"MtnTraveler" > wrote in message
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> A friend with several chestnut trees gave us 10 kilo of chestnuts.

>
> I now have a nice bowl full of shelled chestnuts ready for Sunday dinner
> dishes, and sticking plasters on four of my fingers! I think it is time to
> invest in Kevlar gloves.
>

you ain't kiddin. i damn near lost my finger with some thing similar.