The Jungle is Gone. Will I be Next?

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@akalinus (44366)
United States
August 12, 2018 1:55pm CST
There has been a jungle growing on the side of my house for years. It was a maintenance nightmare and it always looked horrible. There were vines growing through the hedge. The vines were trying to eat my house. They just hooked themselves on the sides and no matter how much I cut and pulled them out, it was useless. A worker in the park offered to cut them down. He came back later and for a few bucks, cut and hauled it all away. In a couple of hours, years worth of maintenance nightmares were gone. The vines started growing again the next day but hopefully, some weed killer will fix that. However, if I disappear, well there was that movie. Will anyone miss me?
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Aug 18
And old building in the Ivy Schools in the northeast are valued very highly!!! I am more concerned about you 'bringing a stranger' home than about the ivy getting you!
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Aug 18
The vines were eating my house. They have no value as far as I am concerned. They made up a large part of the hedge. Now, I need to find a stranger to bring home. Wish me luck.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
13 Aug 18
I like the look of ivy on buildings myself.Sometimes it adds to being a tourist attraction,.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Aug 18
@Aquitaine24 This stuff is not ivy. It is the plant that ate Lemuria and then it was here eating my house.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502391)
• Italy
13 Aug 18
A young boy will come in two days to do the same here. I am too exhausted to take care of all the vines myself. After he cleans up I am going to spray a vines killer.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502391)
• Italy
13 Aug 18
@akalinus I have bought the weed killer and I will keep the area clean after he get rids of everything.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Aug 18
@LadyDuck I need to go out and spray. The guy said you would come back and finish but have not seen him. I hope he shows up this week to finish up.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Aug 18
If something is not there, I won't have to deal with it anymore. The hedge and vines grew faster than I could cut them. They were such a mess and I don't miss it.
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Firefly
@cttolledo (5459)
• Legaspi, Philippines
12 Aug 18
We gonna miss you here so don't disappear. Im curious with that kind of plant I hope you will find a permanent solution to your problem
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Firefly
@cttolledo (5459)
• Legaspi, Philippines
12 Aug 18
@akalinus yeah sounds not good plant. But where did you get that plant? Did you plant it before?
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Aug 18
@cttolledo It has been here ever since I moved in. I have spent years fighting with it.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
12 Aug 18
Now that the hedge is gone, the vines should be easier to deal with. They climb everything and get twisted around in it. They hold on like crazy. I think they are dangerous and plotting to take over the world.
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anthony davis
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
17 Aug 18
Be careful using week killer. Remember that case with a guy using Roundup and winning a trial for the amount of nearly 300 million bucks? Anyway, if you miss those vines, they will return sooner or later.
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
17 Aug 18
I will not use Roundup. I am scared of them and their genetically altered foods.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382016)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 18
Of course you'll be missed but hopefully it won't come to that.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Aug 18
If I disappear, tell the cops to look for a really fat vine. I'm glad someone will miss me.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Aug 18
@JudyEv The suspicious one just rounded the corner. I think it is searching for me because it is almost to the door now.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382016)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 18
@akalinus I'll make a note of that - a really fat vine.
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Courage7
@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
13 Aug 18
I hope you wont disappear
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
14 Aug 18
Once, a social worker told me that I was the most responsible person on the planet. I won't disappear but if I do, look for the fat vine.
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Courage7
@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
14 Aug 18
@akalinus Fat vine okay then Jo Ann
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Courage7
@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
14 Aug 18
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
13 Aug 18
Did birds and wild animas hide in it?
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Aug 18
I don't ever remember anything living in it. I think they were afraid of it. Animals can sense danger. There are lots of other places for them to hide. Things grow like Topsy in Florida.
Angie
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
13 Aug 18
That sounds like kudzu, Yes I will miss you.
Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
13 Aug 18
I think kudzu is something different. I am touched that you would miss me.
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