Thanks Bruce, sounds like a logical mystery to me. Tj
> From: bjones@weber.ucsd.edu (Bruce Jones)
> Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:18:51 -0800 (PST)
> To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: [Shaku] jinashi - hocciku
>
>> From shakuhachi-request@communication.ucsd.edu Mon Jan 31 10:59:10 2005
>>
>> my allergic reaction is coughing & nazel-drip..
>
> Sounds like it might be a reaction to that piece of bamboo. All
> plants generate toxins as they grow, to ward off insects. The older
> the plant, the stronger the toxins.* If this hochikku (sp?) was made
> from a plant that grew for a long time, you might be reacting to
> those toxins.
>
> Coating the bore with urushi might be the solution (after the urushi
> cures).
>
> bj
>
> ---------------------
> I live in a house constructed almost entirely of Douglas Fir - walls
> (single-wall construction), joists, flooring, roof sheeting. Built
> in 1927, partially from used lumber, the house has virtually no
> termite damage, despite San Diego having an excellent climate for
> termites and the house's previous owner largely neglecting it for
> the past 30 or so years (she was 94 when I bought the place). Bits
> added in the 1950s, like a covered patio, are termite ridden but
> there's no migration even where the parts meet.
>
> Old growth vs. new growth timber.
>
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