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debbierlus
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:31 PM Original message |
I recently came across some Handspun Antique Hemp Nightgowns - I now know why Pot is illegal |
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OffWithTheirHeads
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very interesting |
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debbierlus
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I don't have any photos right now, but I will get on it |
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comtec
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Mon Oct-29-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
188. Space material! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a mystery why growing industrial hemp is banned in this country. |
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debbierlus
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. They don't care about people getting high, anyway |
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FREEWILL56
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. So being it's made from an illegal plant can they arrest you and |
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crikkett
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. Thankfully, no. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
118. NO - hemp made products are allowed in the US... |
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Sun Oct-28-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
142. I have a couple of shirts made from hemp. |
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Greeby
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's because you cannot patent a plant |
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havocmom
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Monsanto has a lot of grains patented now. |
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whistle
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
136. That in and of itself is a crime against humanity, how can anyone be allowed to patent a seed? |
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #48 |
148. Agribusiness story ifrom Iraq ... |
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donsu
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
151. it's not a mystery - Ford & the new oil barons stopped it |
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Duval
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Sun Oct-28-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #151 |
156. Also, Hearst had something to do with it! |
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donsu
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Sun Oct-28-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #156 |
160. yes, true |
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zabet
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hemp hemp hooray!!! |
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FREEWILL56
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Give me a HIGH 5. |
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hlthe2b
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've always pictured the canvass- like hemp fabrics I've seen |
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debbierlus
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. They aren't quite as soft as cotton, but they aren't stiff at all |
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hlthe2b
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. cool... I'll look for it |
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venuspluto
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Sun Oct-28-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
153. Fabric softness of plant fibers |
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eppur_se_muova
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Sun Oct-28-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #153 |
176. Welcome to DU! |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Hemp fabrics are wonderful. |
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Judi Lynn
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Thanks for the links, silverweb, and your comments. |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
76. You're welcome! |
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kimmylavin
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Thanks for those links! |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
78. You're very welcome! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
85. Thanks for the links!!!! |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #85 |
105. You're most welcome. |
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shanti
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
120. thanks |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. You sure are lucky. |
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venuspluto
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Sun Oct-28-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
155. Thanks for these links |
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smoogatz
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Are they haunted? |
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debbierlus
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I don't know, & living in a 140 year old house across from a cemetary... |
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smoogatz
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Wow. |
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hootinholler
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. As an old house nut... |
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venuspluto
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Sun Oct-28-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
154. Old houses |
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. that's exactly why they made it illegal - Dupont and Dow can hold much of the blame |
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
181. A really good history of that |
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Bonobo
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kicked and Recomended. I was just saying that in this thread. |
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Mojorabbit
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. I hope you are |
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williesgirl
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. We need to outlaw ALL campaign contributions and go to sensible public financing NOW. It'll end all |
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dickbearton
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. Exactly right. K&R. |
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OffWithTheirHeads
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
109. You don't mean the free market do you? |
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spacelady
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. We musn't forget the timber industry - they don't like hemp |
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IDemo
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. Outlawing hemp is un-American |
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hobbit709
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
64. The Declaration of Independence was printed on hemp paper. |
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sailor65
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Sat Oct-27-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. I have a bunch of hemp shirts |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Where do you get them? |
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sailor65
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Lately, |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
79. Fantastic! |
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sailor65
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #79 |
101. I hope yours still has some |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. It'll be okay. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. The operative words being "reasonably priced". |
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silverweb
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. Thanks for the link! |
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debbierlus
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. Okay, everyone, I put up the images in the original post for those who were curious to see |
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Rosemary2205
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R One the most insightful posts I've ever read on DU. |
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The Straight Story
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I am with you |
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InvisibleTouch
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's very cool - thanks for the pics & info! |
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rabies1
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
147. So, since hemp clothes last forever,this could threaten the garment industry? |
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gtar100
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Sun Oct-28-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #147 |
173. Why, yes... |
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SecularMotion
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. Great find! |
