On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:53:29 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
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>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
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>> So far I've shelled 5 1/2 gallons of them. I'm getting calluses.

>Do you raise them? Or do you get a good deal in price for them?
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>I remember one year where we moved there were loads of cherry trees, free
>for the picking. Whatever possessed me to fill buckets full of them.
>
I have a large yard -- approximately three standard lots. There are
six pecan trees (used to be seven) in the yard. The wet summer we had
this year ended a nearly two-year drought. And the drought-stressed
pecan trees went -- ummm -- nuts. They lost limbs from the weight of
the pecans, in fact. There are so many pecans in the yard that we've
given away more than we've kept. So many that instead of bending down
to pick them up, I've taken to sitting on the ground with my bag when
I pick them. So many that parts of the yard are crunchy.

Shelling pecans is a good antidote to job stress: mindless,
repetitive, and just a little violent.
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