[pianotech] "Why not Minot?"

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Open Forum for Piano Technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 09, 2002 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Why not Minot?"


> Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
> >
> > Fine idea, and as long as we're being inclined, hemp produces a higher
> > sustainable fiber yield per acre than trees, and is considerably cheaper
to
> > produce, harvest, and process. Makes fine paper.
>
> Yea but you cant make maple syrup out of it.... ok you can smoke it... but
that
> doesnt make your pancakes taste any better.... or does it... sheesh I must
be
> getting old... cant remember back that far.

You can smoke it if you like, but there's not enough 'goodies' in it to give
you much of any buzz. Not in the type used to grow hemp, there isn't.

We can't grow the stuff because of governmental/bureaucratic paranoia.
That's all.

Del