On 26 Jun 2003 10:02:48 -0700, (Ewald Schroder)
wrote:

We've gone from trying to grow olive plants to martinis, boiled eggs
and windups, interesting. So I guess that nobody out there has managed
to get a treated, marinated olive stone to germinate, that's all I
wanted to know, thanks, Ewald Schroder

You could try treated kidney stones or pickled onions next :-)
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martin