[Am-info] Re: {Am-info] AIDS in Africa

[Mike Stephen]

I see...  You are right we have nothing quite like that in British Columbia.  We have Douglas Fir..... 
You can almost see them grow..  They grow to about 100 feet in 20 years.... But Douglas Fir is 
extreamly valuable and useful.....  

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:13:37 -0500, Stuart J. Hysom wrote:

>Mike,
>
>You are clearly not from the South.  Kudzu is
>the most pernicious weed in the region, maybe
>the world.  It moves into a forest and before
>too long that forest may well be a field.  A
>field of nothing but kudzu.  It moves in,
>wraps itself around everything, and kills
>all.  It is like a vine and grows faster than
>you can believe.  During the middle of
>summer, you can quite literally see it grow.
>It is not native to the South, but was
>brought in intentionally, it think, as a
>ground cover. Oops.
>
>Awful stuff.
>
>Now, understand the analogy?
>
>Mike Stephen wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I'm not sure I understand the analogy
>> Kudzu:

>From the Desk of Mike Stephen