Why do the branches appear to touch/come very close to the ground? Not like the Live Oaks I see in Savannah, etc.
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:58 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Would ya, could ya send me coupla its acorns? > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79TD300@** > constructivity.net <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:06 PM > Subject: [MBZ] OT Re: best chain saw NOW Angel Oak > > > > The deal with the photoshoot is that this guy takes pics of nekkid people >> in various locations communing with nature, and then sells the photos and I >> think he has some books or something. They are not untasteful once you get >> past some of the nekkid folks who probably shouldn't be, but to each >> his/her own... >> >> They organized the thing for an early Sunday morning, I think the park >> was actually open (the site is part of the Parks Dept) and there were a few >> people there, to whom they explained what was going to happen so they could >> stay or go or whatever. I think someone got upset and went and called the >> cops, or maybe the cops had wind of it since so many showed up so quickly. >> The po-pos acted fools, basically created a problem where there was none, >> or a small one or something. Now the tree is back down a dirt road about a >> half mile, in the woods, nothing else visible anywhere but trees, so it's >> not like it was out "in public" even though it was in a public park. But in >> the great scheme of things, it was kinda minimal, at least to my view of >> things. I think I might have known it was going to happen, and thought >> about riding my bike over there (about 10mi from the house, but sometimes I >> park over close there to ride on Wadmalaw Island which is just down the >> road). I didn't or my friend who organized it (and who did not get nekkid, >> she explained it lamely at some point) probably would have made me shuck my >> lycra and join in. The other girl in the video I know probably would have >> worked on me too (though hanging around would have been pleasant but might >> have had some unseemly results...). >> >> The Angel Oak is the largest tree east of the sequoias in CA, it is not >> known how old it is, some say 1400 years, some say maybe a few hundred. >> There was a scheme to build a bunch of apartment buildings close by, I >> think we have managed to stop that, the developer went bankrupt and I think >> the conservation trust people are buying the land to add to the park, so >> that is good. >> >> The tree was a gathering place for a long time for the local blacks, back >> when they were slaves then later after the Late Unpleasantness. It has a >> spot in the history of Johns Island, and a lot of the old Gullah folk >> remember going there as children for picnics and meetings and such, the >> white folks sorta left them alone in that regard, out of respect for the >> tree and what it symbolizes. >> >> If any of you are ever in the Charleston area it is definitely worth a >> visit, it is a natural treasure for all of us, and quite amazing to see. I >> meant to go over there and collect some acorns last fall and never did, >> will have to do that this year and plant some in pots to see if I can grow >> some baby angels. >> >> --R >> >> >> >> On 5/15/13 5:28 PM, WILTON wrote: >> >>> BTW, Rich, how old is the tree? >>> >>> Wilton >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Strasfogel" < >>> astrasfo...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] best chain saw >>> >>> >>> I inhabit a very different universe, free of inappropriate nekkid butts, >>>> pale or otherwise. You have my sympathy. >>>> >>>> Ry >>>> On May 15, 2013 3:41 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Rich, is that you there in the ---, or are you the one with the white >>>>> butt? ;<) >>>>> >>>>> Wilton >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79TD300@** >>>>> constructivity.net >>>>> <richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.net<richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> >>>>> >> >>>>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:09 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] best chain saw >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> A bunch of them are fat and have ponytails and beards of some sort, >>>>> and >>>>> >>>>>> ride loud Harleys in packs for reasons I do not understand, and maybe >>>>>> shoot >>>>>> guns, so yeah, but we were talking about tree-huggers. >>>>>> >>>>>> We had a bunch of nekkid tree huggers at the Angel Oak here on my >>>>>> island, >>>>>> a friend of mine organized the event, but did not get nekkid, which >>>>>> was >>>>>> probably A Good Thing. They did not make much noise but apparently >>>>>> the >>>>>> po-pos did. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.**charlestoncitypap**er.com/**charleston/first-** >>>>>> look-the-**<http://charlestoncitypaper.com/**charleston/first-look-the-**> >>>>>> angel-oak-nude-shoot/Content?****oid=3391208<http://www.** >>>>>> charlestoncitypaper.com/**charleston/first-look-the-** >>>>>> angel-oak-nude-shoot/Content?**oid=3391208<http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/first-look-the-angel-oak-nude-shoot/Content?oid=3391208> >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's a vid, I know one of the girls in there, maybe some others. >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?****v=HLvipGedfFQ<https://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=HLvipGedfFQ> >>>>>> <https://www.**youtube.com/watch?v=**HLvipGedfFQ<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLvipGedfFQ> >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> It is all quite tasty, er, tasteful. >>>>>> --R >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5/15/13 2:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> And the right wingers don't organize and travel in packs?? And make >>>>>>> loud >>>>>>> noises? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Rich Thomas < >>>>>>> richthomas79TD300@**constructi**vity.net <http://constructivity.net> >>>>>>> <richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.net<richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> True, but they travel in herds for moral support, so you have to >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> multiply >>>>>>>> the sound factor; whereas, a manly man with a chainsaw might be out >>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>> all by himself raping and pillaging Mother Gaia. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --R >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 5/15/13 12:59 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Their sounds don't travel nearly as far as an oboxious piece of >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> mechanized >>>>>>>>> equipment that doesn't belong in wilderness.. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Rich Thomas < >>>>>>>>> richthomas79TD300@****constructi**vity.net < >>>>>>>>> http://constructivity.net>< >>>>>>>>> richthomas79TD300@**constructi**vity.net<http://constructivity.net> >>>>>>>>> <richthomas79TD300@**constructivity.net<richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Better to hear the whines of liberal tree-huggers. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --R >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 5/15/13 10:33 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sounds good to me. 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