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passiveporcupine

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5. I had those in Aurora, Colorado.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 04:30 PM

Feb 2016

I hate those things. For five years I rode my bike to work (five miles each way) in an area that was overrun with goatheads. Lots of problems with flats.

I had them in my yard too. A friend once helping me paint my house tried to pull one weed by hand, without gloves, and got a thorn tip buried in her finger. It got infected and the doctor told her she might lose her finger over it. It finally healed, but that was damned scary.

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Video: Tumbleweed invades Australian town [View all] yuiyoshida Feb 2016 OP

They're lucky.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #1

Same in NM Warpy Feb 2016 #2

I had to clear a bunch of them and found an electric hedge clipper works great.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #3

I had those in Aurora, Colorado. passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #5

Those sure look like sand spurs to me. They are super ouchy and 1monster Feb 2016 #6

This is NOT considered a fire risk? passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #4

I was gonna say.... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #7

The GD:P gets really nasty sometimes. Unknown Beatle Feb 2016 #8

Heh! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #9