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["Doc Lisenby" <longdistshtr@shtc.net>]

I had heard the humorous saying that: "Women are like walnut trees, the more 
you beat them the more they bear."  I serious doubt that any truth was 
intended.  It has also been said that: "A windy (paraphrased word) mule 
never tires."
All such attempts at such humor should bear my favorite signature:
"The above is not meant to be acrimonious nor obstreperous; it is devoid of 
emotion and was written with total emotional ambivalence."
Thanking nature for NO "WHITE CHRISTMAS" but hoping you all enjoy your 
Holidays in your individual fashions.
I have always regularly taken a switch to stubborn pear, peach and pecans to 
encourage blooming.  I have no proof that it works, but it makes me feel 
better.
Doc Lisenby
Still in the 1930's here---and loving it.