Do you have to wash your nuts?

I really don't enjoy having a hand-full of soggy nuts, but that that is how I always tend to consume them these days, as they are always far too salty. Is there any retailer that sells unsalted peanuts? I have certainly searched, but been unable to find any. I have chosen even the name branded nuts, (with my KP vouchers, received as goodwill from a complaint letter) which were marginally less salty, but most of the brands simply are too salty for me to eat, so I end up clenching a loose handfull of them and giving them a good rinse under the tap before eating them, as the salt levels are simply unbearable, as well as incredibly unhealthy.

It is not just nuts either; the other day I visited Macdonalds with some friends, and the chips (named "fries" because I'm pretty sure they are not made of potatoes) were also incredibly salty. I rubbed off as much of the sodium chloride as I could with a serviette, until I just had to ask at the counter for some "unsalted fries", at which point the assistant apologised profusely and gave me a complimentary large bag of fries ladled with even more of the evil white granules!

Anyway, I was just curious to know if there are any other people out there that find much of today's food way too salty, or if I just have some kind of oversensitive taste receptors?