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CLICK TO RETURN TO PAGE 2 OF LIST OF PAPERS CLICK TO RETURN TO PAGE 1 OF LIST OF PAPERS CLICK TO RETURN TO PAGE 3 OF LIST OF PAPERS 62. KRULIK, GERALD, Ask Jerry: Conundrums Clarified for the Courteous Chlorophyllophile (Gardener) Part 9, CONVENTION QUESTIONS, PUP TALK (Saddleback Valley Bromeliad Society), 16 (6), p. 6, June, 2009. The first article was reprinted in the June 2009 issue of the Chicago Bromeliad Society. **************************** Dear Jerry I have a question about conventions. I love to attend them, but my wife doesn’t. My wife is beginning to get suspicious, since almost every weekend I run off somewhere by myself. Unfortunately, I am very weak at resisting temptations when my wife is not there to glare at me. She is starting to question why our savings aren’t growing. And she doesn’t seem to really believe me, when every month I tell her that I have to expand my plant space, because everything is growing so well. Actually, I am sneaking in all my new plants. Do you have any advice? (signed) Convention junkie Dear Junkie, This is like asking a bar owner, how to stop drinking! You are actually doing a public service. The more plants you buy, the bigger the market for legally propagated, rare plants. There are more nurseries, more growers, more jobs, a greener planet! This promotes more interest in ecology, conservation, non-polluting industries, apple pie and motherhood. See if your wife buys this story, and please let me know if she does. Needing a new excuse too Jerry *************************** Dear Jerry I have an embarrassing question. I was at a big brom convention recently. I was invited up to a good friend’s room to view and admire the day’s gorgeous acquisitions. Unfortunately I had a bit too much happy hour intake. As I bent over to examine a particularly fragrant and delicate bloom, I felt a moment of extreme nausea. Needless to say, the plants looked and smelled different afterwards. Now my friend is very upset with me. The flowers were ruined. Even though the plants were cleaned in the hotel shower, they smelled up the car the whole way home. Even now, odd bits and pieces keep turning up among the leaves. How do I make amends? (signed) Totally embarrassed Dear Inebriate At least you still remember the incident! It sounds as if you need to focus more on one of your hobbies, and ease up on the other one. Did you consider buying the plants back from your friend, despite their probable high cost? Maybe if you spend a day with a wet vac and a gallon of cheap perfume, you can undo most of the damage. You should be thankful these were not cacti! Remember cactiholics hold dry conventions Jerry *************************** |
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