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22-03-2004, 02:21 AM

In article ,
says...
On Sunday, in article

"Colonel Bloomer" wrote:

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:43:09 -0000, "ned" wrote:

Colonel Bloomer wrote:

snip

Maybe the buggers are getting fussy in their old age, maybe seeds
aint
what they used to be?

Well there's a truism.
I'll bet that 50 years ago, sparrers weren't being offered marijuana
seed in their bird seed mix!
But it has appeared under my feeder before now.

Lol sshhhh!

Isn't that a legal crop now in the UK, the sanitized version of
course?

Making hemp!

The legal varieties have very low levels of the interesting active
ingredient. Still needs a certain amount of licensing hassle, and not
to be planted by public rights of way. Apparently the Home Office
doesn't trust ramblers.

Partly, it can all be blamed on the EU. The fibre gets userd as a
binder for biodegradable mouldings, stuff like that, in those expensive
German cars.

I read somewhere that mdf board made from hemp is 2.5 times stronger
than common or garden mdf.