Joe, That happens a lot. Parent is good or great. Offspring is a flop.
Bob -------------- Original message -------------- From: the Forestmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Romney's just a rich frat boy, like Bush. Both had fathers with far > more integrity. > > Joe > > > On Sep 5, 4:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Lee, > > > > Romney appeals to people who tend to buy the sizzle, not the steak. In > truth, Romney isn't all bad, but he can't be trusted to follow through. He > did > do some things fairly well here in Massachusetts, but all in all, he was more > appearance than substance. Its the corporate image thing. Sell what the > public > is buying. > > I will say on his behalf, and on behalf of the Massachusetts electorate, > he is a veritable genius compared to our sitting president. But then, who > isn't? > > > > I regret Monica and I missed those rock elms. Rats! > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: Lee Frelich > > Bob: > > > > On your trip from St.Cloud to Pipestone, you passed within 10 miles of the > Kandiyohi rock elm forest. I was just out there today. I am more convinced > than ever that the three tracts of elm are really remnants from 9000 years > ago. > They didn't burn during the mid-Holocene warm period 7,500 to 5,000 bp > because > they are on peninsulae in lakes, and they didn't get replaced by sugar maple > as > the climate cooled during the last few thousand years because sugar maple > never > got that far west. So that left a few stands of the ancient elm forest > intact. > > > > Lee > > > > PS--I can see why you didn't like Romney. His speech last night was the > dumbest I have ever seen. This is the last night of the RNC--and the daily > riots > that it has brought to town. Tomorrow the 45,000 delegates, reporters, secret > service agents and politicians depart and Minneapolis rejoins the free world. > > > > At 09:44 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote: > > > > ENTS, > > > > A little late and rushed, but here it is. > > > > June 26th,> "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > > > > The morning of June 26th Monica and I arose, packed up, and left > > />Saint Cloud, Minnesota, heading in a southwesterly direction. Our > > selected > road was State Route 34. The countryside along 34 is agrarian, pleasant, but > not > inspiring. Its primary attraction for me is that it is relatively > uncluttered. > The farms are large and the intervening towns are small. Central Minnesota is > part of the stable heartland. > > > > As we sped through the green countryside, I tried to visualize the > earlier era of settlement when life was not as convenient. What drew > Scandinavian farmers to Minnesota? Plenty of fertile land, I presume was the > main attraction.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
