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[william Eggers <wce1482 AT yahoo.com>]

I've been reading these emails and not replying, but I think I must.  That 
saying by Reagan at the bottom of a lot of emails is really silly.  All of 
those people who thought Reagan was so good and the government should stay 
out of business, are now lined up to see how much they can get from the 
government.  It is not the liberals who are doing this but the conservatives.

, 10/16/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
Subject: [Homestead] Plant ID
To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 4:00 PM

I was looking at acorns today, under a huge white oak tree, when I
noticed some red 'berries' on the ground.  They have a rough surface,
not smooth, and are uniformly 1/4" in diameter.  They look somewhat like
this red bayberry:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeping/150247200/
But obviously not the bayberry. Inside of this 'berry' the flesh is
hard 
and peach colored.

I looked at other large  white oaks and they, too, seem to be dropping 
these 'berries'.  It is only the white oaks, not the red or black ones.

  All neighboring are identified and accounted for: eastern hornbean, 
sugar maples, sweetgum(lots of them), hickories, and other oaks...

I have no idea of what this is or where it came from.  My first thought
was that it is some weird type of mistletoe berry. I've always seen the 
white, smooth, shiny berries,is this a precursor?  I can't see any
mistletoe in the tree, but then, I am very nearsighted, the trees are 
huge, and the oaks still have their own leaves.  Are there multiple 
types of mistletoe? How have I missed something this obvious all these 
years?

Bev

-- 
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm
from
the government and I'm here to help.'"  Ronald Reagan

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Thanks for your thoughts, William.  I wish you could have identified
those red berries, though. ;)
I agree with you though that my Reagan quote is silly.  It was intended
to be a sarcastic and funny social commentary about the government
helping people after the hurricane.  I used it after Katrina, too.  I
did not choose it as a commentary on the current financial 'crisis', but
since you commented, I will say this in rebuttal:
Those you refer to, those who thought Reagan was so good, were called
Reagan Democrats.  Those are the folks now looking for the dole.  Reagan
Republicans are the ones voting for McCain. So, your conclusion that it
is the 'conservatives' is not valid.
William, my sig line was supposed to be funny, but I can see that in
todays politically hypersensitive world, it is not.  I will remove it.
I'm glad that you spoke up as otherwise I would have never known it was
irritating a segment of the population.

Bev

william Eggers wrote:
> I've been reading these emails and not replying, but I think I must.
> That saying by Reagan at the bottom of a lot of emails is really
> silly.  All of those people who thought Reagan was so good and the
> government should stay out of business, are now lined up to see how
> much they can get from the government.  It is not the liberals who
> are doing this but the conservatives.
>
> , 10/16/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> Subject: [Homestead] Plant
> ID To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Thursday,
> October 16, 2008, 4:00 PM
>
> I was looking at acorns today, under a huge white oak tree, when I
> noticed some red 'berries' on the ground.
--
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from
the government and I'm here to help.'"  Ronald Reagan