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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted March 12, 2011 03:49 PM
  
That`s pretty general description but it sounds kind of like a Lychee. A tropical fruit that I know can grow well in FL..
http://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/fruitsnuts/ig/Tropical-Fruit-Photo-Gallery/Lychee.htm When it comes to bud, take pics of leaves, flower then the fruit. ------------------
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AcousticGod
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posted March 12, 2011 04:38 PM
Wow! I don't remember it growing in clumps like that, but that does resemble the fruit a lot! And it edible. That's nice to know. I'm so excited that you figured this out. I wonder if it's often use as a decorative tree in housing developments. I live in a Condo, so this is an [Home Owner] Association tree.Chinese people enjoy using the dried flesh in their tea as a sweetener in place of sugar. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lychee.html I wish I could find a good picture of the bark. On my tree is fairly distinctive, and would be a good way to confirm that it's a lychee. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted March 12, 2011 04:52 PM
Cool beans! The standard tree grown in the states is about 25 foot but there is a dwarf variety about 10 feet tall with smaller clumps of fruit even single fruits sometimes. Do take pics when it`s time! ------------------
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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted March 12, 2011 05:10 PM
Lychees are used as specimen trees so an Association could certainly use them.
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AcousticGod
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posted March 12, 2011 06:02 PM
The trunk looks cool how it swirls with vertical strips of the bark peeling off.IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA
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posted March 14, 2011 09:14 PM
Wow! Still nothing to talk about around here.IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
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posted March 14, 2011 09:38 PM
I broke up a cat and a coon fight. I tried for a week to capture the rascal but he kept out foxing me. Life in the fast lane  ------------------
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AcousticGod
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posted March 14, 2011 10:39 PM
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ghanima81
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From: Maine
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posted March 15, 2011 03:12 PM
My problem is TOO MUCH to talk about, not enough time! LOLIP: Logged |
eskimono
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From: uk
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted March 15, 2011 03:32 PM
Lets talk about sex, baby. Lets talk about you and me. Lets talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be.Lets not actually. I'm on countdown now AG! YAY IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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posted March 15, 2011 04:33 PM
Yay! When is your trip?IP: Logged |
eskimono
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posted March 15, 2011 04:42 PM
Set off on 25th May, arrive in SF 26th..........I need to get that Alcatraz trip booked!IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA
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posted March 15, 2011 04:49 PM
I don't imagine that will be much of an issue. I don't think they require much advance notice. (In the event you procrastinate, I hope I'm not wrong about that.  )I thought that maybe I'd be using you as an excuse not to visit my family next month. Guess not. I really should decide soon if I'm going down there. IP: Logged |
eskimono
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posted March 15, 2011 05:07 PM
Much as I'd like to help out.....I'm not gonna be able to change that date, so yeah, you might have to decide soon  I think the morning trips get booked up early, and the later ones mean the island is very crowded. I've done my research you know. It's the only research I have done mind! IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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posted March 15, 2011 05:12 PM
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AcousticGod
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posted March 16, 2011 01:30 AM
The rain is falling outside tonight. I'm contemplating whether I should open my patio door, so I can experience it as I sleep.IP: Logged |
ghanima81
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From: Maine
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 16, 2011 09:52 AM
Jealous. It snowed again this morning. Just a little wisp, and it will apparently be sunny and 50 tomorrow, but I had to resort to cheap humor to make my morning less grey.. I am looking forward to nice naps on my 3 season porch this summer with the rain falling.. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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posted March 16, 2011 11:44 AM
Sounds like fun.IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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posted March 16, 2011 12:57 PM
I'm processing a loan for a borrower born New Year's Eve 2010. How a zero year old has been able to rent a place for two years, and hold down a job for seven I'll never know.IP: Logged |
ghanima81
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From: Maine
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posted March 16, 2011 02:09 PM
a.) You are a loan processor? Cool!b.) That's messed up and weird. Who made that mistake? lol IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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posted March 16, 2011 02:15 PM
Our clients are mortgage lenders. They made the error. I had one not too long ago where the borrower wasn't to be born for another 16 years. The bank I work for is kind of an interim funding source for our clients. They send their loans to us in order to obtain the wired money faster for their clients. We then send the loan on to the investor our client has set up, usually one of the big banks like Citi, Chase, GMAC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc. Eventually, those big investment banks buy the loans off our clients, and when our clients get that money they reimburse our bank (plus interest, of course). IP: Logged |
ghanima81
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From: Maine
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 16, 2011 02:23 PM
Ahhhh!My mom is a broker, so I had to ask. I have a lot of mortgage information taking up space in my brain due to conversations with her. lol IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA
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posted March 16, 2011 02:26 PM
Cool...so if I ever moved to Maine your mom could help me find a job?IP: Logged |
ghanima81
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From: Maine
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 16, 2011 02:33 PM
Probably! She knows everyone in the business over here. She's been in real estate/finance for about 20 years. She works for a local (statewide) bank now, but has been in corporate gigs as well. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
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From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 17, 2011 11:12 AM
Receiving news that the radiation from Japan is going to miss hitting your area, while seeming to be nice news, is kind of unsettling. They also said it would be diluted, which is kind of what I'd expect, but still...not cool. It will be reaching Southern California where several family members live.IP: Logged |
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