Carl_Bergstrom

Vic,

I think you've badly misinterpretted the tone of this post.

Al and I have history of this sort of banter going back at least three or four years -- back to when, in Al's words, there as actually bonsai here.

Hence the "I've always claimed" in my remark. Looking back, you'll see that I've always claimed anything but that Al is full of nonsense. Like you, I find Al's contributions to be among the most stimulating on here, and I look forward to a new bonsaial1 post with an enthusiasm that I grant to few other members on this site. I proudly display my trees on two Al Keppler stands. I ran a gallery of his stands at the Art of Bonsai recently, and Al just served as a judge for the photo contest that we ran at there. I thought that my claim that I've was so patently ludicrous that no one could possibly think I was serious.

With my best regards,
Carl

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