Ilooked at the small metal nut that I had slotted in the crack and watched it move as I stood in the sling connected to it.

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"My dad was a massive rugby nut when I was growing up so the 5 nations was always on the TV and this was the era when we were winning too!"

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It was a much needed job as my wife was pregnant with our first child and given that working at Nike at the Beaverton campus is like going to Disneyland for a sports nut, I loved it.

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"The message I would really like to put out is that anyone with a nut allergy should always carry an Epipen, " she warned.

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Another company, with whom I feel a strong personal connection because it was the first company that I got engaged with when I joined ICA, is Premier Organics, who makes organic raw nut butters.

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"I have four of them, " reports Pauletta Washington, wife of actor Denzel and self-professed jewelry nut.

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"It's true that some people think I'm crazy, but I don't care, " Mr. Thongbai said, pounding a bright-red mixture of betel nut and tobacco to chew on later.

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