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Gerard
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Old smelling boxwood
On 31-12-2005 17:20, in article
, "Arch"
wrote:
Hi Gerard,
I know you asked specifically re _OLD boxwood and I don't know where
your's lurked for a century, but I do know that English Boxwood
bushes/trees have a distinctive odor that's in the nose of the smeller;
either cat **** or old wine.
The odor does seem to attract bugs so I
suspect there is greater risk from molds and wood dust than
insecticides.
Hi Arch,
The boxwood has the same origin as I do: the wet Netherlands.
Old wine is more close than cat ****, but some churches come more close. I
wonder what boxwood, cat ****, old wine and churches have in common;-)
BTW: since I got infected by the woodturning virus, I found that:
- there's really a lot of information about woodturning on the internet,
- since most of that is in English, I am learning woodturning and English at
the same time,
- people in this newsgroup are of a special kind; could it be that working
with the hands and brains simultaneously has such a positive effect on human
beings?
Your 'smell of old church' description reminds me of the little
Protestant boy's answer when asked by the Catholic lad if they swung
incense in his church: "no we have to take a bath Saturday night and the
church has a big air conditioner".
That's a really good protestant who knows his protestant roots !-)
--
Gerard
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