On Jan 5, 10:50Â*am, dsi1 > wrote:
> On 1/5/2012 7:56 AM, merryb wrote:
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> >>>> On 1/1/2012 5:18 PM, Bryan wrote:
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> >>>>> On Jan 1, 8:28 pm, "Julie > Â* Â*wrote:
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> >>>>>> I do know that animals suffer when we kill them for food. Â*But thanks to my
> >>>>>> high school biology class, I also know that plants suffer when we cut them
> >>>>>> or pick them or burn them or any of the other things we might do to harvest
> >>>>>> them or even make the fields ready to grow another crop.
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> >>>>> Hahahahahaha! Â*Plants suffering! Â*You're a nutcase. Â*Maybe you had as
> >>>>> kooky high school biology teacher.
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> >>>>> --Bryan
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> >>>> The idea that plants felt pain and responded to soothing words and even
> >>>> kind thoughts was a common notion in the late 60s and 70s. That's what
> >>>> drugs will do for you...
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> >>> I believe Mythbusters had this on their show, with 4 or so different
> >>> greenhouses. They were all the same temp, etc. One had classical
> >>> music, another heavy metal, but can't remember the other 2- I'm sure
> >>> one was neutral to be used as a control. I seem to recall the heavy
> >>> metal one did best...
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> >> I like those results! Now they have to do a segment on the myth that
> >> AC/DC is better than Metallica or Pantera for growing weed.
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> > Or Pink Floyd!
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> Plants raised on Pink Floyd would be semi-transparent and glow with a
> greenish-yellow light. That ain't no myth - in my mind at least. :-)

LOL- you crack me up!!

In article >,
Doug Freyburger > wrote:

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
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> >> I was also a vegan for a brief period of time. That to me is the best
> >> tasting food in the world!
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> > There are many reasons people become vegan, but never before have I seen
> > anyone claiming that vegan food tastes good.
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> Vegan food easily tastes good. The reality comes in when it's compared
> against what it really is. Regular eating is everything that vegan
> eating is plus additional animal products. Since animal products often
> taste good to many people it's easy for regular eating to taste better
> than vegan eating. But because regular eating is the super-set and
> vegan eating is the sub-set it is literally impossible for vegan food to
> taste better than non-vegan food. The better tasting vegan dishes are
> all included in non-vegan food. Every single one of them.

I understand what you are saying, Doug. However, it's also possible to
consider the constraints as being time, energy and money; rather than
just the sheer number of recipes and food items available.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA