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My Jungle Paradise Needs Some Rain
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59Fiat600 Rossa
2015-04-21 00:54:22 UTC
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The frogs croak their appreciation every time the sprinklers come on, but what everyone needs is an abundant supply of skywater. The meteorologists couldn't forecast their way out of a wet (make that dry) paper bag. It looks like I may have to drive up to Little Haiti and get some voodoo done.
59Fiat600 Rossa
2015-04-22 00:51:26 UTC
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Post by 59Fiat600 Rossa
The frogs croak their appreciation every time the sprinklers come on, but what everyone needs is an abundant supply of skywater.
It pretended to rain this morning. There was a strange sound on the roof, however briefly, followed immediately by an appreciative croak outside the window in the jungle garden. Not everyone had turned in for the day, I guess.

But there was a genuine rain this afternoon, which the froggies seem to have slept through. They should be waking up about now, and I'm sure they'll be pleased with all the sogginess.
Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
2015-04-22 15:21:05 UTC
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The frogs croak their appreciation every time the sprinklers come on, but what everyone needs is an abundant supply of skywater.
It pretended to rain this morning. There was a strange sound on the roof, however briefly, followed immediately by an appreciative croak outside the window in the jungle garden. Not everyone had turned in for the day, I guess.
But there was a genuine rain this afternoon, which the froggies seem to have slept through. They should be waking up about now, and I'm sure they'll be pleased with all the sogginess.
Jungle and Paradise have a lot of connotations.

Adam & Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and the frogs were placed there to control the mosquitoes. Then God created the snakes to control the frogs. The issue was that the frogs wouldn't let A & E have a good night sleep.

Moral of the story: What is a paradise for some, may not be for others.
59Fiat600 Rossa
2015-04-23 00:32:16 UTC
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Post by Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Adam & Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and the frogs were placed there to control the mosquitoes. Then God created the snakes to control the frogs. The issue was that the frogs wouldn't let A & E have a good night sleep.
This is a misconception widely shared by those who reside on the twelfth floor and who in consequence do not know the bliss of being croaked to sleep at night.
Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
2015-04-23 02:40:58 UTC
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Adam & Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and the frogs were placed there to control the mosquitoes. Then God created the snakes to control the frogs. The issue was that the frogs wouldn't let A & E have a good night sleep.
This is a misconception widely shared by those who reside on the twelfth floor and who in consequence do not know the bliss of being croaked to sleep at night.
Wait, I bet Android has such a croaking application.

The beauty of living in the 12th floor is the mosquitoes and snakes can't reach. I think.
Sylvia M
2015-04-23 05:18:47 UTC
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"59Fiat600 Rossa" <***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:9513191c-5f42-4b45-99bf-***@googlegroups.com...
Il giorno mercoledì 22 aprile 2015 12:21:06 UTC-3, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most
Post by Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Adam & Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and the frogs were placed
there to control the mosquitoes. Then God created the snakes to control
the frogs. The issue was that the frogs wouldn't let A & E have a good
night sleep.
This is a misconception widely shared by those who reside on the twelfth
floor and who in consequence do not know the bliss of being croaked to
sleep at night.
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Or cricketed to sleep...hard to know the difference, with small frogs who
croak on a higher note.
On that note, g'nite
Sylvia
59Fiat600 Rossa
2015-04-23 12:52:31 UTC
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This is a misconception widely shared by those who reside on the twelfth
floor and who in consequence do not know the bliss of being croaked to
sleep at night.
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Or cricketed to sleep...hard to know the difference, with small frogs who
croak on a higher note.
On that note, g'nite
Sylvia
G'morning Sylvia. Let's call it chirped to sleep as opposed to croaked to sleep. The frogs in our jungle paradise have a deep croak. It's beyond me how anyone living on the twelfth floor ever gets to sleep.
Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
2015-04-23 13:39:09 UTC
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Post by 59Fiat600 Rossa
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This is a misconception widely shared by those who reside on the twelfth
floor and who in consequence do not know the bliss of being croaked to
sleep at night.
---
Or cricketed to sleep...hard to know the difference, with small frogs who
croak on a higher note.
On that note, g'nite
Sylvia
G'morning Sylvia. Let's call it chirped to sleep as opposed to croaked to sleep. The frogs in our jungle paradise have a deep croak. It's beyond me how anyone living on the twelfth floor ever gets to sleep.


But true paradise is sleeping to the gentle sounds of the waves.

