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DATE: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:08:14
John Longcamp" wrote:

>One I know to be wrong for sure: "Oak trees do not produce acorns until they
>are fifty years of age or older."
>
>We have lived in our present home 26 years.  Shortly after moving in I >bought a number of small oak trees.  That is, small enough to be growing in
>1 gallon containers and portable in my Dodge Omni.   All have been bearing >acorns for 5-10 years.  These trees are now over 1 foot in diameter and
>30-40 feet tall.
>
>More uban myths?
>
>John+
>
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John+

One urban myth you may have heard in a highschool physics or science class goes like this:

"Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."

From experience we know this is not true if you have ever tried to 
1)  raise a teenager in time for school or 

2)  remove a possum from a flower bed.

Charles+ 


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