they're nice 'n shiny and feel so smooth...
> John
>
> > Conkers fresh from their casings are a beautiful
> > polished russet colour but soon dull and wrinkle,
Yes, I used to make necklaces of them growing up in Kentucky. The boys would
hurl them at each other but without strings attached.
We drove 3" nails into them to make holes for the strings. I still remember
the slight give of the meat inside them as the nail went through and into
the ground. The nice shiny polished russet smoothness of them is due to a
slight bit of oily residue from their casings.
suse
