If splinters count as wood, it's on topic.
Enjoy
Lew
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A woman from Los Angeles, CA, who was an environmentalist,
and an anti-hunter, purchased a piece of timberland near Colville, WA
.
There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract.
She wanted a good view of the natural splendor of her land so
she started to climb the big tree.
As she neared the top she encountered a spotted owl that
attacked her.
In her haste to escape, the woman slid down the tree to the
ground and got many splinters in her crotch.
In considerable pain, she hurried to the Mt. Carmel ER to see
a doctor.
She told him she was an environmentalist, an anti-hunter, and
how she came to get all the splinters.
The doctor listened to her story with great patience and then told her
to go wait in the examining room and he would see if he could help
her.
She sat and waited three hours before the doctor reappeared.
The angry woman demanded, "What took you so long?"
He smiled and then told her, "Well, I had to get permits from the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and
the Bureau of Land Management before I could remove old-growth
timber from a recreational area.
If true - only wishing - as I used to own 5 acres of Redwood
trees. Our home was in and among them. One Earth Day,
we ran off a small mob of jerks who were spiking my trees.
They were driving rail road spikes around the trunks.
I think that did as much to kill trees than to drive off
or kill a logger.
Loggers got smart and used metal detectors in areas near
people.
Martin
On 1/4/2011 1:54 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> If splinters count as wood, it's on topic.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> ------------------------------
> A woman from Los Angeles, CA, who was an environmentalist,
> and an anti-hunter, purchased a piece of timberland near Colville, WA
> .
>
> There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract.
>
> She wanted a good view of the natural splendor of her land so
> she started to climb the big tree.
>
> As she neared the top she encountered a spotted owl that
> attacked her.
>
> In her haste to escape, the woman slid down the tree to the
> ground and got many splinters in her crotch.
>
> In considerable pain, she hurried to the Mt. Carmel ER to see
> a doctor.
>
> She told him she was an environmentalist, an anti-hunter, and
> how she came to get all the splinters.
>
> The doctor listened to her story with great patience and then told her
> to go wait in the examining room and he would see if he could help
> her.
>
> She sat and waited three hours before the doctor reappeared.
>
> The angry woman demanded, "What took you so long?"
>
> He smiled and then told her, "Well, I had to get permits from the
> Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and
> the Bureau of Land Management before I could remove old-growth
> timber from a recreational area.
>
>
>
On Jan 5, 11:47=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote:
> > I call it the Koala Complex. They're all cute and cuddly, right?
> > (Till
>
> they remove your face with their razor sharp, claws.)
> ---------------------------
> Speaking of Koalas, anybody heard from Morris lately?
>
> Lew
Koalas in Iowa? LOL.. Yup I have heard from him. He's fine.
"Martin Eastburn" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Loggers got smart and used metal detectors in areas near
> people.
Which is why the protestors/eco-terrorists switched to ceramic spikes.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no admirer of the timber industry (which
historically replanted only a fraction of the land it cut) but killing and
maiming loggers as a form or protest is as nuts as shooting abortion
doctors--it's way over the line.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Robatoy" wrote:
>
>> Koalas in Iowa? LOL.. Yup I have heard from him. He's fine.
> ----------------------------
> As in Koala sitting in a gum tree smoking a joint.
>
> Lew
They don't need to smoke,
they get stoned on the eucy leaves
>
>
If you mean "Dovey" he is active in groups other places.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Speaking of Koalas, anybody heard from Morris lately?
Lew
Lew Hodgett wrote:
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Lew - you owe me a new keyboard!
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On Jan 5, 11:01=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "RonB" wrote:
>
> The following autumn she bough licenses and deer permits for her sons,
> her neighbors, myself and anyone else who wanted one.
>
> ----------------------------------
> A fine example of the bambi complex gone amuck.
>
> Lew
I call it the Koala Complex. They're all cute and cuddly, right? (Till
they remove your face with their razor sharp, claws.)
The valley I lived in was clear cut - except for two large park areas
that the lumbermen set aside.
The trees on my site were about 90 years old. They were all between
100 and 140' tall. To some that is 30 meters up to 40 or so meters tall.
The stumps from the old days were still on my property.
The lumbermen burned the outside of the stumps to prevent suckers
growing on the stumps and becoming a hazard by getting big and
falling off the wall of a stump.
Loggers constantly replant because they own the land. When they
log off private or federal arms the private and federal keepers are
expected to replenish their own land. They got a ton of money after all.
Around here - is tall pine forests - cut lanes out of them and they
reclaim the forest grounds with what was left over. They want to
make money and poor growth and no trees won't produce board feet in
20 years.
I, for one, who was legally was authorized to cut but left his trees
growing. Looking at the size today with Google Earth - all one sees
is green mush of the ragged limbs. A total blanket.
Martin
On 1/5/2011 1:44 PM, DGDevin wrote:
>
>
> "Martin Eastburn" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> Loggers got smart and used metal detectors in areas near
>> people.
>
> Which is why the protestors/eco-terrorists switched to ceramic spikes.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm no admirer of the timber industry (which
> historically replanted only a fraction of the land it cut) but killing
> and maiming loggers as a form or protest is as nuts as shooting abortion
> doctors--it's way over the line.
On Jan 4, 1:54=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If splinters count as wood, it's on topic.
> He smiled and then told her, "Well, I had to get permits from the
> Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and
> the Bureau of Land Management before I could remove old-growth
> timber from a recreational area.
Hee-Hee. That story reminds me of a sister-in-law.
She grew up in the country but got city-ized during nearly forty years
in the Wichita area. After she and her husband bought 200 acres of
farm land in southeast Kansas, they moved a trailer onto the farm with
intent of eventually building their retirement home. About 1/3 of the
land was creek-bottom or heavily wooded. It was full of deer and
other wildlife.
She loudly proclaimed there would be NO HUNTING on her land. She
didn't believe in it, she would protect her deer and would prosecute
anyone found hunting on the property. She spent much of the first
months hanging signs and painting corner posts, which is a controlled-
hunting sign in Kansas.
Then they proceeded to line the property in front of the intended home
site with 1-2 foot evergreen plantings. They also planted more than
100 walnut and pecan trees in an open pasture north of the house "to
be there for their offspring".
They immediately noticed the tops of the evergreens were being
nibbled. She came up with all kinds of natural and environmentally-
friendly ways to discourage the deer they had seen nibbling on the
trees.
That first winter the deer decimated the evergreens and did great
damage to the hardwood grove.
The following autumn she bough licenses and deer permits for her sons,
her neighbors, myself and anyone else who wanted one.
She has also learned to cook and enjoy a venison meal.
Times change!
RonB
"Robatoy" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I call it the Koala Complex. They're all cute and cuddly, right? (Till
> they remove your face with their razor sharp, claws.)
So stay out of eucalyptus trees.
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:44:12 -0800, "DGDevin" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
>"Martin Eastburn" wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>> Loggers got smart and used metal detectors in areas near
>> people.
>
>Which is why the protestors/eco-terrorists switched to ceramic spikes.
They are indeed ecoterrorists and all belong behind bars. Better yet,
perform the same disfigurations on them as they inflicted on the
loggers they hurt, or simply off 'em if they killed anyone.
>Don't get me wrong, I'm no admirer of the timber industry (which
>historically replanted only a fraction of the land it cut) but killing and
>maiming loggers as a form or protest is as nuts as shooting abortion
>doctors--it's way over the line.
Thank the Democrat party for all of those people.
IICY?
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