RE: Internet Access charge + T. terschekki + a viral warning!


Hey Bonnie, 

   Thank you EVER so much for that site.  www.urbanlegends.com is 
another good one to check with, before propagating a possibly ficticious 
warning or contest (ie Disney trips).  I end up getting quite a few of 
these type emails in my mail box, all from friends who are looking out 
for me, and trying to help.  It doesn't do to get short tempered with 
them.  Directing them to sites like this is much better, and I 
appreciate CIAC's site.

    Now, before I wander _too_ far off track, I'd like to tell everyone 
of a little experiment with Cacti seeds I tried.  

Two four inch pots were microwaved for 4 minutes, until the soil was 
steaming hot.  These were covered with plastic sandwhich bags.  When 
this soil cooled, actually the next day, I sowed 14 seeds into each pot.  
One set of 14 seeds was GA-3 coated Trichocerus terschekii.  The other 
set of 14 was plain, untreated T. terschekii. 

The pots were then set 6 inches below florescent tubes (general hardware 
store type) with a heating pad beneath them.  The lights and heat are 
both on for 14 hours, then off for 10.

Within one week, I had 4 seedlings from the GA-3 group, and 1 from the 
untreated group.  Now at three weeks, I've got 5 from the GA-3, and 6 
from the untreated.  Frankly, the untreated seeds look a bit healthier, 
but this is my first time with cacti seeds, so I'm not 100% clear on 
what they should look like.

My opinion, at this point, is that GA-3 is not worth bothering with for 
this species.  However Dr. Deno does indicate that it helps for other 
species of Trichocerus.  (Note, I neither recommend the use of, nor 
discourage the use of Dr. Deno's books, and I recognize that I did not 
follow Dr. Deno's method of sprouting seeds, and that the soil may or 
may not have contained contaminants, possibly skewing my results.)

I am not looking for advice or critizism, though I will accept any 
offered in a friendly manner.  I am merely letting you folks know a 
little something I've been up to.

Now, to wander off topic again, I recently recieved this virus warning.  
Looks like it is a pretty a nasty one.

>THIS WAS FORWARDED TO ME.  PLEASE READ IT VERY CAREFULLY!  THIS IS
DANGEROUS.
>BE ON THE LOOKOUT!
>
>>
>  Folks, I don't normally send out virus warnings, but this
>  one is extremely serious.  Please read very carefully and
>  take care!
>
>  If you  receive an email entitled "Crazy Times" delete it
>  immediately. Do not open it! Apparently this one is pretty
>  nasty.
>
>  It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it
>  will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your
>  computer.
>
>  It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards.
>
>  It reprograms your ATM access code, messes up the tracking
>  on your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any
>  CD's you  attempt to play.
>
>  It will re-calibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings
>  so all your ice cream melts and your milk curdles.
>
>  It will program your phone autodial to call only your
>  mother-in-law's number.
>
>  This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.
>
>  It will drink all your beer.
>
>  It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you are
>  expecting company.
>
>  Its radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and
>  bellybutton fuzz (be honest, you have some) to migrate
>  behind your ears.
>
>  It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with
>  Rogaine, all while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind
>  your back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your Visa
>  card.
>
>  It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a
>  way that is only fun until someone loses an eye.
>
>  It will give you Dutch Elm Disease and Tinea.
>
>  It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active
>  verbs to passive tense and incorporating undetectable
>  misspellings which grossly change the interpretations of key
>  sentences.
>
>  If the "Crazy Times" message is opened in a Windows 95
>  environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your
>  hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub.
>
>  It will not only remove the tags from your mattresses and
>  pillows, but it will also refill your skimmed milk with
>  whole milk.
>
>  It will replace all your luncheon meat with Spam.
>
>  It will molecularly rearrange your cologne or perfume,
>  causing it to smell like dill pickles.(Remember Brut 33 ?)
>
>  It is insidious and subtle.
>
>  It is dangerous and terrifying to behold.
>
>  It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
>
>  These are just a few signs of infection.
>
>  PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!
>
>

Take care,
Glider

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