Gary- Now where did you pirate those phrases?
-Don From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white pine Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:54:05 -0500 Andrew, Yeah, Don and I be scurrilous knaves! Gary On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:49 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> wrote: Andrew- Easy now...I think Gary and I both imagined many readers might think, [oh he had a friend who measured a tree in 1899]. No harm intended... Gary and I have a habit of having fun with words, like two punny nuns...;>] -Don PS:Cornell is big medicine in our world too! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white pine > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:33:57 -0500 > > 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 Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white 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. 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