SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Sphar who wrote (37292)9/6/1999 6:58:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<<the USAF saw fit to send me to southern Mississippi, where, I kid you not, there are managed forests of the scrawniest, puniest little pine trees that I have ever seen. Not much taller or bigger girth than some cornstalks in Nebraska cornfields. And all the trees are planted in rows and columns. Regular-like, farm like.>>

Particle board on the root so to speak. Lots of pulp wood. The lucky ones get to grow up to be 2x4s. Wisconsin has lots of those tree farms. When I used to go to Canada in June the new growth always looked like every tree was giving me the finger many times.



To: Michael Sphar who wrote (37292)9/6/1999 10:20:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71178
 
My dad remembers seeing "long-leaf" pine (loblolly?) when he was growing up in Mississippi. There wasn't much of it left even then, it had all been logged over. Apparently it has a tight grain, beautiful wood, but too slow growing for the big tree farms to want to plant.


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News