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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Well, now you see what I was talking about in my post about the  
difficulty of writing humor.

I just sprayed the basil again about an hour ago. What I do not know  
yet is if there will be residual flavor. But soap washes off, so  
alcohol should, also.


On Jul 22, 2008, at 11:51 AM, bob ford wrote:

> Gene , I was trying to use humor to make a point.  I'm not a very  
> good writer.  By the way, I'm going to ask the guys at the nursery  
> about your idea of spraying vegetables with a mixture of alcohol and  
> water.  Thats something I haven't tried ( not on plants anyway, when  
> I was much younger I did mix bourbon and spring water but I don't  
> remember if that kept flies off me).....bobford
>
>
> --- On Tue, 7/22/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Growing tomatoes and vegetables from seed  
> > for the fall
> > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 10:45 AM
> > On Jul 22, 2008, at 11:15 AM, bob ford wrote:
> >
> > > Blasted real estate developers and agents ruined this
> > city.  I might
> > > have stayed here forever, if---the day after I moved
> > here--- they
> > > had simply passed a law disallowing any new
> > real-estate developement,
> >
> > So, you added to the ruination of the place by adding
> > yourself to the
> > population, as did a few million. Builders and developers
> > only build
> > houses if people buy them.
> >
> > You dislike the Californians. I wonder how the natives feel
> > about you
> > and where you came from.
> >
> > It's called fence building.
> >
> > There are lots of places in this country that have
> > conditions that
> > preclude development.