Just finished stacking firewood in the backyard. Spent the better part of
the day splitting wood, mostly ash and box elder. I go to grab a piece and
notice a few green "glowing" dots near the middle of the piece. Its on the
split side, not the bark side, so it would have been in the middle of the
tree earlier in the day. At first I thought it was just some paint scraped
off one of the wedges which might be reflecting the light from my house 150
feet away. So I close my hand around it to block off any remaining light
(it was pretty dark to begin with along the back tree-line) and the green
dots are still glowing. One last test, I cup both my hands completely
around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing. Very
strange. Only thing I can think of is maybe fireflies were boring into the
wood and nesting in the middle of the tree and one met its end when I split
the log. However, I always thought they nested in the ground.
Just curious if anyone has seen this before. The largest dot was probably
the size of a grain of rice or smaller, and the other two dots were smaller
yet. They were all within an inch of each other.
Joe
In article <[email protected]>, Joe Tylicki
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Just curious if anyone has seen this before. The largest dot was probably
> the size of a grain of rice or smaller, and the other two dots were smaller
> yet. They were all within an inch of each other.
There are lots of luminous fungi. That would be my guess.
On 26 Apr 2006 18:09:48 -0700, "tom" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Happy 20th Chernobyl! Tom
Rather interesting web site at <http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html>
This is a Ukranian lady who like riding motorcycles; her father is a
nuclear scientist in Russia and she has taken rides through Chernobyl.
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"dicko" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Speaking about real radioactive wood, does anyone remember back in the
> 60's all the hoopla about irradiated wood? It was the golden age of
> atomic energy. Science was king, and I guess exposing wood to neutron
> radiation was considered kewl. Every time you opened a Popular Science
> or Popular Mechanix magazine in those days there was another article
> about some strange atomic powered doodad and irradiated wood.
> Advertisements selling irradiated turning blanks were all over. It was
> supposed to cut just like butter. Of course, I was just a kid back
> then but that's what I remember.
>
> Whatever happened to it? Can you still buy it?
>
Well, they don't say how they "ionize" those bracelets, do they?
LOL!
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:14:56 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Now you've done it. I hope you aren't to fond of that eye. :)
>
> That new third one will make up for the lost one. ;-)
>
> >
> >"Joe Tylicki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> One last test, I cup both my hands completely
> >> around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing.
> >
>
>
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No, the woodworkers that worked with it glowed too brightly and their wives
couldn't get any sleep. :~))
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Charley
"dicko" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:42:12 GMT, "Joe Tylicki"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Just finished stacking firewood in the backyard. Spent the better part
of
> >the day splitting wood, mostly ash and box elder. I go to grab a piece
and
> >notice a few green "glowing" dots near the middle of the piece. Its on
the
> >split side, not the bark side, so it would have been in the middle of the
> >tree earlier in the day. At first I thought it was just some paint
scraped
> >off one of the wedges which might be reflecting the light from my house
150
> >feet away. So I close my hand around it to block off any remaining light
> >(it was pretty dark to begin with along the back tree-line) and the green
> >dots are still glowing. One last test, I cup both my hands completely
> >around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing. Very
> >strange. Only thing I can think of is maybe fireflies were boring into
the
> >wood and nesting in the middle of the tree and one met its end when I
split
> >the log. However, I always thought they nested in the ground.
> >
> >Just curious if anyone has seen this before. The largest dot was
probably
> >the size of a grain of rice or smaller, and the other two dots were
smaller
> >yet. They were all within an inch of each other.
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >
> Speaking about real radioactive wood, does anyone remember back in the
> 60's all the hoopla about irradiated wood? It was the golden age of
> atomic energy. Science was king, and I guess exposing wood to neutron
> radiation was considered kewl. Every time you opened a Popular Science
> or Popular Mechanix magazine in those days there was another article
> about some strange atomic powered doodad and irradiated wood.
> Advertisements selling irradiated turning blanks were all over. It was
> supposed to cut just like butter. Of course, I was just a kid back
> then but that's what I remember.
>
> Whatever happened to it? Can you still buy it?
>
> dickm
>
In article <[email protected]>, Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:14:56 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Now you've done it. I hope you aren't to fond of that eye. :)
>
> That new third one will make up for the lost one. ;-)
You owe me a new keyboard.
>
>>
>>"Joe Tylicki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> One last test, I cup both my hands completely
>>> around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing.
