Re: I LIKE THE DORK GROUP NOW

On 2020-10-11 8:32 a.m., mixed nuts wrote:
> On 10/10/2020 4:49 PM, % wrote:
>> On 2020-10-09 7:31 p.m., mixed nuts wrote:
>>> On 10/9/2020 8:38 PM, % wrote:
>>>> On 2020-10-09 1:33 p.m., mixed nuts wrote:
>>>>> On 10/9/2020 4:03 PM, % wrote:
>>>>>> On 2020-10-09 11:59 a.m., mixed nuts wrote:
>>>>>>> On 10/9/2020 1:22 PM, % wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2020-10-09 8:48 a.m., mixed nuts wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 10/9/2020 10:38 AM, % wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2020-10-09 5:52 a.m., mixed nuts wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/9/2020 1:03 AM, % wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Peaceful.  No strife.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> no heads coming off , no black people getting shot ,
>>>>>>>>>> no hispanics making up any reason to get what they want ,
>>>>>>>>>> not having to read about these things in a place where ,
>>>>>>>>>> i shouldn't have to read about these things is great
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yeah. I got up early when it was just getting light and I had 
>>>>>>>>> six turkeys in the back yard.  Bug and seed cleanup.  Yard 
>>>>>>>>> janitors, but not bitchy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One of the maples switched from green to red yesterday.  It's 
>>>>>>>>> on a high spot that's drier than where the other trees are so 
>>>>>>>>> it must have decided there's no more growing for this year and 
>>>>>>>>> started the big nap.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the color changing is all about the sun changing ,
>>>>>>>> the sun is likely shining on the tree in a different angle now ,
>>>>>>>> all the east facing mountain sides turn color long before the 
>>>>>>>> west facing ones do
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This one sees sun all day all all year.  It's a few feet up from 
>>>>>>> a plowed field on the east and next to the road where all the 
>>>>>>> water runs away. We're in a drought so I think it's just lack of 
>>>>>>> water. I have maple trees the same size and age but lower down 
>>>>>>> where water collects and they're still 100% green.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> they don't care about water now it's all photosynthesis
>>>>>
>>>>> If you don't have water and CO2, photosynthesis doesn't work.  The 
>>>>> maples have stored all the sugar they need for spring down in the 
>>>>> roots by now. If they have extra sun and water, they'll just top 
>>>>> off the tank.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now it's up to the trees to drop some dead limbs so there'll be 
>>>>> enough wood to boil the sap in the spring.
>>>>>
>>>> not in canada
>>>
>>> We don't have enough forest fires to do the cleanup here.  The last 
>>> good one was in 1953 when I was a little kid.  My great grandparents 
>>> had a farm near there (they were dead but cousins still lived there) 
>>> so my dad worried about it a lot, and he took a plane ride to see 
>>> what was going on, but it never made it to the farm.
>>>
>>> <http://granthamhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/Grantham%20Mt-%20Fire.pdf> 
>>>
>> that's some fire
> 
> It was inside a place called Corbin Park which is a private hunting 
> preserve with secret members (millionaires and billionaires).  They had 
> a lot of animals that aren't found in North America - European Boar, Red 
> Deer, weird bears and stuff - and a lot of them escaped so when you 
> drive on I-89 you might see some of them.  There have been some car 
> wrecks there from hitting boar and if you shoot a boar or a red deer you 
> can't keep it unless the park owners say it's OK (it's the same as 
> shooting a cow - it belongs to the farmer).
> 
> It's like Old Baldy now, but really bald. Sometimes people hike up there 
> to check it out but you gotta be careful because you could get arrested 
> for trespassing if you're not a club member.
> 
go north from there and there's a community forest ,
its wanders all around and comes out at the cemetery