a fine lunch. Mine was not the same pastrami as at The Hat in California (We were in Palm Beach after all) so I only had a few slices of some very good ham!

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This is jumping the (shot)gun a little as we head out towards lunch. Wait till we tell the story of lunch. I thought Christian was goingto hide under the table! :evil:

Hey, thats my spot for watching fireworks, coolest tree ever!

Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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you may be near to being asked to leave.

For the record as we walked in the door, rowdy and loud... the host seated us in our own "private corner" of the restaurant... most likely so we would not "disturb" the other guests.. :rolleyes:

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As some of the party thinned out Christian and I were not done yet. We followed Bill to his nursery (Kingfish you got a pic?) and we took a pic in his office. It was in Lantana or some place south of Palm Beach (it may as well have been ANTartica). The coolest thing was that Bill has a better set up than most pros (certanly better than I)

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you guys need to get out more often

Don't say that. Everytime they escape some poor schmuck in security loses their job. Amazinig how many times they have found an out. And we have quadrupled their drug doses too. i think they use some kind of palm seed on the grounds to counteract the sedatives, hence their love of palms.

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All I gotta say is THOSE ANTS WERE DEFINITELY WORTH THE WAIT! Likewise the earwigs.

Now time to bail Bubba out for the Joan Collins mixup... John and my photos were from the 50s classic "Them!".

Bubba was thinking about "Empire of the Ants".

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7 miles inland. Elevation 120ft (37m)

Average annual low temp: 30F (-1C)

Average annual rainfall: 8" (20cm)

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As if we had not done enough yet the PRA continued to another garden. This one is in Broward. I will post some pix and see who here names the garden first?

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We had some suprise guest (WE WERE FIGURING HE WOULD COME BY BUT WOULD HE BE DRIVING A BENTLY?) and some giant ANTS!

Dave, Remember this address?

Palm Beach!

With Bubba!

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This was all accepted with a twisted face by the waiter and Bubba presented us with a fine lunch. Mine was not the same pastrami as at The Hat in California (We were in Palm Beach after all) so I only had a few slices of some very good ham!

I remember "The Hat" with our fun PRA. What a meal!!! and RAIN too.

Man I don't think I've ever seen a thread grow as fast as today. :o Looked like FUN

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I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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My complements to the gardener--BUBBA that is a seriously awesome looking garden.

Nice to see that the other US coast having PRA's too.

Where was Mr. Searle during all this??

Gene

Manila, Philippines

53 feet above sea level - inland

Hot and dry in summer, humid and sticky monsoon season, perfect weather Christmas time

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Bill was breaking out his best dance moves as Bob pointed to the outdoor dance patio.

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Trust me when I say, Bill has much better dance moves than that! :winkie: He may appear reserved, but that man of character and statue, can move like nobodies business to reggae!

Gentlemen, thanks for sharing your delightful experience, truly a living work of art!

April Tarnow DeBoe

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fANTastic garden Bubba...

After seeing this place I guess we should propose an IPS Biennial for the area... :)

Sirinhaém beach, 80 Km south of Recife - Brazil

Tropical oceanic climate, latitude 8° S

Temperature extremes: 25 to 31°C

2000 mm average rainfall, dry summers

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Gileno, you said it, that is a fanatastic garden!

Trinidad!  Southernmost island in the Caribbean.

So many plants, So little space.

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Thanks for sharing the photos guys. Next time you do the "tour" I'm in!

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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Thanks for sharing the photos guys. Next time you do the "tour" I'm in!

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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It was a fANTastic day. The owner of the property is Bob (Eigelberger), the ant farmer...he has over 6 acres and over 100 species of palms...the hurricanes of '04 and '05 hit the place very hard so most of what you have seen is relatively new. Now if you want to see the place from your computer, enjoy www.casaphippsberger.org.

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Pedro - Thanks for the link to the gardens! Really was a scool way to spend a Sunday afternoon...

Faulkner - Did those cuttings make it ok?

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I did not ingest this mushroom but after the Palm Beach high and what was still to come I did not need much more than the Kirin Tall Boy that Kingfish got me at the gas station. (It cost $135 to fill up!)

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