Burning 150 year old wood tonight..2016 to 1800's...

[DHajekRC84]

no,,that's not the last time I had sex ..lol...

but I live amougnst houses that were built and active in the early 1800's down by Washington's Crossing. Neighbor had to take down 2 HUGE trees this past fall that were 150+ years old.

Enjoying an outside fire using that wood from trees which were started before the civil war.

Personally, I find that amazing. Time flies. Could somebody possibly burn a tree from my yard in 2175?

Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year to all.

 

[ScarletCrimson]

couldn't you have done something else with it?

regardless, cheers.

 

[RUbacker]

no,,that's not the last time I had sex ..lol...

but I live amougnst houses that were built and active in the early 1800's down by Washington's Crossing. Neighbor had to take down 2 HUGE trees this past fall that were 150+ years old.

Enjoying an outside fire using that wood from trees which were started before the civil war.

Personally, I find that amazing. Time flies. Could somebody possibly burn a tree from my yard in 2175?

Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year to all.

Why burn it ? Preserve it.

 

[RU4Real]

If they were oak trees, you could have had them made into barrels.

 

[phs73rc77gsm83]

We lost a tree in Sandy that I counted 126 rings. It was a beautiful oak tree whose logs are in the fireplace as I write this. There are some trees that are 2000 years old, amazing when you think about what has transpired over the life of an older tree.

 

[RU4Real]

We lost a tree in Sandy that I counted 126 rings. It was a beautiful oak tree whose logs are in the fireplace as I write this. There are some trees that are 2000 years old, amazing when you think about what has transpired over the life of an older tree.

It's a commentary on human perspective that we're awed by trees whose lifespans exceed ours.

The Minsi were a branch of the Lenape who lived in northern NJ, northeastern PA and southern NY. When they first inhabited the region around the Delaware Water Gap, about 12,000 years ago, the ice sheet from the most recent glaciation had just begun its retreat. The topography of the region, north to the retreating glacier, was tundra. The Great Lakes were still under ice. Most of Long Island had just come into being.

Four hundred years ago, give or take, William Penn negotiated with the Minsi. By that time the tundra was gone, Niagara was tumbling into the St. Lawrence and oak trees were everywhere.

A breathtaking change, in 12,000 years. A period of time which, compared to the overall age of the planet, is the same as a quarter of a second is to a day.

 

[RUtix4me]

Just think a tree that started to grow around the time of Rutger's first Football game and on January 1, 2016 it will Be Ash.

Karma

 

[DHajekRC84]

the folks that cut them down didn't think about "next use"... they were taken down as best a government or business entity could do as cheap as possible. These weren't my trees. I was happy to salvage as much as I could. We took pieces 3 foot high and 3 foot round and cut them into 8" '"slices".

So I have about 12 "rounds" that are going to make stepping stones in my back yard and a whole bunch of other wood that I will enjoy liberating back to nature as such will welcome on colonial nights.

 

[yesrutgers01]

It's a commentary on human perspective that we're awed by trees whose lifespans exceed ours.

The Minsi were a branch of the Lenape who lived in northern NJ, northeastern PA and southern NY. When they first inhabited the region around the Delaware Water Gap, about 12,000 years ago, the ice sheet from the most recent glaciation had just begun its retreat. The topography of the region, north to the retreating glacier, was tundra. The Great Lakes were still under ice. Most of Long Island had just come into being.

Four hundred years ago, give or take, William Penn negotiated with the Minsi. By that time the tundra was gone, Niagara was tumbling into the St. Lawrence and oak trees were everywhere.

A breathtaking change, in 12,000 years. A period of time which, compared to the overall age of the planet, is the same as a quarter of a second is to a day.

Ok- whoa- I need a shot after that. My brain froze lol

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Ok- whoa- I need a shot after that. My brain froze lol

Global cooling. :-)