I'm trying to identify two separate growths I'm unfamiliar with, just for curiosity's sake. The first is a tight, cauliflower-like dome found on the base of a cut tree trunk. The second formed tiny red "spears" on a weed leaf. Pics within.
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posted by cocoagirl
on May 13, 2013 -
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Hazy recollections: A group of young adults move into a snowbound cabin as part of an experimental reality television show. They come to realize that sicko voyeurs are betting on who will die next or who the last survivor will be.
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posted by 99percentfake
on Mar 23, 2013 -
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Please help me find a song I heard on a long-since deleted post-rock Pandora channel based on fragments of memories.
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posted by Jpfed
on Mar 22, 2013 -
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So, walking with the dog in a local land preserve today, we came across an artillery piece. Placed there sometime, I'm sure, in the last 50 years by the former property owner (who has since donated the land). Can anyone identify
this? (No, there hasn't been a major battle anywhere near here, that little skirmish we had with Ohio over Toledo took place 60 miles south of here, and that was in 1836)
posted by HuronBob
on Mar 15, 2013 -
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My friends have a house-sit. The house's owners possess two of
these objects. We don't recognize them. The blades are sharpened, and they were stored beneath the sink.
We have some strong theories, but no real answers. The owners are Bangladeshi Americans, if that helps.
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posted by eyesontheroad
on Jan 20, 2013 -
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I think it's a recent song - The chorus has has a woman singing in a simple voice. She sounds young and has a neutral accent - the non-chorus parts of the song I think is a reggae hip hop deal, but not sure.
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posted by spacediver
on Jan 13, 2013 -
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Woke up to
this bird squawking in my backyard in north central Texas. Obviously the video quality is not great, but can anybody help me identify it based on its call? Mississippi Kite? Hawk? And do they eat kitties?
For perspective, its on top of a 30ft bald cypress tree. It appears to be at least 18-24 inches from head to tail.
posted by punkfloyd
on Jan 12, 2013 -
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I was just going over our flight info-my husband and I and our two adult daughters are flying out to Texas to my son's wedding. I just noticed that our travel agent used my younger daughter's maiden name instead of her married name (she is separated but not divorced.) The travel agent is calling me back in a bit but how screwed are we?
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posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies
on Jan 8, 2013 -
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Help me identify uniforms worn in an antique pencil watercolor. And maybe a guess as to where it was recorded.
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posted by WickedPissah
on Dec 14, 2012 -
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Okay, so there was this show (maybe on the USA network?) around 1990-ish, maybe. The premise was that a former superspy/secret-agent/hero had retired to the suburbs, and his former archnemesis moves into the house next door. They're still kind of enemies, but in a Simpsons/Flanders "friendly" way, instead of trying to kill each other like they used to. What is this show?
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posted by Greg Nog
on Dec 7, 2012 -
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I saw this tall teapot in the British tv-show Wartime Farm, so it's possibly British and from the 40s. I'd love to know what style it is, or anything that could help me find something similar - I've had no luck searching myself.
Screencap of teapot
posted by Signy
on Nov 6, 2012 -
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What the heck is this plant bubble thingy? It's sitting in a vase at a restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana next to some little purple flowers (probably a different plant). It's pale green and purple with little hairs on it. It's about the size of a racquetball.
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posted by ErWenn
on Oct 28, 2012 -
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Name this song: female singer, sounds kinda new, on an indie radio station. Lyrics say something about "the worst" or "what's worse?" and "people say I'm _____ because I have no plans to settle down."
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posted by shortyJBot
on Oct 19, 2012 -
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Help me remember the title of this genre novel about a military nurse named Honor?
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posted by phoenixy
on Oct 7, 2012 -
1 answer
What was produced at the factory at the beginning of Michelangelo Antonioni's
Red Desert?
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posted by Egg Shen
on Sep 26, 2012 -
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Horticurious: Please help me identify this plant that was growing among the catnip.
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posted by aparrish
on Sep 15, 2012 -
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This picture (of what looks like a pile of cargo ships in the water) is doing the email rounds as "a ship that ships ships". What is it?
posted by kreestar
on Jul 26, 2012 -
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What kind of bag is
this? If I had to ask whether a shop had one in stock, what would I ask for? I first thought "messenger bag", but google pics show another style. Maybe a subspecies of the same thing?
posted by kreestar
on Jul 11, 2012 -
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I just saw a very odd aircraft -- a twin-engine passenger jet with an odd protrusion from the top front, taking off from Phoenix Sky Harbor. Any idea what it might be?
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posted by Alterscape
on Jun 1, 2012 -
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Plant Identification Filter: All sources say "elephant ear plant", but we're not entirely sure that's it.
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posted by sunshinesky
on Mar 30, 2012 -
11 answers
What is the song I've heard with lyric "Dylan is my inspiration", and repeating the word "Dylan"?
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posted by Perplexity
on Jan 12, 2012 -
2 answers
Help me identify this movie I saw in the early 90's on TV (possibly a premium channel) that involves all kinds of weird things! What little I know ...
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posted by one4themoment
on Dec 13, 2011 -
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