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From: Michael A. Terrell on 7 Nov 2006 13:24 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > In article <454F4B3B.42CCEA60(a)earthlink.net>, > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >> >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >A good stove can be 90% efficient. > >> > >> That's not good enough if you're burning wood. > > > > > > Its a lot higher efficiency than the huge fires they had for about > >six months after the last hurricanes here to dispose of all those Water > >Oaks that fell from the high winds. The wood was useless for > >construction, and a lot of the trees were diseased, so the county dug a > >multi-acre pit and kept dumping truckloads of green timber into the fire > >pit, till it was all gone. It was about two miles from me, so i spent a > >lot of time indoors, under the A/C so I could breathe. > > You poor thing. I'd have been so miserable. It was as bad as the wildfires in mexico a few years ago, when the smoke was blown across the Gulf of Mexico, and across Central Florida. > > Some builders are removing the older native Water Oaks, and planting > >Live Oaks that have a deeper root system, and survive high winds better > >when they build new buildings. > > I assume that Water Oaks (I've never met one) can survive in > swampish land? > > /BAH They have a very shallow and small root system, and live on surface water. Some areas of Florida are clay caps over sand, so the only usable water is at the surface. Live Oaks have the usual deep roots that spread out to find water. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: krw on 7 Nov 2006 13:33 In article <i724h.8323$B31.3548(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > > "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fba72a27da2d087989ab3(a)news.individual.net... > > In article <4550A28F.B40C659F(a)hotmail.com>, > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >> > >> > >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >> > In addition, people burn the wood that is laced with arsenic. > >> > >> What kind of wood is laced with arsenic ? > > > > CCA (chromated copper arsenic) pressure treated lumber normally > > used for ground contact, decks and such. Anyone caught burning it > > should be forced to emigrate to Europe. > > Production of this was made illegal in 2004 (I think, maybe earlier), but > for quite a few months thereafter, they were selling off existing stocks. Not to mention a hundred million decks/fences/etc. made out of the stuff. > Anyone who burns lumber (any kind) for heat either has more money than > sense, or has absolutely no money and is in survival mode. Ever hear of scrap? Demolition? I have a bunch of CCA stuff I'd burn if I didn't have to move to Europe after. ;-) -- Keith
From: unsettled on 7 Nov 2006 13:48 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:2991e$4550b10a$49ecf0b$7036(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >> >>>"krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message >>>news:MPG.1fba72a27da2d087989ab3(a)news.individual.net... >>> >>> >>>>In article <4550A28F.B40C659F(a)hotmail.com>, >>>>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >>>> >>>> >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>In addition, people burn the wood that is laced with arsenic. >>>>> >>>>>What kind of wood is laced with arsenic ? >>>> >>>>CCA (chromated copper arsenic) pressure treated lumber normally >>>>used for ground contact, decks and such. Anyone caught burning it >>>>should be forced to emigrate to Europe. >>> >>> >>>Production of this was made illegal in 2004 (I think, maybe earlier), but >>>for quite a few months thereafter, they were selling off existing stocks. >>> >>>Anyone who burns lumber (any kind) for heat either has more money than >>>sense, or has absolutely no money and is in survival mode. >> >>Even in healthy forests trees die out for a variety >>of reasons. Retired and with a bad back I can't >>handle the stuff, so I give it away to folks who >>want it. Your ideas on who uses wood and why is >>all wet. > > > I didn't say "wood", I said "lumber". Do you know the difference? Now that I live in the country the difference has become a matter of a few minutes of cutting. In my township the difference, for most living here, is nuance.
From: unsettled on 7 Nov 2006 13:48 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:ea629$4550b166$49ecf0b$7036(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >> >>>"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >>>news:60919$4550aa97$49ecf0b$7006(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >>> >>> >>>>You might also want to take a look at a wonderful, >>>>now somewhat dated, book _How to win friends and influence >>>>people_. >>> >>> >>>Another irony meter bites the big one. >> >>Well *you* would think so. I'm not working >>hard to convince anyone, but you seem to be. > > > You really need to stop projecting your needs onto others. All I'm doing is > pointing out logical inconsistencies in this thread. And there are *lots* > of them. I don't really care what anyone else thinks. Now there's a lie if ever there was one.
From: unsettled on 7 Nov 2006 13:49
lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:e6db6$4550b23f$49ecf0b$7151(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >> >>>"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >>>news:21f8a$4550ac39$49ecf0b$7036(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >>> >>> >>>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>"unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >>>>>news:87663$455065eb$4fe724c$5663(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Ken Smith wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>In article <92d5d$45506124$4fe724c$5573(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>>>>>unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>[....] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>The extremists I think we really need to stop appeasing are the >>>>>>>>>Religious Right and the Republicans who they are currently leading >>>>>>>>>around by the nose. Tomorrow's our chance. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Perhaps you're talking about the people who have and >>>>>>>>maintain taditional American values. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>What traditional American values would these be? There never was a >>>>>>>golden age. It is a myth we all like to belive but if you look at the >>>>>>>past you find the horrors of today plus some. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>You know, the >>>>>>>>folks who made America great in the first place! >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Read up on Franklin. You will find that he and most of the others who >>>>>>>made America great in the first place would make the religious right >>>>>>>blanch. >>>>>> >>>>>>What you've done this morning in two posts is to disclose >>>>>>the low esteem in which you hold people. You seem to have >>>>>>some idea that the base element always prevails. >>>>> >>>>>Speaking for myself, not at all. I always hold out the hope that people >>>>>can rise above their basest instincts of hatred and fear. It's just >>>>>that every few years, we forget to keep a lookout for these things, and >>>>>they take over. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>The facts are somewhat different. Each human exhibits some >>>>>>degree of discontinuity in how they conduct their lives. >>>>>>Franklin did manage to achieve some pretty significant >>>>>>things, especially for someone whose first calling was >>>>>>as a tradesman/printer. >>>>> >>>>>Uh...that was his point. That, and the fact that Franklin and many of >>>>>the others who made this country great had no use for your BS about >>>>>"traditional American values". >>>> >>>>It looks like you've once again purposely discounted >>>>the fact that most humans exhibit discontinuities. >>> >>>Not at all. I'm well aware of it. >>> >>> >>>>What >>>>that means is he didn't always observe the values he >>>>generally stood for. >>> >>>What, exactly, would be your evidence that he "stood for" the same BS >>>values that you pomp on about? Everything I've read says he was a very >>>down-to-earth guy. >>> >>> >>>>Your posts continue to reek of hatred for your >>>>fellow man. >>> >>>Not at all. I just the behavior of people that try to act better than me >>>and tell me how to live my life. >> >>Ahhh, now it comes out, the jealousy card. Jumping up and down >>with your hand in the air yelling "me too me too!" LOL > > > What the hell are you on about now? > > > >>Get over your own insignificance. > > > The only significance in which I hold myself is that I am capable of > choosing how to live my own life, and will not allow anyone else to do that > for me. To quote a wise man, "I yam what I yam." What about you? The only > person with a lower fact:insult ratio than you in this thread is JoeBlow. Once again you have the ratio backwards. |