Harsey's Nemesis!!!

[Ambush Master]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei9LlLLZwAU

[Penn]

That was nauseating.

[PSM]

Originally Posted by Penn

That was nauseating.

...and if it was asparagus?

Pat

[HOLLiS]

The Guy who owns the property next to mine, is a logger. He clear cutted his property a number of years ago. I believed it was equipment from Finland. Really impressive to watch. Low impact to the land. The loader was similar. Amazing stuff they have out now.

Logging country West of me.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...6475/1PanA.jpg

[Razor]

John Henry...I mean Mr. Harsey could take that there fancy machine any day! He just needs the right saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_owXd_MsdXI

[JMI]

I saved that to my favorites. That is an extremely impressive piece of equipment. No doubt about it!

But it would be nice if builders and architects and designers had the balls to build around some of those trees. Maybe it was a sewer route. Who knows?

While that beast was fun to watch, I wonder how many wasted hours could have been used to save some of the trees.

Yet, I still couldn't wait until it ripped through another victim.

I'm Wierd.

[Pete S]

Originally Posted by JMI

But it would be nice if builders and architects and designers had the balls to build around some of those trees.

Trees to close to a structure are a serious fire risk, and up in the NW they are a big risk when the wind kicks up.

[HOLLiS]

Originally Posted by Pete S

Trees to close to a structure are a serious fire risk, and up in the NW they are a big risk when the wink kicks up.

That is a Affirmative. One of our neighbors had to do some re-roofing and framing when a tree decide to fall on his house.

The Fir trees here require a stand of trees to stay up right. The root structure does not go deep. After the logger neighbor clear cutted his property a wind storm came up. We lost one tree but another person lost 70 trees because of the clear cut. Our property is more shelter from the prevailing winds.

Also a Large old maple, fell over when it was bumped by a track hoe when the property was being cleared. The maple root ball was rotted and the tree was just balancing itself on what was left.

Trees can look healthy but that may not mean they are safe.


Then as you mentioned, there is fire hazard. Older construction is more vulnerable to fire. We re-roofed our house this summer, we hand cedar shakes. Cedar shakes makes very good kindling.

[Penn]

If they were asparagus…wrapped in some thinly sliced smoked copper river salmon, with chive, orange zest, and very light hollandaise… we would have Asparagus in Bondage, but they are not. It disturbs me we can’t find alternative materials or a way to live here… we really need to find a balance…every now and then I pull out the picture of the earth taken from the moon… its fragile beauty quiets my mind and frightens my soul.

[warrottjr]

Originally Posted by Penn

…every now and then I pull out the picture of the earth taken from the moon… its fragile beauty quiets my mind and frightens my soul.

What is the OPLAN for E.T.'s?

[Red Flag 1]

I want one!! Just spent the last three days repairing a fence that ice laden pines desroyed last weekend. Impressive machine!! Thanks for the video.

RF 1

[PSM]

Originally Posted by Penn

If they were asparagus…wrapped in some thinly sliced smoked copper river salmon, with chive, orange zest, and very light hollandaise… we would have Asparagus in Bondage...

My wife brought some pencil-thin asparagus home last night. I'll have to try this.

Originally Posted by Penn

It disturbs me we can’t find alternative materials or a way to live here… we really need to find a balance…every now and then I pull out the picture of the earth taken from the moon… its fragile beauty quiets my mind and frightens my soul.

Mother Earth gives as good as she gets: Mt. St. Helens, the Northridge earthquake, Hurricane Katrina.

She also absorbs blows pretty well, too: The Yucatan asteroid and the whack she took from whatever knocked loose the chunk of Earth that became the Moon from which that photo was taken.

The UN's FAO stats show that US forests have increased in the last 15 years (http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/32185/en/usa/) and are larger than in 1920. The worlds forest cover is roughly 30% of the landmass now, the same as in 1950. (FAO Production Yearbooks 1949 to 1995)

It doesn't strike me as all that fragile.

Bon appétit!

Pat

[Pete S]

Originally Posted by Penn

If they were asparagus…wrapped in some thinly sliced smoked copper river salmon, with chive, orange zest, and very light hollandaise… we would have Asparagus in Bondage, but they are not. It disturbs me we can’t find alternative materials or a way to live here… we really need to find a balance…every now and then I pull out the picture of the earth taken from the moon… its fragile beauty quiets my mind and frightens my soul.

The logging done now in the US is low impact, using similar techniques as low intensity agriculture. In addition to that there are more protected old growth forests and national parks.

This world isn't as fragile as people think.

[x SF med]

It just ran through my mind that Harsey and a chain saw would make short work of that stand. If he didn't cut off one of his legs in the process.

[clapdoc]

Thanks to the big Timber companies. International Paper and Georgia Pacific we have more pine timber in the southeast than we have had since the country was settled.

Don't worry about loggers cutting all of the timber, they are the best Green People we have.


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