23-07-2002 11:57									#61
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Hey Mobius you should get civ 2 - there are games online almost every night of the week from about 9pm.

Well, seeing as I'm in your timezone that could be a goer! Anyone got a bootlegged copy, or know where I can buy one?

I'll show you Aussies a thing or two...

	23-07-2002 12:05									#62
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Civ 2 is regularly available at Electronic Boutique and other big game retailers, but sometimes as part of a package of civ games.

You can also pick up a copy cheap at the resellers like Sonic Records and other games exchange places but you have to shop around and it would be better to ring first.

From where you are I'd say Bondi Junction or the Pitt/George Street shopping areas would be your best bet. There's also Paddy's market at Haymarket, which you should visit anyway for the tourist factor.

Have people managed to get CTP I and II to work as a multiplayer game? I thought CTP II kept crashing when played online.

	23-07-2002 12:52									#63
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And shoplifting isn't a crime in this country. We promise.

	23-07-2002 13:23									#64
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quote: Originally posted by finbar And shoplifting isn't a crime in this country. We promise.

How could it be? We got rid of our shoplifters when we shipped 'em out here...

Yeah, Paddy's is an interesting place - we go there for our Veggies and Fish sometimes...

	23-07-2002 14:03									#65
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS Hmmm, I have to say that we don't have a single plant in this apartment, but what would do well on a sheltered East facing balcony?

Any one of about 15,000,000 plants that like morning sun.

I saw civ2 in a box with civ and TOT for $39 in Big W today.

gardening tips, shopping tips , my work is never done.

	23-07-2002 15:23									#66
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quote: Originally posted by Hydey Any one of about 15,000,000 plants that like morning sun.

Come on, Hydey, MOBIUS is going to toddle off to a nursery and be none the wiser. Name at least 14,000,000 of them for him.

OTOH, he'll probably filch the one from the balcony above him.

quote: gardening tips, shopping tips , my work is never done.

	24-07-2002 03:27									#67
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Don't forget to ask him if he eats fruit and vegetables.

	24-07-2002 03:39									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Don't forget to ask him if he eats fruit and vegetables.

as if I would be a weirdo and eat that crap.

Feed the man meat

	24-07-2002 04:43									#69
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Don't forget to ask him if he eats fruit and vegetables.

No such problems are anticipated. Though I have declared anything even remotely offal-related to be completely and utterly out of the question.

	24-07-2002 05:02									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Civ 2 is regularly available at Electronic Boutique and other big game retailers, but sometimes as part of a package of civ games.

Thats not the Multi-player version though. At least not in WA...

On-topic: Is there any way to resurrect a fern from the dead? I left it on the balcony in full sunlight for a couple of weeks.
In my defense it didn't come with an instruction manual.

	24-07-2002 05:16									#71
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon On-topic: Is there any way to resurrect a fern from the dead? I left it on the balcony in full sunlight for a couple of weeks. In my defense it didn't come with an instruction manual.

Far be it from me to pre-empt Hydey, but how dead is it? D-E-A-D? Or just poorly?

Editorial aside: stupid Kiwis who can't even grow their own floral symbol!

	24-07-2002 05:26									#72
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Well, it was an Australian fern.

Its about 5% green-tinged, 95% crispy brown (excuse the highly technical jargon please) so I think that counts as pretty much dead.

	24-07-2002 05:33									#73
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It might come back if you take it out of the sun and put it in a shady spot. Ferns are pretty hardy.

	24-07-2002 05:55									#74
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon Well, it was an Australian fern.

Leave our flora alone, you murdering Kiwi bastard!

quote: Its about 5% green-tinged, 95% crispy brown (excuse the highly technical jargon please) so I think that counts as pretty much dead.

Sounds like it's beyond recall. Ditch it. Get another one. Murder it too. You're a Godsend to the Western Australian Nurserymen's Association.

	24-07-2002 05:58									#75
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Sounds like it's beyond recall. Ditch it. Get another one. Murder it too. You're a Godsend to the Western Australian Nurserymen's Association.

God help me, I try to do what I can.

	24-07-2002 05:59									#76
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The fern leaf may look bad but if the bulb and roots are still alive it should come back.

If the soil in the pot dried out you need to act fast.

