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Old 10-22-2009, 08:22 AM
 
Location: In The Outland
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1000 visits to the porch ! whooHoooo !

 
Old 10-22-2009, 07:56 PM
 
Location: NW Montana
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Hey we made it over 1000!!!

Only good news of the day
rain, wind, wind, rain.
all the little huns are hiding.
and the pup pulled a tendon.
Well, always tomorrow.
The hot chocolate with pep schnapps was a hit.
 
Old 10-22-2009, 08:28 PM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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You may be familiar with the great number of cottonwoods planted by the 'the Marcus Daly people' around the turn of the century. All roads leading to the "Daly Mansion" and several of the irrigation ditches on the Mansion grounds were (are) lined with cottonwoods. A good example is Tammany Lane.

Your info leads me to believe that somehow they planted "female trees" exclusively. Of the number that remain today (appoximately 50%), almost 70% are in the 4 to 6 foot diameter catagory. I never knew about the females being the "big ones". I have no idea how many they planted....but I would guess it had to be approx 1000!
Nope, about the only thing I've ever done around Hamilton is visit someone out on E. Fish Hatchery Road. No idea about anything else there. Since you mentioned it I tried to find some photos, but all I could find is a story about how they figure those 100 year old trees are at the end of their lifespan so they're going to cut them down!! The picture with that story showed healthy trees in no need of being removed. (Cottonwoods that are on their way to the graveyard look the part, they lose bark on and drop major branches without growing replacements, all within the space of a year or so.)

Trouble with that policy is trees can and often do far outlive their typical years, if they're living under the right conditions. Elm and ash trees are only supposed to live about 60 years but there is a famous elm on the White House grounds that not only is resistant to Dutch Elm disease, it was a mature tree already in the late 1700s and was known to have shaded the likes of George Washington. Should we cut it down because it's beyond its typical lifespan? I think not!!

Male cottonwoods produce red catkins the size of your little finger, they stain everything purple as they decompose. Females of course produce the infamous cotton. Personally I find the male flower more of a nuisance to clean up -- and it's too heavy for the wind fairy to haul away. But I like cottonwoods too much as trees to be too bothered by either.
 
Old 10-22-2009, 08:35 PM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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Hey! Must be the week for odometers to turn over. We made 1000 posts!!!!!! Must be some heavy-duty post-hole digger we've got.

And my truck entered its 3rd childhood ... just turned 200,000 miles, sure is funny to see the odometer read "00001.0 miles" on a 32 year old truck.

I went to look at a truck Tues. that was listed as only 19,000 miles on a 1986 (well, it happens, but it's rare). Couple things made me dubious despite how pretty it was, and then I got the Carfax report... turns out it has at least 219,000 and maybe 319,000 on it! Oh well, didn't have quite enough engine anyway (and didn't run great either).

Hey, anyone with a 1990ish era Ford pickup with a 454 V-8 engine who can give me a realistic report on the gas mileage that gets? I'm sure it's not too good... but there are a couple nice ones for sale hereabouts, and I'm sure it'd make one helluva towing vehicle.
 
Old 10-23-2009, 05:35 AM
 
Location: Somewhere in time.
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1000 visits, sooooo cool..
Rain, Rain and Rain here.. Forcast for the weekend...Rain..
Why always on the weekends....
Good luck trying again today on your shoot, seven of nine.
and good luck on your truck hunt reziac..
 
Old 10-23-2009, 05:39 AM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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Hey, anyone with a 1990ish era Ford pickup with a 454 V-8 engine who can give me a realistic report on the gas mileage that gets? I'm sure it's not too good... but there are a couple nice ones for sale hereabouts, and I'm sure it'd make one helluva towing vehicle.
What you been smoking Willis? 454 is a Chevy or GMC engine.
 
Old 10-23-2009, 07:35 AM
 
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Females of course produce the infamous cotton. Personally I find the male flower more of a nuisance to clean up -- and it's too heavy for the wind fairy to haul away.
My town must be full of the female cottonwoods as when the cotton drops it looks like it's snowing outside! - not to mention all the little suckers that then spring up in the garden!
 
Old 10-23-2009, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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What you been smoking Willis? 454 is a Chevy or GMC engine.
Is it? I dunno, I don't keep track of these little details, I ain't a mechanic. [goes to look] Okay, it's listed as a 460, but now they call it 7.5L. That class of engine, whatever it's called by whoever calls it that! Liters, schmeeters, no wonder us we-jes'-drives-'em folks are confused!

My little engine that barely could was called either a 302, a 5.0L, or a 4.9L if you're being pedantic. The others I think of as "a bit bigger than mine" and "a LOT bigger than mine". And anything smaller as "way too wimpy".

Anyway, one that caught my eye (and dragged it down the street) is a 1992 F250 with the afore-debated 460, extended cab long bed, 87,000 miles, priced at $3500 in sparkling condition, with matched topper. Only trouble is it has the bucket seats -- can you replace those with a bench seat?? way more comfy for long hauls, not to mention sleeping!
 
Old 10-23-2009, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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and good luck on your truck hunt reziac..
I think I need a bigger gun. The last one got away.
 
Old 10-23-2009, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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My town must be full of the female cottonwoods as when the cotton drops it looks like it's snowing outside! - not to mention all the little suckers that then spring up in the garden!
I never actually saw one come up from seed in Great Falls, despite living close to that giant female tree that snowed all over the whole neighbourhood. Maybe they throw cotton even if there aren't any males around to fertilize the seeds, I dunno. Or maybe she was just too big and scary for the boys.

I think the cotton snow effect is kinda cool, tho -- except when I had to clean it off the windowscreens!
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