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14th May 2004, 05:57 AM #1
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Western White Pine
Taking a break today from digging an unpleasantly large foundation hole (70, 10-yd loads?) to mill up all the Western White Pine on hand before the warm weather facilitates Blue Mold. The fir and cedar will keep.
Same properties as Eastern White Pine…the heartwood has some uses on boats and it’s great interior house trim. Two middlin-size trees, 27” diameter…6 sawlogs logs total, three of them pretty clear…one tree was free and the owner of the other gets one lower log’s worth in return for sawing 4/4 paneling.
Appears I’ll recover 1000-1200 BF from them today….and around 300 BF of CVG stock. Fragrant…you can smell that pine 100 yards away, and there are two ospreys and an eagle working the ponds today as the Cutties feed on the surface and the last of the Coho smolt head downstream.
Hope you folks working in offices have a nice day.
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14th May 2004, 07:32 AM #2
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Originally Posted by Bob Smalser
Hope you folks working in offices have a nice day.
Yeah thanks Bob
Great pics by the way.Brett
Only Robinson Crusoe could get everything done by Friday!
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14th May 2004, 10:30 PM #3
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Great pics Bob, keep 'em coming. Know what you mean about the outdoors work. At this time of year in the tropics (beginning of "winter") it's just perfect heading out to work in the morning. Crisp, clear air, setting up the job, I wouldn't want to trade for a flash big city big bucks office job. Being your own boss, calling the shots and the sense of achievement when you look at what you've done. Mind you then there's the days when it's bucketing down or its 40 deg C in the shade and 90% humidity or you're chasing someone for money. Have to take the good with the bad though and all in all it's more good than bad.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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15th May 2004, 01:43 AM #4
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Y’all are right, and I’m sorry…just couldn’t resist some ribbing today…but I really should give equal time to all 5 months of winter with 34-degree rain dripping down my neck and soaking my wool shirt.
Or going to work in the dark at 7:30 and coming home in the dark at 4:00…wonder why all those spotlights are on the work trucks out here? Count the lights on the hoe in the pic...there are 8.
Or those warmer fall and spring rainy days where it’s warm enuf that wearing wool and getting soaked through is more comfortable than rain gear…as long as you keep moving.
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