<p>I’m going to try basil in a container this year. My backyard is heavily shaded so see how it does! I love fresh basil for pesto or with mozzarella and tomatoes!</p>
<p>Dang I wonder what you said :). I read that post and saw that a post had been moderated…wouldn’t that be a heck of a job moderating this forum!</p>
<p>I wish I had printed out that meta thread before it disappeared.</p>
<p>Oh, me too. Soooooo funny.</p>
<p>To bad we didn’t get a warning!</p>
<p>The only slightly controversial thing I said was if my daughter had an unexpected visitor she and he might be embarassed by our “night time” clothes if we walked in. Seriously…H sleeps in ratty holey boxers and I can grab something way too small or tight. Yikes! What an eyesore! Maybe the mere thought was too disgusting!
I’m hoping someone else posted after me and they got rid of the whole thing. hehe…does this mean I can be finally be a “bad” girl for once in my life!!!;)</p>
<p>NMinn - I once had a moderator remove one of my posts - but I got an email explaining why. In my case it was because I had responded to something in the “say it here…” thread and I was told I should have PMed the person I was responding to instead of replying on the thread. I’m surprised they didn’t let you know why they removed your post.</p>
<p>BTW, I have been growing tomatoes and basil in containers for many years, and it works out well for me. I try to keep the pots in the sun, but our yard is pretty shady, so it’s not easy.</p>
<p>You not gonna tell us what we’re missing??? Is the thread still around or is the whole thing gone?</p>
<p>Sometimes I think they remove a whole chunk to keep it readable instead of removing only an offensive post.</p>
<p>I was saving the meta thread to read on the week-end when I had time to savor it and then presto - the purge fairy waved her wand.</p>
<p>I can’t grow vegetables because the squirrels eat everything before it gets ripe and the bunnies/raccoons, possums or other unknown wildlife eat the leafy stuff. None of the critters eat my flowers, shrubs or perennials, with the exception of the insects and slugs. I hope I don’t offend one of our posters, but I really hate slugs, especially when I’m barefoot in the dark and step on one the size of a small mouse.</p>
<p>I am still mourning the loss of the meta thread and my best pun on cc (if I do say so myself…) when I told violadad, who was musing about mythmom’s references to gods and … (who was it… Neptune, maybe, I forget…as the father of her child?) Anyway, as VD continued to extoll his personal virtues, I suggest the that he had Venus envy. I wish I could recreate the banter. It was a classic. Oh well… it was fun while it lasted.</p>
<p>A google search of “meta thread jym” , then click on cached, may lead you to gold…</p>
<p>Who was the OP of the late lamented meta thread…maybe we
could get She of the Shining Right Path (or was it the Righteous Fist
of Harmony) and Violadad to get us rolling again.</p>
<p>Why DID that get shut down? Why not just moved to the Cafe? I am not questioning the decision, just can’t figure out why…</p>
<p>I was wondering that myself, Alumother. I thought it belonged in the Cafe, and although I didn’t participate in the thread, I enjoyed reading it.</p>
<p>Maybe it seemed like people were being ridiculed, but I thought everyone was poking gentle fun at themselves as much as anyone.</p>
<p>No luck, DeniceC. I can get to links to the thread, but can’t open anything. :(</p>
<p>Yes, I think most people realized we were all poking fun at ourselves in that thread. It was a place to be clever and witty and edgy. Oh well. Maybe we went over the edge???</p>
<p>Was it garland?</p>
<p>I miss that thread every day. And truly, although there might have been one or two jabs here and there (I was guilty of one fairly direct one), 99% of the time it was just as you said, alumother - poking as much fun at ourselves as anybody else.</p>
<p>Yes, I think it was garland.</p>
<p>I concur. Garland, indeed. She’s funny and very incisive.</p>
<p>The fish jokes were great. Violadad really brought up the rear.</p>
<p>Who was it who fathered your son, mythmom? Was it Neptune?
I loved the thread- it was such a parody on itself. Wonder if we could petition for its return? (“Back by popular demand”) Anyone want to start a write-in campaign to the mods? PIck a few and PM them. If anyone asks, it was violadad’s idea :)</p>