Re: [pyrnet] Gordon's quest

[Julie Johnston <raven4luck@home.com>]

Very interesting Hermit.  My family lives in Indiana - told them to get
themselves down there during Sang season fer some new shoes.  (-;

Julie

> From: "Gordon Crump" <hermit@duo-county.com>
                   snip
 > Caryl, you ask a timely and reasonable question.
> 
> No, you don't have to dig ginseng at night.  It is a wild plant,
> grows in the woods and sells for $120 and up per pound. Used,
> especially by the Chinese in herbal medicine and is considered an
> aphrodisiac and vitality builder.
> It grows wild in Kentucky.  The cultivated kind sells for less
> money.
> As for using a Pyr to sniff out the golden stuff, it is an idea.
> The only difficulty is that my Mary has so much work to do already,
> guard duty, repairing broken hearts in the young and reckless,making
> my bank deposits, testing recipes, and giving aid and comfort to the
> old, young and
> accursedly inept among her dog friends.
> But it is a thought.  She could do it. Perhaps when the ginseng
> season opens in a month or so, I can introduce her to the basics and
> see what happens.  A good way for her to earn some  Christmas doggie
> bucks. (Can't dig it out of season, something to do with environmental
> whackos or  the femi-Nazis, or maybe it was the Boy Scouts.)  Big
> fine, if caught, but there is no law against marking the spots where
> it is growing, making for a fast hunt when the season opens.
> In my native Appie language, it is called "sang,"  And many a family
> in Appalachia wore shoes in winter because they had dug 'sang.'  Now
> with a season on it, I guess it is a sport as well, and CNN or some
> such, will probably start Monday Night Sang, and make a million.  Will
> try to get Mary a spot on the preview program.
> Thanks for writing.
> Hermit in the Woods, singing Oh! Them Golden  (Sang
> Bought)Slippers.
> 
> 
> Thanks for writing.
> 
> Hermit in the Woods, mulling over the joke about the cause of Mad
> Cow disease. Still laughing.