quote from twinturbo's link.

QuoteSince the inception of Sabrina's Law in Ontario, not a single child in the province has died due to an allergic reaction at school. Now that is a sensational story.

I wasn't aware of that, but Laurie Harad would know.

That's a great editorial. 

That's a really good point, Linden.

We've very definitely had that happen to us-- more than once, in fact.

Although I disagree with Ms. Giustizia that the acorns would pose a threat, I can see how she would come to that (erroneous in my opinion) conclusion.  I've seen more than one instance in which someone was reassured by their allergist or doctor that a particular situation didn't pose a threat and then surprise - they got to learn the hard way the experts were wrong.

 

People like that makes all of us alllergy folks seem like a bunch of crazies.

I had squirrels like that at my old house and there was a huge oak tree that overhung our patio.  The squirrels chewed through Rubbermaid storage containers to get to a plastic container that held bird food (and they chewed through that too).  There was one squirrel who would lay on its tummy on the top of our fence just outside out kitchen window and watch us.  The squirrels would also attack our pumpkins every year.  One day I came outside on to our front steps and found a squirrel with all four legs wrapped around our pumpkin (hugging it in essence) while it gorged itself on pumpkin.  We took to having to keep our pumpkins inside until Halloween night.

This year we kept the pumpkins in the backyard until Halloween but that was because teenagers were stealing and smashing pumpkins on our street.

^Those are the type of squirrels I have. They've even taking to not leaving our stoop when we start out the front door giving me warning chirps as the kids and I walk to the car. It's like Walking Dead... but squirrels.

Quote from: Janelle205 on November 14, 2012, 08:50:40 PM
I love watching the squirrels in our backyard.  We have black squirrels too, which are my favorite.

I thought I liked watching them, and I do, but they began to get very aggressive in their search for food.  Launching themselves onto my slider screen, right by where I sit here in the kitchen.  Scaling my house, knocking down the bird feeder attached to my kitchen window, etc...

We have lots of oak in our yard, as well as beech, which shed even more nuts (or maybe it seems like more because they are bigger?).  Anyway, never a problem. 

Quote from: candyguru on November 14, 2012, 09:12:24 AM

Quote from: SilverLining on November 14, 2012, 08:20:39 AM

Quotesaid the young trees on property

You would think they would have had the sense to plant a different tree.   

But I would say there is no reason to plant a different tree. 

Considering most schools here have peanut/nut bans, it was only a matter of time before someone made this request.

I think it's crazy to request the trees be removed.  My son has allergies to insects.  His first school had a no-mow area.  No way would I have suggested they get rid of that...I told my son to stay away from that area.  His first and second schools had apple trees.  In the fall, the apples fall off and the bees/wasps are REALLY bad in the area.  Again, I would not suggest they remove the trees.  I told my son to stay away from the apple trees at that time of year.  (And for the record...acorns don't usually jump up and bite you on the @$$ --- bugs do.)

Have 6 oaks in my backyard.  several on side yard and several in front yard. blackwalnut tree on property behind us and the walnuts fall in my yard.  Never had a problemwith anything other than the pollen aggravating my ds.

I love watching the squirrels in our backyard.  We have black squirrels too, which are my favorite.

LOL, TT.  We had them running in our attic just prior to selling our old house!  YUCK!  We have few squirrels in our yard here, and I made the mistake of tossing some old bread or toast our for birds last winter.  OMG.  The squirrels find it.  I was them dealing with about 4 tenacious beasts scaling my slider screen on my back deck, scaling my siding to get to the bird feeder on a window, etc...  They are so aggressive.   I felt like Chevy Chase in the Christmas Vacation movie.  I was chasing them away every day, lol. 

But, I might like having them if I had a few oak trees!

Now I want to do a poll to see how many of us with known nut (peanut, too?) allergies have oak trees in their yard. I do. And I'd love to sling shot those ************** fat, glossy-coated squirrels gorging themselves on my super abundant acorns to the moon. Lazy neighborhood cats only chase them which probably gives them enough exercise to make even stronger squirrels.