"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Karen" > wrote:
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
>
> > > We had a huge tree at a
> > > local college that put out an incredible harvest but they finally cut it
> > > down because people were falling out of it at 3:00am trying to pick the
> > > topmost ones which are always the best.
>
> > If I had an avocado tree, I would never be in a bad mood.
>
> I tried growing them when we lived in CA. *Couldn't get it to grow and I
> heard that it could take many years before it would produce.

If Karen's mood depended on the fruit it would take a long time
for her mood to settle. Those trees grow for a *long* time before
bearing fruit. Time scale like nuts or almost olives.

And Karen's mood better not include weather. The trees are so
gigantic almost the entire canopy is above the roof. In a wind
storm the avocadoes breaking free that hit the roof make a very
loud noise. I remember that from visiting an old friend in Santa
Barbara.