Did you know I once grew pot?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325758)
Rockingham, Australia
December 6, 2021 5:09pm CST
Back in the 1980s, we lived in a small country town. The house across the road was owned by a very eccentric character. He was nice enough but could be very cutting and quite unkind if he took a disliking to you. Luckily, we got on well with him.
He had to go away for a few days and asked me to water some plants he had in pots near the back door. He said they were tomato plants. I was very anxious about this task as I mostly kill plants. But these stayed alive and even looked to be doing well.
It was only weeks later that he told me I’d been watering his marijuana plants. Have you ever picked up that I’m pretty gullible?
Today’s chores include a trip to Ikea to pick up two small cupboards, an afternoon tea at the clubhouse as a welcome to new residents to our village and a movie tonight at the same clubhouse. And I need to do the ironing. The expected temperature today is 36°C (96.8°F).
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@Deepizzaguy (94528)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Dec 21
That is okay since I am not the smartest street person either.
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@Deepizzaguy (94528)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Dec 21
@JudyEv I am trying to learn not to be so gullible. I have a long way to go.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
7 Dec 21
It's actually pretty difficult to kill pot plants. 
Not that I would know first-hand, as far as you know. 
I was once growing a small plant in my house and mom got nosy when she came for a visit. She asked me what the plant was and I told her it was a wild tomato plant... (It wasn't her business, so felt no need to be truthful. *shrug*) Later, I laughed and told her what it actually was.
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@wolfgirl569 (95187)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Dec 21
Knew you were a gardener 
I want your temperatures
I want your temperatures2 people like this
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Dec 21
When I was in high school, my boss at my part-time job grew pot, and he had them all over his house. He even decorated one of his big ones as a Christmas tree each year for the holiday.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 21
@moffittjc Haha - What a very clever idea. I must start checking out our gardens. There is quite a bit of ground that is looked after by a landscaping company. Maybe I can score myself some weed!
Maybe I can score myself some weed! 1 person likes this
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Dec 21
@JudyEv Haha Judy, you don't need any of that weed! You're great just the way you are!
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
7 Dec 21
Yuk 96.8...well at least you don't have the humidity. My mother gave me a necklace once that had pot leaves on it. HA, she probbly just thought it was pretty.
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
8 Dec 21
Well many things happen in life. At times, we have hard lessons to learn.
By the way, I did my weekly WC cleaning with Harpic and brush.
It took 5 to 6 minutes but it made me satisfied!
36 C and humid or dry?
If humid, then you need to have your fans and ACs in good condition!!
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@ptrikha_2 (45472)
• India
9 Dec 21
@JudyEv
Yes at times the devices do need checkups.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 21
Thankfully it is rarely humid. The A/C works too well and leaves us shivering. We switch it on for a while then off for a while but we are contacting someone today about it. It was the same with winter when the rooms just got hotter and hotter. The thermostat can't be working properly.
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@FourWalls (62131)
• United States
7 Dec 21
Wow, could that have made you an accessory to being an international crime lord?
We’re supposed to get in the 20s (below 0º C) tonight, so let’s mix the two weathers together and we both should be quite pleasant!!
We’re supposed to get in the 20s (below 0º C) tonight, so let’s mix the two weathers together and we both should be quite pleasant!!2 people like this
@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7 Dec 21
Oh goodness that's funny about the plants.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
7 Dec 21
@JudyEv
What a sly one he was not telling what was really in the pots. It can happen to anyone and not just you that someone would say one thing and mean something else. Did you smoke the pot when you knew what it was he was growing there? I went to IKEA here once and it was very big and had to take a bus or two to get there and really did not find what I wanted at the time and cannot remember what it was. As far as I know winter is here and so is the rain this week if what I read is correct. I try to not have to go outside except early in the morning to throw out the garbage so do not check the weather to see how it is later on.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
9 Dec 21
@JudyEv That's even more funny! though your neighbor might not have thought so
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Dec 21
Uh... had you ever seen tomato plants before that? Or pot, for that matter.
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 21
I was pretty embarrassed when I learnt what I'd been doing.
@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
7 Dec 21
So you didn't make any money?
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
7 Dec 21
i wonder why he keeps smoking the tomatoes!
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
7 Dec 21
@JudyEv you would! i guess tomatoes are more fun to grow! harder to keep lit though.
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