Who knows where the Kapok Tree Restaurant is? Tampa? Atlanta? We went there 30 years ago, but I can't remember where it was. Biiiiiigggggg tree!!!!
Waxing nostalgic, DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Kapok? > I remember as a kid, ( 1950's) my dad bought some kapok- > insulated sleeping bags. They were supposed to be the > latest and greatest. The kapok was so fine and dusty that > it would make your throat itch for hours. Every time you > opened one of those bags the coughing and itching would > start all over again. My brother and I would get into a > fight over who would end up blowing up the air mattresses. > But Dad would make me do it because my brother would get > puffy irritated eyes (hay fever type irritation) when he got > too close to that blessed stuff. > > Larry J > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/04/02 11:24AM >>> > Hi Rick, > Kapok is also used as a parachute post, or cut up and dyed, > as dubbing. > If you're interested you may try florists, because the > stuff is > sometimes used as decoration in dried flower pieces. I used > it for my > Klinkhammer posts, but gave it up in favor of Aero Dry > Wing. > If you want to try your hand at it I may be able to send > you some. > Martin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Fiber from the Kapok Tree (tropical). Used to be used > >in PFD's I think. > > > >================================================================ > >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet > Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. > >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de > actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > > > > > > > >
