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To: Druss who wrote (6636)	5/6/1999 12:38:00 AM
From: Blue On Black	Respond to of 12754

Druss, I am many years away from fooling with any wacky weed. Although, some of the legal plants that I grow for flowers have some interesting uses...that are of no interest to me now. It's probably a good thing that I didn't get into herbs until I got over the illicit side of things....many,many years ago. But it brought to mind a story from those days.... Late teens to early 20s, I did partake (but I didn't inhale). I have always been a collector of seeds...and occasionally I would plant them. Being a hick, then - as now, I planted them in a remote field on a ranch that I worked on. At the time, we had squirrelly Charlois/Brahma crosses - a little high-strung to say the least. You ride in one end of the pasture and they tore the fence out of the other end of the pasture. One fine summer day, we were missing a herd. We, including the strait-laced manager, saddled up to find the missing herd. We followed the trail unerringly to my private field and found a very,very laid-back herd of 'wild cattle'. There was nothing left of my 'crop' but stubble....nice, healthy, bushy plants. The cattle watched us ride in...happily chewing their cud. We had to ride up to cows and get the horse to 'paw' them to get cattle on their feet. Manager:What's wrong with these cows. They should be in a dead run by now. This is strange. Me:<sob,choke> I don't have a clue.<choke>sniffle Manager:They must be sick. I'll call the vet when we get back. Me:sniffleThey seem OK. Maybe we better watch them awhile first. Manager:They look fine but this is not natural. Me:SOB...SNIFFLE A long time ago....far,far away. I realize, now, that the truly stupid don't need help in being more so....JMHO. lee