Also 1 inch = 2.54 cm exactly by definition. That gives 188.5' = 57.45 meters. Maybe it was just a transposition (to write 57.54 instead of 57.45)? The Boogerman is quite a tree!
John On Nov 8, 4:19 pm, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > The tree has not been remeasured yet this year. Two seasons of growth it > could very well be close to 190' now. > > Will F. Blozan > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > "No sympathy for apathy" > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of DON BERTOLETTE > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: White Pine > > Bob- > Anybody act on this yet? > -Don > > _____ > > Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:21:58 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: White Pine > > Don, > > The Boogerman's correct height I believe is 188.5 feet. Will will have to > confirm this. Wikipedia usually adds the meters. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DON BERTOLETTE" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8:50:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Re: White Pine > > AJ- > Yeah my iPhone's metric/feet conversion says one meter equals 3.28084 feet, > whereas our Wikipedia listing has 57.54 meter or 188.54 feet, which would > have an incorrect conversion of 3.276677. We're busted...;>} > -Don > > > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:52:10 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: White Pine > > > If you click on the "discussion" link next to the word "dubious" you'll > > see that someone was complaining that the meters to feet conversion for > > the Boogerman Pine wasn't quite right. They asked that someone determine > > which value was correct the right height (meters or feet) and correct > > the other so the two values agree. If that makes sense. > > -AJ > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Larry, Will, > > > > I'm puzzled by the dubious comment next to the Boogerman's height. > > > Will, you've got to tackle that one. > > > > Bob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Larry" <[email protected]> > > > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 3:48:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > > > Subject: [ENTS] White Pine > > > > ENTS, Bob, Will, While searching White Pine stuff I found this link. > > > I thought you guys would enjoy this. > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_White_Pine > > > Larry > > >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign up > now. > > </html > > > > image001.jpg > 49KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
