Comments on: Carefully Match & Fondle Your Nuts…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:07:00 +0000

millet, nope, never once got sick. And I am sensitive to cooties and my system has an uncanny ability to jettison bad bacteria. Like supersonic. :) But yes, be careful…

By: millet

millet — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:44:03 +0000

MM, just curious,with all the eating you did in China, and even streetfood at that, did any of you ever have the runs? Food safety has always been my concern about travelling to China.

By: jakbkk

jakbkk — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:38:25 +0000

hahahaha…you had me at “Fondle your nuts”…hahahaha

By: Natie

Natie — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:44:17 +0000

Caught my attention right away!

By: Betchay

Betchay — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:28:56 +0000

MM, you may not have a green thumb but it doesn’t mean there’s nothing green in you! Ha!ha!ha!

Footloose,we also have those chinese cloissone therapeutic balls from HK….good exercise for arthritic hands

By: jay

jay — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:49:00 +0000

first you talk about being stoned, now we are talking about nut fondling.

you naughty boy MM!

Happy Friday let your hair down!

By: Footloose

Footloose — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:09:15 +0000

Probably a precursor to what a customer gave me, a pair of Chinese cloisonné therapeutic balls and pretty similar in effect to fiddling with a komboloi see here https://goo.gl/OcjtpQ Looked it up and learned they are called baoding balls, used by twirling the two balls with the fingers over the palm of the same hand. It looked as though it might improve my right hand strength for playing the guitar so earnestly tried it more than a few times. Quit, could not get the hang of it.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:55:42 +0000

Copied from one of many articles on the subject. Trimmed to fit a nutshell:

Rolling a pair of walnuts between palm and fingers—believed to improve circulation—has been a Chinese pastime for hundreds of years. Mainly the walnuts are good for the body, that’s why people play with them. Each one is unique, and becomes red as you play with it. It’s valuable as a collector’s item and for boosting brain fitness.

Collectors are not interested in the edible kernel, but instead value its ridged brown shell. The pair with the most symmetrical pits and ridges bring the highest prices. Size—the bigger the better—and colour also play a role, with deeper browns more valuable.

By: Mart

Mart — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:43:21 +0000

You were not kidding.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/chinese-walnut-market_n_1837369.html
The things rich people with lots of money collect… I guess if you can’t afford a Renoir, a pair of well aged nuts will do.
Gives a whole new meaning to the “family jewels” when you pass them off to your children as inheritance.

By: ConnieC

ConnieC — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 07:08:18 +0000

MM ,seriously…….? LOL