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Gourds grow in popularity
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Most gourds are unpalatable. They have virtually no use beyond
being novel. They can be frustrating to grow and cure, and the vines
take up a lot of garden space, not to mention water.
Why bother?
"It gets in your blood," explained Paul Jeffiers of Elk Creek, Ky.
Jeffiers, 71, is old enough to know better, but here's how crazy
gourd fever can get. Last winter he built and insulated a box,
fitting it with a heating system at a steady 80 degrees to dry out a
gourd to save for posterity.
To be fair, it was a really big gourd, a 245-pounder, the 2001
champion heaviest gourd in the "Giant Gourd ...
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Sex customers in Norway 2002.
Magazine article from: Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality
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Sex offender list may expand
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