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HEAVEN ONLY NOSE WE NEEDED TO HEAR THAT! TO THINK OF ALL THOSE YEARS I SHARED 
THE
FREEWAY WITH A BUNCH OF HEALTH NUTS. 
On the serious side, I am vicariously bursting with joy about your rain - and 
the
creek. I hope it will wash away some of your worries.
Sandy (in the dusty Mojave Desert, praying for clouds and frogs)

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:56:48 -0500, EarthNSky wrote:

> 
> It's been raining all day and the creek is finally running!  It's the
> first time in two long years that we've gotten enough rain for the creek
> to run.  Oldtimers in the valley say that it once ran all the time, 100
> years or so ago, and then it ran most of the time up until the late
> 1960's.  Since then, the creek has been sporadic, more dry than wet.
> When we first moved here 8 years ago, it ran 5 or 6 times a year,
> whenever we would get about 3 inches of rain, but for the past 2 years,
> it hasn't been wet at all, even with 6 inches of rain in a 24 hour
> period, until today.  I was so excited to see the creek and I actually
> wet out there like a true redneck and got my feet wet, standing in the
> creek in the rain.  It was a great feeling!  My raingauge is at 4 inches
> and there is still more rain coming.
> I didn't get much done today-Kate came over and spent the day here.  It
> was supposed to have been housecleaning day.  She watched TV all day,
> which was a bit unsettling as I am now used to the quiet during the day.
>   One interesting thing we saw on TV, on Animal Planet, was a program
> about slimy critters..I have to tell you guys...humans were listed in
> the countdown of slime and I'd like to pass on some factoids and ideas
> expressed in the show.<g>  The first little factoid is that humans
> produce an average of one quart of nasal mucous, aka snot, a day, most
> of which is swallowed.  According to some Aussie researchers, this helps
> our immune system as the mucous that dries in the nose as boogers
> collects bacteria and various micro-organisms, etc.  As it turns out,
> people who eat their boogers are actually self vaccinating... lol...they
> are giving themselves little homeopathic remedies everyday and building
> their immune system...LOL...
> Anyway, I thought you guys might appreciate knowing that!
> 
> Bev
> 
> -- 
> BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
> 34.498N       85.076W    Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky                           
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