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["Geoffrey Tolle" <gtolle@infinet.com>]

Sheesh,

     Some people are just sooooo delicate! Sure they're a mess in the 
Fall but the nut meats are quite tasty when prepared correctly (I'm 
still working on that - they do, however, decently resemble bits of 
meat in a stew texture-wise). I also wasn't aware that they presented 
such a health hazard. I am extremely allergic to poison ivy but, when 
I once de-fleshed some nuts with my bare hands, there was only a 
minimal reaction. Nowdays, I use glove to avoid the stickiness.

                      Geoffrey Tolle

> Stinky ginkgo trees gotta go, says pol 
> BY BILL FARRELL
> NEW YORK DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER 
> Female ginkgo trees have been banned in Beijing, removed from the
> streets of Washington, D.C., and Lexington, Ky., and from the campus 
of
> the University of Iowa. 
> Now one Brooklyn legislator also wants them out of New York City.