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What pollinates apples, besides bees?
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, Billy wrote: In article , "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" wrote: In article , "Steve Peek" wrote: Honeybees were first brought here by the pilgrams, by T. Jefferson's time there were thousands of escaped "wild" colonies. Which in fact means they weren't "native". Perhaps you mean invasive? Try "feral". Whatever you call them, you can't call them "native" What kind of brain damage am I dealing with here? I don't know. Why don't you go to a doctor and upload the results of his tests on you. If they were domesticated, and escaped into the wild, they are ipso facto feral, I've never heard the term used this way, but sure indigenous (native) or not. They may have become part of the ecosystem, but they were never indigenous and still aren't. Do try to learn the difference |
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What pollinates apples, besides bees?
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"Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" wrote: In article , Billy wrote: In article , "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" wrote: In article , "Steve Peek" wrote: Honeybees were first brought here by the pilgrams, by T. Jefferson's time there were thousands of escaped "wild" colonies. Which in fact means they weren't "native". Perhaps you mean invasive? Try "feral". Whatever you call them, you can't call them "native" I never tried to call them native, and invasive isn't the antonym of native. The antonyms of native would be foreigner, immigrant, imported, or acquired. Antonyms for invasive would be noninvasive, confined, defensive, and unintrusive. What kind of brain damage am I dealing with here? Thanks for clarifying the situation. It is truly heroic (or stoopid) to engage in a contest where you don't have a tinker's dam of a chance to win. I don't know. Why don't you go to a doctor and upload the results of his tests on you. If they were domesticated, and escaped into the wild, they are ipso facto feral, I've never heard the term used this way, but sure indigenous (native) or not. They may have become part of the ecosystem, but they were never indigenous and still aren't. Do try to learn the difference I'll do this slowly so that even someone as intellectually infirm and challenged as yourself may have a chance of understanding. As Steve said,"Honeybees were first brought here by the pilgrims, by T. Jefferson's time there were thousands of escaped "wild" colonies." Now take your hand out of your pants, think really hard, and at the first clause in the sentence that Steve quotes. "Honeybees were first brought here by the pilgrims". What are our interpretations of this clause? That the bees covertly concealed themselves from the members of the ships company, much as in the manner of rats, in order to infest the ship, (or were they just too cheap to buy tickets)? Or, were they the property of one of the ship's passengers? Do you have another alternative? Hmmmm? That brings us to the second clause, "by T. Jefferson's time there were thousands of escaped "wild" colonies." Escaped from who, or what, or where? Hmmm? Any ideas? If they weren't in the "Wild", from where would they have escaped? Hmmmm? Let me venture the proposal that, "Escaped to the wild" would of necessity imply that they had been domesticated (an antonym of wild;O). What do you think? Hmmmm? A domesticated species that has reverted to the wild IS THE DEFINITION of feral. QED I hope that wasn't too stressful for you. I know that these kinds of things can be difficult for you precambrian types (anencephalic), but you are now on the road to actual thoughts. Congratulations ;O)) Thanks for the opportunity to practice my pedagogy. I think it is time for you to run outside and play in the street now. If you like weekends (8 hr./day & 40 hr./week), then thank a labor union. They paid for it in blood. Real working class heros. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair = -- - Billy Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16 April 1953 http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8559254-11yearold-takes-on-genetically-modified-food-producers-video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_vN0--mHug |
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What pollinates apples, besides bees?
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, Billy wrote: In article , "Steve Peek" wrote: Honeybees were first brought here by the pilgrams, by T. Jefferson's time there were thousands of escaped "wild" colonies. Which in fact means they weren't "native". Perhaps you mean invasive? Try "feral". Whatever you call them, you can't call them "native" I never tried to call them native, That "you" was all inclusive. I don't remember who started it by calling it Native and invasive isn't the antonym of native. The antonyms of native would be foreigner, immigrant, imported, or acquired. Antonyms for invasive would be noninvasive, confined, defensive, and unintrusive. But not "native"? What kind of brain damage am I dealing with here? Thanks for clarifying the situation. It is truly heroic (or stoopid) to engage in a contest where you don't have a tinker's dam of a chance to win. Well as long as you think of yourself as heroic, who am I to challenge you A domesticated species that has reverted to the wild IS THE DEFINITION of feral. QED But feral in no way means "native", does it? And in case you failed to understand what I wrote, I conceded the fact that some the bees were indeed feral, although I hadn't considered that term in connection with bees I hope that wasn't too stressful for you. I know that these kinds of things can be difficult for you precambrian types (anencephalic), but you are now on the road to actual thoughts. Congratulations ;O)) Thanks for the opportunity to practice my pedagogy. Let us know when you don't need to practice it to get it correct. I think it is time for you to run outside and play in the street now. See, that's the trouble some of you have with what you consider thinking. -- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras lobortis volutpat commodo. Morbi lobortis, massa fringilla adipiscing suscipit, velit urna pharetra neque, non luctus arcu diam vitae justo. Vivamus lacinia scelerisque ultricies. Nunc lobortis elit ligula. Aliquam sollicitudin nunc sed est gravida ac viverra tellus ullamcorper. Vivamus non nisi suscipit nisi egestas venenatis. Donec vitae arcu id urna euismod feugiat. Vivamus porta lobortis ultricies. Nulla adipiscing tellus a neque vehicula porta. Maecenas volutpat aliquet sagittis. Proin nisi magna, molestie id volutpat in, tincidunt sed dolor. Nullam nisi erat, aliquet scelerisque sagittis vitae, pretium accumsan odio. Sed ut mi iaculis eros rutrum tristique ut nec mi. Aliquam nec augue dui, in mattis urna. In pretium metus eu diam blandit accumsan. Ut eu lorem sed odio porttitor blandit. -- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras lobortis volutpat commodo. Morbi lobortis, massa fringilla adipiscing suscipit, velit urna pharetra neque, non luctus arcu diam vitae justo. Vivamus lacinia scelerisque ultricies. Nunc lobortis elit ligula. Aliquam sollicitudin nunc sed est gravida ac viverra tellus ullamcorper. Vivamus non nisi suscipit nisi egestas venenatis. Donec vitae arcu id urna euismod feugiat. Vivamus porta lobortis ultricies. Nulla adipiscing tellus a neque vehicula porta. Maecenas volutpat aliquet sagittis. Proin nisi magna, molestie id volutpat in, tincidunt sed dolor. Nullam nisi erat, aliquet scelerisque sagittis vitae, pretium accumsan odio. Sed ut mi iaculis eros rutrum tristique ut nec mi. Aliquam nec augue dui, in mattis urna. In pretium metus eu diam blandit accumsan. Ut eu lorem sed odio porttitor blandit. |
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