Re: I LIKE THE DORK GROUP NOW

On 2020-10-11 2:14 p.m., mixed nuts wrote:
> 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.
> 
they all do that