Oh also, that \u201chit on the head by a coconut\u201d bit reminded me of something - you know the famous palm trees of L.A.? Palm trees (Which are grasses, you know that? That seemed weird to me but in the last two years as this sawgrass-like tuft grew in my front yard the old blades dried as a spiky trunk, so I get it now)
Anyway palm trees are not native to LA, and the \u201cdesert\u201d association aside do not naturally thrive in LA, they were mostly planted in the old boomtimes and require tending
Except when actively maintained they grow hugely tall with the same little tuft at the top, meaning as they get older unlike branching trees they generate less shade
And as the dried fronds drop in the Santa Ana winds from that high up they shatter windshields of parked cars
Anyway it doesn\u2019t matter \u2018cause some decent parasite infestations have finally made it to LA that the climate doesn\u2019t kill, so the palms are inevitably doomed now
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