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Bjorn Against
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. Bingo! |
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Kajsa
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. They are great! |
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Warpy
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. Those are beautiful. I've tried spinning hemp |
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NoGodsNoMasters
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
130. Exactly! |
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venuspluto
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
167. Two technological developments sealed hemp's fate |
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. Great Post! FYI, Hemp WAS Originally Made Illegal Because of the WOOD PULP INDUSTRY |
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Chulanowa
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
86. And the reason they said "marijuana" was to pull on racism |
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Lorien
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
88. Hemp and Marijuana are NOT the same thing: |
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Beetwasher
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Sat Oct-27-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. But They Were BOTH Made Illegal |
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Lorien
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Yes, I am quite aware of that |
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Beetwasher
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Sure I Did |
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diane in sf
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
89. William Randolph Hearst owned a lot of timber as well as his papers that |
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Uncle Joe
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Sat Oct-27-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. Kicked and recommended. |
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catmandu57
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. During WWII here |
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madrchsod
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. same here where i live |
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catmandu57
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Sun Oct-28-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
157. Thats it |
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. The first diesel engine was designed to run on hemp oil |
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eppur_se_muova
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
106. Actually, I believe it was peanut oil ... but it was sure as hell BIOdiesel! |
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HughBeaumont
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. That's called "no repeat business" . . . on ALL fronts. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Well, we could always blow things up when big bidness needs an influx |
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HughBeaumont
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
90. That's the Neo-Con Creed: |
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
108. It's "The Man in the White Suit" ... for REAL! |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've got some hemp shirts. They last FOREVER. |
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HughBeaumont
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Sadly, it won't be. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. Great post! |
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Neecy
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. I make soap with hemp oil... |
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knitter4democracy
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
71. Ooh, I'll bet that's great soap. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
107. I make lotions with it! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
112. So post a link! I think you could sell some here |
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Neecy
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #112 |
126. okay... |
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kimmylavin
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Sat Oct-27-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Wow. |
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debbierlus
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It is so incredible...of course, we must give hats off to the ladies |
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knitter4democracy
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
72. Chances are, some men were involved. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. Textiles, cloth, four times as much paper per acre, fuel oil, food source (seeds)... |
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. The industries that work |
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Sun Oct-28-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #51 |
159. Prison Industrial Complex. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
52. Beautiful! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. I don't believe that. |
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Johnny Noshoes
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #53 |
138. "we mostly buy clothing to get the latest style, to get brighter colors" |
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knitter4democracy
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Sun Oct-28-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
145. Hemp linen is great at shedding stains and dirt. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. Another source of Hemp fabric: |
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. Don't forget about paper. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Randolph Hurst owned a paper mill and forestland. Hemp was a threat |
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Blue Belle
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Sat Oct-27-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
91. Yep... the Constitution was written on Hemp paper. |
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CrispyQ
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Sun Oct-28-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #91 |
164. So, instead of legalizing hemp we'll chop down all our forests. |
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Blue Belle
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #164 |
165. pretty much.... |
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Friday
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Sat Oct-27-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thanks |
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spacelady
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Big Welcome to you, jimnkara! With the body of evidence and |
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Friday
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Thank you |
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
169. I'm relatively new, too |
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. With all due respect |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Respectfully, it isn't the religions fundies... |
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #68 |
132. They fear Pot more than the harder drugs because, though it isn't |
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Tab
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #132 |
170. I bet if we told them |
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patrice
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. I'll bet you're right about that!! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. Hemp versus cotton |
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eppur_se_muova
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
102. What about water? Cotton is one of the world's biggest consumers of water. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. gotta love the cotton lobby then. |
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Bennyboy
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. HEMP can save the world! |
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eppur_se_muova
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. I would like to get hold of that 1948 PM article ... |
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Bennyboy
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #116 |
140. Popular Mechanics article 1938 |
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eppur_se_muova
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Sun Oct-28-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #140 |
175. Thankee kindly! nt |
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
129. Don't blame cotton for the way modern agriculture treats it |
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Sun Oct-28-07 05:11 AM Response to Reply #129 |
133. So close and yet so far. |
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knitter4democracy
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Sun Oct-28-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #133 |
144. Not quite. |
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Homer Wells
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
65. Kicked and Recommended!! n/t |
