Replies to post #48 on Mqurice was here

[pezz]

I agree. also, Ice Age is comfy. pezz

[Mqurice]

That's right! It's been chemical warfare between flora and fauna ever since a fauna first took a fancy to a cob of corn or decided to munch on a bit of hemlock.

Plants use everything from carcinogens to hallucinogens to kill off the flora. They use weaponry such as vicious spikes. They use barbs to hook their seeds into the poor beasts which then cart the seeds for many miles. Some have gone to the extent of hunting. Flies for example die like flies in venus and other fly traps - drowning in the plant's digestive juices.

Plants have found all sorts of pharmacological attack points on those who dare to eat them.

It's not just benign pollution either. It's vicious, malevolent, attack pollution, torture, poisoning and drowning.

I say kill off the lot and just keep lettuce, broccoli, potatoes, rice, sweet corn and such civilized vegetation. Even those could undergo some genetic engineering to improve them.

Mqurice

[marcos]

Trees are dangerous critters, never trust them, be very very careful not to drop one on your foot* ... i think that i shall never see, a thing as wooden as a tree ... but, oh look, el azteca cometh -

' Dollar Down, Gold Up
Thursday October 31, 12:27 pm ET

Dollar Falls Against Other Major Currencies in
European Trading; Gold Prices Rise

LONDON (AP) -- The U.S. dollar fell Thursday against other
major currencies in European trading. Gold prices rose.

The euro was quoted at 98.97 cents, up from 98.29 cents late
Wednesday.

Other dollar rates compared with late Wednesday included:
122.45 Japanese yen, down from 122.84; 1.4768 Swiss francs,
down from 1.4899, and 1.5654 Canadian dollars, down from
1.5662.

The British pound was quoted at $1.5645, up from $1.5567.

In midday trading in New York, the dollar was quoted at 122.64
yen. The euro traded at 98.85 cents and the British pound was
quoted at $1.5635.

Gold closed in London at $316.70 bid per troy ounce, up from
$315.90 on Wednesday. In Zurich the bid was $316.50, up
from $316.20. Gold closed at $317.55 an ounce in Hong Kong,
up 40 cents.

Silver traded in London at $4.46 bid per troy ounce, down from
$4.48. '

http://ca.us.biz.yahoo.com/ap/021031/dollar_gold_4.html

* - friend of mine dropped one once, on the brand new 1969 Buick Toronado he had bought about a week before -g- ... i dropped one once on a 138 kw power line, and if it hadn't been for the repair bill following, it would have been worth it for the impressive flash and crackly sound track