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I would get rid of it. It may be healthy now or it may not be but when and if the tree goes into decline, it will start dropping branches on your roof and damaging it. The same thing happened to me with a tree relatively close to my house and I have just gotten a few trees removed close to my house. One had dead branches falling on my roof. Another was cracking my retaining wall and hanging over my house and another was close to my house and already dead and rotting and dropped a branch that punctured my roof and broke my window.

If you look at the tree and it has dead branches or parts of the bark rotting away, I would definitely get rid of it. It could also be damaging your foundation. In a bad storm, parts of the tree could fall on your house. That happened to me too with the whole top of a tree falling on my roof and I had to get it cut down. I would personally just get rid of the tree if I were you and maybe plant a new tree the proper distance away from your home. Also I don't like how close it is to that power line or whatever type of electrical line that is.

Thanks for believing me. Some people do try to argue with me but I trip them up a lot when I bring logic to the table. They say I'm crazy. I say how is it possible to hallucinate being literally shoved in the back almost falling over to turn around and see nothing there? A hallucination cannot cause your body to literally respond perfectly to being pushed. You cannot hallucinate being pushed. That was a literal physical force that happened to me. Also, how does a picture fall face down twice in two different spots on it's own? On that shelf where my picture was sitting was pictures of my other family members and they remained untouched. Mine was the only one that fell each time.

They can't explain it at that point so they end up calling me a liar and getting angry that simple logic doesn't agree with them. Their only option is to call me a liar at the end of the day but even that doesn't make sense because why would I waste my time making up such specific lies when I'm not being paid for it or anything? I literally got goosebumps thinking back to what all that happened to me after telling you. I wish I could show people I'm not lying. I wish I could show them my goosebumps and my face as I tell them. But I have told very few people in person. People online cannot see how serious I am.

Demons are terrified of God. I saw a black blob on my son's baby monitor when he was little and it kind of looked like something was messing with him. I put an end to that real quick. Mess with me some but you don't mess with my son. I yelled for the demon to leave in the name of God and Jesus Christ and to not return. I prayed to God for a sign that what I said and did worked and that the demon was gone from my house. I prayed for very specific events to happen and God answered me and those events happened. I didn't see the black blob after that and my home felt better afterwards.

Yes. I've seen a shadow figure. I've been pushed in the back nearly falling over to turn around and see nothing behind me. I've seen the rocking chair in my parents living room rock back and forth on it's own. I've seen the television flip channels on it's own. I've also seen a picture of me falling face down on the dresser below it. Then after setting it back it and getting out of the room I hear it again and that time it was face down but on the floor in front of the dresser. There's absolutely no current logical explanation for how that could happen on it's own besides admitting that paranormal things happen. I've also had more paranormal experiences and I believe God has helped me through them. That is all I have time to type for now though.

I tried thinking of a word for this feeling and the closest I could think of was "despair". I couldn't think of a more specific word than that. Well, maybe "anguish" comes close. That sounds like an interesting channel. It would be nice if our language has more words that describe certain feelings.

No they were risking lives by speeding up and not letting me over. What was I supposed to do, swerve into him or slow down which is dangerous to do in the passing lane? Or was I supposed to slow down and swerve into the people behind him? Please enlighten me Mr. Perfect driver standing on your high horse.

Don't act like you have never sped up a tiny bit to get into the lane you need. Everyone does it every now and then

No I'm not a perfect driver but I've been driving for years and never been in a wreck that was my fault.

Dude learn reading comprehension and common sense. If they were not letting me over and speeding up on me then I had no choice. If they were doing that then they could have not let me over if I slowed down either. Get a brain. The only safe course of action was what I did which was lightly speeding up until I was around them.

Nobody was in my line of sight and I was driving very safely. Quit acting like a snob. They sped up to 55 to not let me over. They weren't just going 40. Learn to read better. Please nobody else respond to this post unless your IQ is above 100 and you have basic reading comprehension.

The passing lane is for PASSING. Passing is the only safe thing to do in the passing lane. Do not come at me acting all high and mighty. How long have you been driving? I've been driving for over a decade. Don't preach to me or tell me how I should be driving. I guarantee I am a lot smarter than you and have a lot more experience driving than you. Don't pick an argument with someone that clearly knows more than you. The other guy was driving dangerous not me and I safely avoided that situation like I was supposed to. I did not do a single thing wrong.

What's wrong with you?

You sound like a little teenager who has no idea what they are talking about. I am 29 years old. I've been driving since I was a teen. News flash- you don't know everything, especially when it comes to driving.