	24-07-2002 06:01									#77
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse The fern leaf may look bad but if the bulb and roots are still alive it should come back. If the soil in the pot dried out you need to act fast.

This from the man known as the Osama Bin Laden of lawn terrorism.

	24-07-2002 06:14									#78
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I enjoy bringing plants back to life - mostly my own.

	24-07-2002 06:24									#79
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Which invites the question - Do you deliberately neglect them to the point of near-death for the joy and satisfaction of resuscitating them?

	24-07-2002 06:32									#80
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Its more the case that long periods of neglect followed by short bursts of intensive care is my gardening style.

Even my Photinia Robusta are not robusta - probably because I haven't watered them since I put them in 2 years ago. I'll have to do something about that soon.......

	24-07-2002 06:59									#81
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Its more the case that long periods of neglect followed by short bursts of intensive care is my gardening style.

I recognise the syndrome. It's akin to my approach to the cigarette ash and dead flies on my desk.

quote: Even my Photinia Robusta are not robusta - probably because I haven't watered them since I put them in 2 years ago. I'll have to do something about that soon.......

I remember planting one of those many years and relationships ago. I think it was in Melbourne. They're hedge-making plants, aren't they?

	24-07-2002 07:06									#82
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Yeah, I bought about 20 foot high plants to make a screening hedge.

They've grown about 2 inches in 2 years

The robusta part is probably true because they have survived with no care but I probably should have bought the Photinia "thriva withouta water" variety.

	24-07-2002 07:39									#83
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse The fern leaf may look bad but if the bulb and roots are still alive it should come back. If the soil in the pot dried out you need to act fast.

It did dry out a bit but only on the surface I think. I'm sure it was the light that did most of the damage rather than my neglec, er, lack of water.
I've tried taking it out of direct sunlight but it may've been too far gone for that to have made much difference.

	24-07-2002 08:12									#84
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Its raining here today, which will take the brown tinge off my lawn and I didn't have to do a damn thing

	24-07-2002 08:24									#85
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon It did dry out a bit but only on the surface I think. I'm sure it was the light that did most of the damage rather than my neglec, er, lack of water. I've tried taking it out of direct sunlight but it may've been too far gone for that to have made much difference.

Ah! Now we're getting some specifics. The leaves/fronds were burnt by the sun. You didn't tell us that. That's quite a different matter from the soil drying out in the sun and killing the plant. Which was the obvious conclusion to draw from your vague description of the symptoms. If you want our help, ravagon, you have to pull your weight with some details.

Again, without pre-empting Hydey - although he does neglect this thread almost to the extent that You-Know-Who neglects his front and back You-Know-Whats - you could try removing the dead foliage which is only burdening the healthy part of the plant. If, indeed, there is a healthy part left. If there is, you might see some fresh growth emerging.

	24-07-2002 08:26									#86
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Its raining here today, which will take the brown tinge off my lawn and I didn't have to do a damn thing

Hydey ordered the rain. He has connections in High Places, you realise.

	24-07-2002 08:39									#87
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The Masons control the rain?

	24-07-2002 08:57									#88
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quote: Originally posted by finbar - you could try removing the dead foliage which is only burdening the healthy part of the plant. If, indeed, there is a healthy part left. If there is, you might see some fresh growth emerging.

I'm thinking removing the dead bits (95%)would pretty much amount to your earlier suggestion about ditching it and getting another one at this stage.
Wouldn't the dead matter still provide some sustenance if left where it is - My fern having canabilistic tendencies and all?

	24-07-2002 09:00									#89
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I wonder what Hydey feeds his garden - probably chips.

	24-07-2002 09:06									#90
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I love this thread.

Dear Hydey the Garden Guru, I have tried to improve a potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) by breeding so that this cousin of a nightshade would produce chips, as my son who is a nerd who lives on chips and coke would get his chips. The problem is that my son likes bacon-flavoured chips, but I have only succeeded in producing onion-flavoured chips. This may be the result of onions growing in a near-by field. Now I have decided to move the potato field into the vicinity of a piggery. Do you think this would do the trick or should I plant slices of bacon down under with the potatoes?

My hydrangea seems to suffer from clorosis. My friend says that I should give it the coffee grounds of my morning coffee. Do you think it would need bacon and eggs as well?