Anyone can have a nervous breakdown from the croaking. Here on the 12th floor, we can see the big picture. God made a mistake. Have you tried sleep to the humming sound of the mosquitoes?


Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
2015-04-23 15:50:02 UTC
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On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:25:27 -0700 (PDT), "Wise TibetanMonkey, Most
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Post by 59Fiat600 Rossa
Post by 59Fiat600 Rossa
The frogs croak their appreciation every time the sprinklers come on, but what everyone needs is an abundant supply of skywater.
It pretended to rain this morning. There was a strange sound on the roof, however briefly, followed immediately by an appreciative croak outside the window in the jungle garden. Not everyone had turned in for the day, I guess.
But there was a genuine rain this afternoon, which the froggies seem to have slept through. They should be waking up about now, and I'm sure they'll be pleased with all the sogginess.
Jungle and Paradise have a lot of connotations.
Adam & Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and the frogs were placed there to control the mosquitoes. Then God created the snakes to control the frogs. The issue was that the frogs wouldn't let A & E have a good night sleep.
Moral of the story: What is a paradise for some, may not be for others.
...actualy, mosquitoes along with ticks, fleas and intestinal worms
were added after they chomped the forbidden fruit. Bad news for them.
And then it got worse...their vegetarian pet T-Rex started looking at
them funny.
God unleashed the Law of the Jungle when he lost control of the Garden of Eden. And all because of Eve. How can you trust a woman NOT to follow a talking snake? The thing is God must have been watching.
59Fiat600 Rossa
2015-04-25 03:18:36 UTC
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Post by Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
God unleashed the Law of the Jungle when he lost control of the Garden of Eden. And all because of Eve. How can you trust a woman NOT to follow a talking snake? The thing is God must have been watching.
God knew that the first woman would suffer with only a man to talk to. He created the first snake so Eve could engage in malicious gossip.
Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
2015-04-25 06:12:07 UTC
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Post by 59Fiat600 Rossa
Post by Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
God unleashed the Law of the Jungle when he lost control of the Garden of Eden. And all because of Eve. How can you trust a woman NOT to follow a talking snake? The thing is God must have been watching.
God knew that the first woman would suffer with only a man to talk to. He created the first snake so Eve could engage in malicious gossip.
A woman that has a man and someone to gossip with, should be a happy woman. Why would she up give her privileged position? We must question whether she had lost her sanity. It must have have been the mosquitoes that made her lose her cool.
59Fiat600 Rossa
2015-04-25 03:08:36 UTC
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Post by Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Anyone can have a nervous breakdown from the croaking. Here on the 12th floor, we can see the big picture. God made a mistake. Have you tried sleep to the humming sound of the mosquitoes?
I know the situation well, and it is unnerving lying in the dark, trying to defend yourself from aerial attack. But I should think you would be out of reach on the twelfth floor. Long ago I lived in the tropics in a third world country where there no glass windows because there was no air conditioning. First I lived in a rented room on the ground floor of a villa. I had a mosquito net, and I wondered how I might make a tent out of it. I found some metal rods lying on the floor and hoped I might create a usable support structure for the net. After some fumbling, I felt like an idiot when I realized that the rods were part of the bed and were designed to provide support for a mosquito net.

Later I moved to the second floor of an apartment building, where no mosquitoes ever entered my open windows. There were no buildings twelve stories high in the entire city.
Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
2015-04-25 06:13:57 UTC
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Post by 59Fiat600 Rossa
Post by Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Anyone can have a nervous breakdown from the croaking. Here on the 12th floor, we can see the big picture. God made a mistake. Have you tried sleep to the humming sound of the mosquitoes?
I know the situation well, and it is unnerving lying in the dark, trying to defend yourself from aerial attack. But I should think you would be out of reach on the twelfth floor. Long ago I lived in the tropics in a third world country where there no glass windows because there was no air conditioning. First I lived in a rented room on the ground floor of a villa. I had a mosquito net, and I wondered how I might make a tent out of it. I found some metal rods lying on the floor and hoped I might create a usable support structure for the net. After some fumbling, I felt like an idiot when I realized that the rods were part of the bed and were designed to provide support for a mosquito net.
Later I moved to the second floor of an apartment building, where no mosquitoes ever entered my open windows. There were no buildings twelve stories high in the entire city.
I'm surprised the mosquitoes don't make it to the second floor. I think I saw one around here but it may have been a drone.
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