Re: I LIKE THE DORK GROUP NOW

On 10/11/2020 3:22 PM, % wrote:
> On 2020-10-11 11:23 a.m., mixed nuts wrote:
>> On 10/11/2020 2:08 PM, % wrote:
>>> On 2020-10-11 10:18 a.m., mixed nuts wrote:
>>>> On 10/11/2020 11:39 AM, % wrote:
>>>>> 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 
>>>>
>>>> That whole area - Woodward Rd, Davis Rd, Croydon Turnpike, was all 
>>>> us. My great grandfather's 1st wife was from the next hill south 
>>>> (she died from chasing a horse), the 2nd one came from Hartland Vt 
>>>> (there was the Hart's Island rope ferry between Hartland Vt. and 
>>>> Plainfield so it was like one big town).  The 3 of them are buried 
>>>> in the same cemetery plot.   A lot of it is all grown over now but 
>>>> it used to be cleared with farms everywhere. All along Rt 120 were 
>>>> relatives.  The big mill connection was Lebanon NH and Hartford VT 
>>>> and the transportation connection was West Lebanon NH and White 
>>>> River Junction VT so they were back and forth all the time. We had 
>>>> another patch of relatives in Jericho (village of Hartford VT).
>>>>
>>> i thought you meant where leo is
>>
>> I didn't see anything about where Leo is.  I just looked.  They 
>> planted him way down south where he can hang out with the lake 
>> monster.  That's not near here.
>>
> no my leo

That's the one I'm talking about.  He moved to a canyon next to Lake 
Okanagan after he died.

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Grizzly H.