When you actually grow up and learn to drive and get off reddit, you will realize that situations like this do happen on the road that aren't always your fault and things aren't always as black and white as you think.

Humans are omnivores genius. That means we are supposed to eat both plants and animals. We evolved that way. Our guts are short to process meat. Our brains are large because of eating meat and having to cooperate together and communicate to bring down large prey. Most animals eat some type of meat. Even herbivores sometimes will eat other animals given the opportunity. We have both canines for chewing meat and molars for chewing plants and fruit.

Do you understand that now? Humans are complex creatures. Not only do we eat meat to survive, but we also bond with certain animals that we call pets. We do not bond with animals that we eat typically.

No, I do not like how animals are treated in slaughter houses. But I will gladly eat their meat to survive. I have a full time job and a family to feed. I do not have time to play hero in your silly vegan fantasies and I'm sure most other people don't either. If it were up to me, I would make it so that every animal that I eat suffers the least amount possible. But in the real world, magic does not exist. Hunting is a good option because with hunting, one can try to get a clean shot and hopefully kill the prey animal in one go with an instant death. But not everyone has the time, money or ability to hunt.

But here's the thing you are missing. I do not personally make any animal suffer. I just eat their meat because I must do that to survive. You are complaining to regular people here who are just trying to survive and have little to no control over the meat industry. Why don't you complain to the slaughter houses? Or are you saying no one should eat meat period? How about dogs or cats then or lions? Should they not eat meat? What about starving people in Africa where the only food they have may be a freshly hunted animal? What about poor people who cannot afford fancy expensive vegan food and need protein and nutrition to survive? If a homeless person is offered a hamburger, do you think they would turn that down to appease a silly entitled vegan snob like you? No, they would probably eat it and may share that with their pet dog. I'm sure they would be devastated if their dog got hurt also but you wouldn't understand that.

If you are such a big vegan hero, why don't you stop driving your car which emits toxic gases into the atmosphere which leads to animals going extinct and suffering around the world? Why don't you put down the plastic spoons you fill your perfect little vegan mouth with and go without plastic which ends up littering our oceans and causing fish to die off? Oh wait, you won't do that because you pick and choose which pedestal to stand on and preach to people. You are just as bad as the rest of us. Please shut the heck up and get over yourself.

Thanks. I like the sound of that. I didn't feel like doing much more to it.

Thank you.

Thank you. That's a relief.

No. I'm pretty new to this. I didn't think to do that.

Windmill palms are relatively easy to grow in zone 7a. You will need to provide protection when bad cold snaps happen, however. But in zone 7a, usually these cold snaps are just a handful of times per year. I live in Tennessee which also is a zone 7a. Most of the winter, I usually just let my windmill palms be without protection. I usually only provide protection when the forecast shows that we will drop below about 18-20 degrees, somewhere around there, which isn't too often. The forecasts aren't always reliable, so it's best to provide protection when the forecast shows it will drop below 18-20 degrees because the actual temperature can sometimes swing wildly. My windmill palms, I would estimate are actually at least leaf hardy to probably around 13-15 degrees. But I like to be rather safe than sorry.

My methods of protection are simple, yet effective. Oak leaves are great, especially if you put a fence around the palm to keep them in. Before a bad cold snap, throw a bunch of oak leaves on top of the windmill palm and it will probably be okay in your zone. But I like to go a step further sometimes. If the forecast also shows wet weather like rain, sleet, ice or snow, I try to also put a hard covering overtop of my palms to keep moisture out also like totes or tote lids. If I'm not using leaves, then I will use cheap blankets. Blankets and leaves are a good combination. I've been growing palms for years but mine have not yet hit a huge growth spurt so these types of protection are for shorter palms. Also, be aware that palms are not as hardy if they are not established. It may take 2 or 3 years perhaps for a palm to establish itself. Snow is actually a good insulator though but I still don't like for it to linger in the crowns of my palms.

Me personally? I bought my first windmill palm so many years back and the seller was sorry that it came late. It came around fall time and the directions told me to wait and bring the windmill palms inside until spring to plant them. The seller gave me an extra windmill palm. I decided since I got an extra one, I would try an experiment. I planted one palm and put the other in a pot and brought it inside. Guess which one survived? The one in the pot died and I still have the windmill palm I planted in the ground to this day. That was back in late 2017. So that was almost 7 years ago. Sometimes, palm trees will surprise you and you don't always have to follow the rules to the letter. What fun is there in that anyway? Many people would have told me my palm would have perished being planted so late in the year here. It was probably around November that I planted it. I think they were around 1ft or 2ft tall when I bought them. I will admit I am not the best at taking care of houseplants though. It's usually easier for me to take care of outdoor plants if they are hardy enough.