>>
>
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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
Now you've done it. I hope you aren't to fond of that eye. :)
"Joe Tylicki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> One last test, I cup both my hands completely
> around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing.
http://www.shoarns.com/Luminous.html
That must be it. The website above has some interesting information on this
phenomenom.
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:230420062059250458%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca...
> In article <[email protected]>, Joe Tylicki
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just curious if anyone has seen this before. The largest dot was
>> probably
>> the size of a grain of rice or smaller, and the other two dots were
>> smaller
>> yet. They were all within an inch of each other.
>
> There are lots of luminous fungi. That would be my guess.
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:42:12 GMT, "Joe Tylicki"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Just finished stacking firewood in the backyard. Spent the better part of
>the day splitting wood, mostly ash and box elder. I go to grab a piece and
>notice a few green "glowing" dots near the middle of the piece. Its on the
>split side, not the bark side, so it would have been in the middle of the
>tree earlier in the day. At first I thought it was just some paint scraped
>off one of the wedges which might be reflecting the light from my house 150
>feet away. So I close my hand around it to block off any remaining light
>(it was pretty dark to begin with along the back tree-line) and the green
>dots are still glowing. One last test, I cup both my hands completely
>around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing. Very
>strange. Only thing I can think of is maybe fireflies were boring into the
>wood and nesting in the middle of the tree and one met its end when I split
>the log. However, I always thought they nested in the ground.
>
>Just curious if anyone has seen this before. The largest dot was probably
>the size of a grain of rice or smaller, and the other two dots were smaller
>yet. They were all within an inch of each other.
>
>Joe
>
>
Speaking about real radioactive wood, does anyone remember back in the
60's all the hoopla about irradiated wood? It was the golden age of
atomic energy. Science was king, and I guess exposing wood to neutron
radiation was considered kewl. Every time you opened a Popular Science
or Popular Mechanix magazine in those days there was another article
about some strange atomic powered doodad and irradiated wood.
Advertisements selling irradiated turning blanks were all over. It was
supposed to cut just like butter. Of course, I was just a kid back
then but that's what I remember.
Whatever happened to it? Can you still buy it?
dickm
I've seen them too, Joe, those green glowing dots in the wood. Just
like you describe. It was back in 1619, while I was splitting
firewood at the homestead in Salem. Wierd, those green dots. But I
just kept splitting, holding the log in one hand, the wedge in one
hand, and swinging the hammer with the other. .....
(I agree with Dave)
-Zz
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:42:12 GMT, "Joe Tylicki"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Just finished stacking firewood in the backyard. Spent the better part of
>the day splitting wood, mostly ash and box elder. I go to grab a piece and
>notice a few green "glowing" dots near the middle of the piece. Its on the
>split side, not the bark side, so it would have been in the middle of the
>tree earlier in the day. At first I thought it was just some paint scraped
>off one of the wedges which might be reflecting the light from my house 150
>feet away. So I close my hand around it to block off any remaining light
>(it was pretty dark to begin with along the back tree-line) and the green
>dots are still glowing. One last test, I cup both my hands completely
>around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing. Very
>strange. Only thing I can think of is maybe fireflies were boring into the
>wood and nesting in the middle of the tree and one met its end when I split
>the log. However, I always thought they nested in the ground.
>
>Just curious if anyone has seen this before. The largest dot was probably
>the size of a grain of rice or smaller, and the other two dots were smaller
>yet. They were all within an inch of each other.
>
>Joe
>
>
dicko <[email protected]> wrote:
>Speaking about real radioactive wood, does anyone remember back in the
>60's all the hoopla about irradiated wood? It was the golden age of
>atomic energy. Science was king, and I guess exposing wood to neutron
>radiation was considered kewl. Every time you opened a Popular Science
>or Popular Mechanix magazine in those days there was another article
>about some strange atomic powered doodad and irradiated wood.
>Advertisements selling irradiated turning blanks were all over. It was
>supposed to cut just like butter. Of course, I was just a kid back
>then but that's what I remember.
>
>Whatever happened to it? Can you still buy it?
Try these guys
http://timber.kharkov.ua/lumber/
(think Chernobyl)
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:14:56 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Now you've done it. I hope you aren't to fond of that eye. :)
That new third one will make up for the lost one. ;-)
>
>"Joe Tylicki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> One last test, I cup both my hands completely
>> around the three dots and put it up to my eye. Definitely glowing.
>
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