Stan, Is the LW Scientific Revelation binocular compound microscope available locally or do I have to go to Tucson and how much should I expect to pay? I got some cheese I want to look at. Or maybe it's meat... Also, if you are that squeamish you can stuff the bell peppers with rice and hamburger and chili or onion powder (?) and bake it to death. I got the recipe somewhere. Jack > > In a message dated 9/25/2005 2:11:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Next time eating a raw bell pepper, think of all > those chloroplasts moving around, and the sausage shaped things twisting > around as the bell pepper moves down your gullet. > Stan > > > > Well stan I don't know about Choroplasts moving around but those sausage > things you were looking at were bacteria. Those kinds of bacteria that exist in > our foods actually help us digest our food. They also help to make Cheese > and ferment fruits to make beer and other fun drinks. Don't worry thoough as > long as you are from the planet Earth the bacteria for the most part are > harmless. If you came from Alpha Centauri you might have a problem :-) > > Clear Skies > Dwight L Bogan > > P. S. Did your mother ever told you, that you should not be playing with > your food -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.