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LOL - I started one at the same time Moving my comments over here so we just have one thread. Congrats @Nana20! You've done it!! 1 full month shutting down your addiction's demands to feed it. That's an amazing feat! It really will get easier from here. You have all the tools you need to kick the nicodemon's A*s and a great support team here to keep cheering you on. You're building a brighter future for yourself. What could be more important that that?

Hey @Nana20! Trust me this WILL pass. You're doing the right things by remaining on guard and chanting NOPE all day long if need be. The good news is these days, although we still have them occasionally even after a month, don't come nearly as often and I know in my case I would say I didn't have any more really tough days after about 6 weeks into my quit. Hang in there, try to get as much alone time if others are setting you off and practice some deep breathing to help with the anxiousness/irritability. Try to focus on the good things you've seen over this past month and give yourself some credit for a job well done! 1 Month quit is a super important milestone! If you can do that first month then a year is now well within your sights!

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Mac! You should have said something Congrats on reaching 1/4 year quit! Hope you got to celebrate today!!

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For sure, replant them in a bigger container when you get all that stuff together. They'll last in the pot they came in for a while. Just make sure you water when they get dry and give them some sunlight if you're keeping them indoors initially. You do get sun over there in England occasionally right Like a lot of things, google is your friend. You can learn a lot of care tips by reading up on that plant in particular. Good luck with it Here's some of the stuff we've been growing this year Catnip plants in containers. They were just a tiny stem and two tiny leaves 6 weeks ago. Now they're flowering Clematises are doing well too! Not even sure what these are but they're nice to look at Then there's container grown strawberries. Looks like harvest time is soon? And of course the obligatory hanging basket lol!

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Not familiar with that plant but looks nice If you're planting in a container (pot) just make sure you have an appropriate size pot (likely 4-6 " diameter pot or larger). Use potting soil not regular dirt from your garden and make sure the pot has proper drainage as in a hole in the bottom for drainage and you can also put some small rocks or stones in the bottom of the pot to help water drain. You don't want root-rot. In terms of fertilizing, you can look that up to see if it's recommended for that plant in particular and when to fertilize it. Plants often come with a little plastic card like thing stuck in the pot they are sold in. There's a lot of useful info. printed on those as well.

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What kind of plants? I'm growing a bunch of catnip in containers this year. They are flowering already so I gotta prune them back so I get a second flowering before winter. Will be a happy winter for the cats this year Be aware of the plants sunlight requirements and plant them in a spot appropriate to their sunlight needs (full/partial/shade). Also know their watering requirements. Plants in containers will need more frequent watering than those in the ground. Sun exposure and weather will also determine watering needs. It's been pushing mid 40's here this past week or so. I've been watering twice daily for plants getting full sun. Had to move my catnip plants as the leaves were wilting from too much heat & sun. Move to a shadier spot and they've perked back up today. I'm sure the real gardeners here will give you lots more info. Knowing what plant(s) you have will help though.

Anyone remember this one I never realized until just now that the Howdy-Doody puppet looks a little like Richard Nixon

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Happy 4th to America!

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No meat in the tips - just fat & skin & small bones/cartilage. Tasty because of the fat content & the skin but no chicken meat in the tips which is why most butchers cut them off. Restaurants will serve 'em because it counts in weight. A pound of wings with the tips has way less meat than a pound of drums & flats only. I rarely if ever eat wings at a restaurant or bar. Their wings tend to be very lean and over cooked. Mostly bone & skin! The place I buy my wings at only supplies very meaty wings. On a good day I can eat maybe 6 or 7 drums/flats which would weigh in at around 1 lb. or so. I BBQ them rather than deep fry. Skin doesn't crisp up as much but the meat is heavenly and they have a nice caramelized home made BBQ sauce with just a touch of bite to it on them

Flats; hands down! It's too hard to get all the meat of the drums as far as I'm concerned. Too much cartilage or whatever up near the fatter end of the drum. Meat pulls right off the two bones on a flat That first pic you showed is a complete wing but the "tip" is complete junk and should be trimmed before cooking. Then you're left with the drum & flat so why not break them apart ? It's the natural order of things

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