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A tree falls in the forest
| January 9th, 2017 at 9:53:54 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 | The tree you could drive your car through has fallen. 137 years. Always wanted my family to go there and drive the station wagon through it when I first heard about it. Pretty sure they stopped doing that , but what year I don't know. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-tunnel-tree-falls-california-storms-20170109-story.html You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| January 9th, 2017 at 1:24:01 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | Was someone there to hear it? ;) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| January 9th, 2017 at 2:25:23 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | If so, they were very cold and wet and I hope not taking any shelter inside the tree. Driving through it was halted mainly because cars got wider and it became a park and photograph site. There is still that tree that has been on its side and used to house a stable for the cavalry long ago. Linemen who 'top' those trees near transmission towers are extremely highly paid and are coveted jobs in such rural areas. |
| January 9th, 2017 at 2:53:16 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | pfft, all I ever got was scale. But there are certainly moments of fear that are hard to value. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| January 9th, 2017 at 3:03:02 PM permalink | |
| buzzardknot Member since: Mar 16, 2015 Threads: 7 Posts: 497 |
Once upon a time 1970 I think, I worked for AT&T underground hardened nuclear site. They put a radio tower up top. Lots of steel on the ground, Texas non-union crew. Got structure about 10 feet high. It was raining that morning. Steel in driveway so cars had to drive up grass. One car got stuck, steel workers pushed up up the hill. HaHa Union reps in that car. Go home scabs. I asked how come they just showed up now. Scabs had been there 3 weeks sorting steel, erecting base, etc. Rep told me pay increased above 10 feet. HAHAHA |
| January 9th, 2017 at 5:24:38 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | We have an old home movie of my dad driving us through that tree in our old VW square-back. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 9th, 2017 at 5:51:39 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Cheer up Buckaroos! There are other drive thru trees:    |
| January 9th, 2017 at 8:01:11 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | About six hours south of the tree in Legget, CA are the Underground home and gardens in Fresno. An Italian immigrant got gypped in a land deal and didn't know he couldn't really farm that rock hard clay much less do it at 108 degrees, so he dug underground and after his wife left him he just kept digging and digging. A constant cool breeze, seven fruits from one tree, skylights, etc. Can't drive thru it anymore... cars are wider than his donkey cart was. Legget is in Mendocino County which is more popularly known as Spendocino County since only rich pot farmers can afford the prices there. Wandering around the redwoods can be fun but if someone emerges from the foliage and suggests you go in another direction, don't argue, particularly if he is cradling an AK-47. |