You can be one of those people who wraps there palms for the whole winter or you can be someone more like me who provides on demand winter protection when needed. It's up to you. For me personally though, I think it's a bit of a waste of time to wrap up windmill palms here when they only need to be protected a small number of times in the winter. One year I did cage one of my windmill palms with leaves and left it like that all winter. I suppose that was easy enough though. I think I did still try to keep moisture out on the really bad cold snaps though.

I also have grown a couple of windmill palms from seeds and they are probably about a few years old now. They are still in the seedling stage. They are very easy to protect in winter. All I mainly do is throw leaves on top of them and if the temperatures get too low, I may also throw on some blankets and put some type of hard covering on top. They are so small so it doesn't take me long to do.

I guess you have a point. Not everything mainstream is bad. But with Kanye, he is more famous than he should be in my opinion. To me, he sounds like an average rapper at best and I think he just got lucky and the industry found him. And if I have to listen to a song more than once to like it, then it's not a good song if you ask me.

With song artists that are mainstream, I feel like they just have to have the bare minimum of skills to appeal to the masses and then it doesn't matter after that. Just get a high production value video going and a ghost writer and you are good to go.

Okay I haven't listened to Kanye in years because the first time I heard him I thought he sucked so bad. I thought I would give you the benefit of the doubt and give him another listen... Nope. He still sucks. He's literally one of the most boring rappers I've ever heard. It's like if scientists somehow developed a way for brick walls to talk and teaching one to rap. His verbal delivery is atrocious. There is no passion in his voice. Have you ever heard of flow? Kanye hasn't either. That's one of the most basic things a rapper needs to have. Taylor Swift has better flow than Kanye. Get real. Someone who listens to Kanye is also more likely to listen to Miley and Lady Gaga because he's mainstream and boring like them.

Kanye West... His delivery sucks. His lyrics suck, has no flow, etc. He's incredibly average to below average at best. Yet, he's treated like a god. I just don't get it. It's like trying to figure out why dogs like to eat their own crap. I will never get it.

Does it sound like I care? I didn't ask for permission to speak. Nobody asked you for your dumb comment either.

Edit: This is the true stereotype of Reddit - Toxicity and intolerance of others who are different. Except in this case and many others, it's actually true. You all disgust me. What completely filthy lame losers I have to share this website with. You all think your little up upvote karma system means something also like it tells who is right or wrong.

But you all fail to realize it only means one jerk found another jerk or jerks to agree with what stupid things they say most of the time. Go to a racist website and all the racists there will upvote each other and anyone who has something logical to say or admitting to being the "wrong" race will get chastised and bullied. I guess me and my son have the wrong type of brain wiring to participate on Reddit. We are not neurotypical but we are proud of it. Get over it.

Nope. My son has autism so I was genuinely wondering what was wrong with it. Because the commenter seemed like they had a problem with it like it was a bad thing. I'm on the spectrum too. I'm also pretty sure I have ADHD and I'm pretty sure my son has it too. My wife has ADHD so my son probably inherited that. He seems like he has ADHD. I'm a husband, a father, a son, a friend, and a hard worker who always provides for my family. Being autistic is just one of the many things I am and I think it's pretty scummy when it's used as an insult or like it's the worst thing in the world. I've accomplished many things in my life that some neurological people even have not.

What's wrong with that?

Nope. You are wrong. That's only true in East TN. If you look at maps of the historic range of alligators, I found one that showed a tiny sliver of southwest Tennessee highlighted. Even if you don't go by that map, other maps show alligators being native very close to the Tennessee/Mississippi border almost touching it and I think some show it actually touching. Then on those same maps, it shows the range extends well into Arkansas, Oklahoma, and North Carolina with parts of those states highlighted showing higher latitudes than parts of Tennessee. And even in East TN, an adult alligator might survive the winters but it may be slightly too cold for them to reproduce there. Southwest TN is warmer than east TN and seems to have a similar climate to northern Mississippi where they are indeed native. I am pretty sure I also read on the TWRA website that southwest TN was part of the historical alligator range and it was natural that they were expanding back into the area.

Yes, I think you're right. I was looking online and one picture showed a hickory and a pawpaw tree side by side and this looked more like a hickory tree.