AdamSmith

'Umm ... unless I'm mistaken, Captain, you omitted a letter.'

My grandparents had that same kind of pecan tree in their yard! Exactly as you say, the nuts were smaller, aggravating to shell, but so much more flavorful. Even better, they also had a black walnut tree. The height of creation among nuts, to my taste. I got the job of cracking the pecans we gathered from their yard, but thankfully my mama always took on the maddening labor of hammering those damned black walnuts out of their well nigh impenetrable shells, then laboriously picking over the nut meats -- with tweezers! -- to remove the many bits of shell that invariably got into the mix. If anyone thinks grocery store prices for pecans are outrageous, look for black walnuts some time. When you can find them at all, they are priced by the Troy ounce.

Certainly not! I for one have invested countless hours over the past 7 years 11 months in making this the kind of website I would NEVER want. Something must be working. Oz pays my invoices without question.

Let's see. Here's that list as of this moment: Recent Topics THANKSGIVING WISHES!axiom2001 - Today, 05:10 PM Fall Theater in New YorkLucky - Today, 03:49 PM Movie: PhilomenaLucky - Today, 03:41 PM Thanksgiving DessertSuckrates - Today, 03:23 PM Pecan pies and my motherRA1 - Today, 12:34 PM Turkey and other holiday meal "problems"RA1 - Today, 11:51 AM Got nukes?AdamSmith - Today, 09:10 AM InnocenciaSuckrates - Today, 08:55 AM Slippery When WetSuckrates - Today, 08:43 AM Holla BACK(side)Suckrates - Today, 08:42 AM Back to his RootsSuckrates - Today, 08:34 AM Masters & Johnson bio on TVAdamSmith - Today, 06:40 AM ‘The Biggest Loser’ Trainer, Bob Harper, Comes Out As Gay To Help A ContestantTotallyOz - Yesterday, 11:35 AM Why the Iran Deal Scares Saudi ArabiaAdamSmith - Yesterday, 10:45 AM Obama Says Americans Can Keep Their Damn InsuranceAdamSmith - Yesterday, 10:39 AM Evangelii GaudiumAdamSmith - Yesterday, 09:06 AM +Rio Twinktomcal - Nov 26 2013 10:56 PM The DOJ's 'New York Times problem' with AssangeAdamSmith - Nov 26 2013 06:10 PM Interesting Rio Video'sBucknaway - Nov 26 2013 05:21 PM 1/4 Of It Came Tumbling Downihpguy - Nov 25 2013 10:26 AM Marauding Thieves Hit The Beachihpguy - Nov 25 2013 10:00 AM Increased Crime warning for Rio Janierolurkerspeaks - Nov 24 2013 09:42 PM JFK's B(gay)FFMsGuy - Nov 23 2013 01:54 AM Aldous Huxley: the prophet of our brave new digital dystopiaAdamSmith - Nov 22 2013 09:01 AM Accessing Blocked SitesBucknaway - Nov 21 2013 05:35 PM Organizing that list into some categories, and ranking the categories from those with the most threads to those with fewest: Politics, religion, social issues Why the Iran Deal Scares Saudi Arabia The DOJ's 'New York Times problem' with Assange Obama Says Americans Can Keep Their Damn Insurance JFK's B(gay)FF Aldous Huxley: the prophet of our brave new digital dystopia Evangelii Gaudium Got nukes? Brazil +Rio Twink Interesting Rio Video's 1/4 Of It Came Tumbling Down Marauding Thieves Hit The Beach Increased Crime warning for Rio Janiero Porn Thanksgiving Dessert Innocencia Slippery When Wet Holla BACK(side) Back to his Roots Topical – Thanksgiving Pecan pies and my mother Turkey and other holiday meal "problems" THANKSGIVING WISHES! Theater, film Fall Theater in New York Movie: Philomena TV – gay & sexuality issues ‘The Biggest Loser’ Trainer, Bob Harper, Comes Out As Gay To Help A Contestant Masters & Johnson bio on TV Web / technical Accessing Blocked Sites Whether this is "pretty sparse for grown-up reading" is, I guess, a matter of judgment. But if you think that, might not the corrective lie in your contributing more of what you would like to see here? "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."

Oh no!

And again!