On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:02:30 -0400
"Joe AutoDrill" wrote:

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...Which brings up the age old question: Where did the term
"dead nuts" come from?

I know you're just having some fun with this, but this link has a good
collection of possibilities:

http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?t=4757

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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