Andrew, My response was tongue in cheek! Sorry for any misunderstanding.
Gary On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Andrew Joslin <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless I'm missing something the punctuation problem belongs to > whoever > wrote the text for the forestry bulletin. As far as I know no one at > the > Cornell Cooperative Extension was twittering or texting in 1996 when > the > referenced text was written. Perhaps their education at Cornell wasn't > quite what it should have been. > > In our twittering, texting and multi-tasking age I understand that > it's > challenging to read ENTS posts carefully before typing a response so > I'll forgive you and Gary this time. > -AJ > > > DON BERTOLETTE wrote: >> Gary- >> Have you found In your role as an educator, that punctuation in these >> days of texting and twitterrs, no longer seems to be attended to? >> -Don >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white >>> pine >>> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:25:31 -0500 >>> >>> Wow, how old is your friend?!?! >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Andrew Joslin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A friend sent me this reference to a 200 foot pine measured in >>>> 1899: >>>> >>>> Page 203 of /Forest Trees of the Northeast /(Cornell Cooperative >>>> Extension Information Bulletin 235 pub. 1996 ISBN1-57753-012-8): >>>> "Maximum longevity is considered to be about 350 years, though >>>> individuals aged 450 and older have been found. A tree cut near >>>> Lyncoming, Pennsylvania, in 1899 of unknown age was 12 feet in >>>> diameter >>>> and 200 feet tall." >>>> >>>> The diameter measurement is very impressive! The height is >>>> plausible. >>>> -Andrew >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] >>> >>> -- >>> 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] >> >> --- >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more. >> <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/videos-tours.aspx?h=7sec&slideid=1&media=aero-shake-7second&listid=1&stop=1&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_7secdemo:122009 >> >> > >> -- >> 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] > > -- > 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] -- 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]