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. Question on the stitching. |
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knitter4democracy
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Not from that time period as far as I know from my research. |
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Richard Steele
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #66 |
104. That's not "too uniform", it was just stitched by someone with good eyesight... |
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Amazing. I can't imagine doing that by hand! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
67. It looks a bit like linen.... |
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knitter4democracy
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Flax and hemp can be very hard to tell apart. |
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #74 |
177. Isn't Canada now allowed to grow |
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knitter4democracy
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. They do. The hemp/wool blend yarn I like is Canadian. |
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Buzz Clik
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
69. Hm. My education never ends. This was concept of a hemp dress: |
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knitter4democracy
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. There's a reason why it was the first handspun fiber. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
125. And from what I've read, one of the largest sources of pollution immediately |
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knitter4democracy
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Sun Oct-28-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #125 |
141. Not true. They're still cleaning up the mess from dyes. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
75. That is fascinating!! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
77. Hemp For Victory! |
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Bennyboy
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #77 |
139. Great find..... |
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rainy
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
80. I eat hemp seeds everyday from the healthfood store. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #80 |
110. Why can't you grow hemp from these hemp seeds? Are they cooked? nt |
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #110 |
128. Not cooked. |
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rainy
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #128 |
137. hey, I wonder if that's true. The package says raw. |
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #137 |
150. Why is it they are afraid of the raw almonds? Too good as a cancer |
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Sun Oct-28-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #150 |
161. Here's the story. Raw almonds caused some problems for big corporate |
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Katherine Brengle
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
83. Wow. That's incredible. |
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wovenpaint
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
84. Yep-thank you DuPont et al |
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:07 AM Response to Reply #84 |
134. good info here: |
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Sat Oct-27-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
87. hemp oil could also be used as an alternative fuel....many reasons to suppress this plant |
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Sat Oct-27-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
92. Thank you and share your story here also please |
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Sat Oct-27-07 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
93. Good post |
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troubleinwinter
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Sat Oct-27-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
94. Yes. !!!!!! |
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SHRED
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Sat Oct-27-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
96. Industrial grown hemp is the enemy of "pot" |
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Catchawave
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. There's so much to learn about this almost perfect product |
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #96 |
122. Excellent point - that's why good smoking weed cannot be grown |
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Capn Sunshine
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #96 |
124. absolutely. The plant you want for industial use |
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Sat Oct-27-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
99. Wow. This has been a very educational "thread". Ha! Pun intended! |
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Miss Chybil
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Sat Oct-27-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
115. While the fabric may not change, the styles do. |
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
117. It's always been about the invention of the cotton gin! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
119. Can Hemp Impeach the bushies? |
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
121. It's also good for the ozone layer --- !!! We can't have rayon either -- !!!! |
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Sat Oct-27-07 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
123. Amazing! |
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
131. If you like handspun antique hemp nightgowns you'll love |
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Sun Oct-28-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
135. That is amazing? I wonder if the cotton industry had anything to do |
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troubleinwinter
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Sun Oct-28-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #135 |
143. It wasn't the cotton industry. |
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Nothing Without Hope
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Sun Oct-28-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #143 |
178. Very interesting. I hadn't heard that important bit of history. This should be undone. |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Sun Oct-28-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
146. that is beautiful! |
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
149. It's one of the many wonderful things 'they' have stolen from us.... |
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
152. I've worn hemp jeans for years..they "breathe"..not hot in summer |
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Sun Oct-28-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
158. I nominate this my favorite Post of the Year |
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Sun Oct-28-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #158 |
163. I'll second that! |
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Sun Oct-28-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
162. Hey debbierlus, There Is Another Reason As Well... |
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Nothing Without Hope
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
166. In fact, the cultivars that are used for hemp don't make much if any THC |
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IDemo
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
168. It was once illegal not to grow hemp |
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Sun Oct-28-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
172. I'm quite awe struck. |
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Yael
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Sun Oct-28-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
174. Thanks for adding the pics |
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Sun Oct-28-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
180. I'm wearing a hemp baseball hat right now. |
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Sun Oct-28-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
182. The workmanship blows me away, The hours put into this amazing article of |
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Mon Oct-29-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #182 |
185. There was no tv, radio, phone..or even electricity..long winter days |
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Mon Oct-29-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
183. Beautiful stuff & EXCELLENT post! |
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Mon Oct-29-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
184. . |
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Mon Oct-29-07 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
186. 100,000 Views? |
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Mon Oct-29-07 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
187. This post is on page one of Digg.com today n/t |
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Mon Oct-29-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
189. ttt |
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Mon Oct-29-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
190. This thread is certainly getting a lot of attention. |
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