Some grammar book by this old Maine dude named E.B. White. Gary
On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:58 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white pine 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 Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast white 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 Subject: Re: [ENTS] Historical references to tall northeast 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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