The inter-mountain West is semi-arid or desert.
The dirt in your front yard can be sand.
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.comwrote:
Georgetown Traditions: What's A Hoya?
The origins of the word Hoya defy simple explanation. Over the years,
some
have
Well, my boy is a Hoya right now, and my niece was a Hoya, and I still
ask them, What the hell's a Hoya?
--R
On 6/6/13 1:56 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I really wanted to keep saying Hoya from the back row repeatedly.
'Been wondering that, myself.
Wilton
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Well, my boy is a Hoya right now, and my
'Been wondering that, myself.
Wilton
Loren, where *do* you get this hoya stuff as a synonym for B.S.?
Don't have time for the story where I got the word, but as alex
surmises it stands for the S part of BS, but is not gender specific,
and applies only to large N.A mammals Cattle,
Georgetown Traditions: What's A Hoya?
The origins of the word Hoya defy simple explanation. Over the years, some
have claimed it is an Indian word, while those of a legal mind thought it
related to the French word oyez, the traditional opening of judicial
sessions. Still others held that with
http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module11/FireandJackPine.htm
New jack pine seedlings grow well after a hot fire. Fire causes the cone
of an older jack pine tree to open up and release seeds. Cones that need
heat, such as the heat from fire, in order to open are called serotinous
cones
Squirrels don't eat pine cones in Michigan?
--
Max Dillon
Charleston, SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module11/FireandJackPine.htm
New jack pine seedlings grow well after a hot fire. Fire causes the
cone
of an
If they do they will burn their mouths..
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Squirrels don't eat pine cones in Michigan?
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Max Dillon
Charleston, SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
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http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec
that many of the forestry policies in practice now are dumb but I
don't think fire is always a bad thing.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 11:22:06 -0400
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Curt wrote:
...coating on the seeds that only gets broken down when heated by fire...
I agree that many of the forestry policies in practice now are dumb but I
don't think fire is always a bad thing.
When my son and I drove our '83 240D home from LA we took US20 all the
way home from its
I suspect a lot of that has to do with where here and there are.
To get the ground to turn into glass here in New England would
require tremendous heat as even when its very dry its still fairly
wet. If you were already starting from fairly dry I suspect that
you'd require less heat to dry
http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module11/FireandJackPine.htm
New jack pine seedlings grow well after a hot fire. Fire causes the cone
of an older jack pine tree to open up and release seeds. Cones that need
heat, such as the heat from fire, in order to open are called serotinous
cones
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I really wanted to keep saying Hoya from the back row repeatedly. I
held my tongue, but it is discouraging to hear BSA espousing such BS.
Loren, where *do* you get this hoya stuff as a synonym for B.S.?
I've never heard
forest refresher.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:52:47 -0400
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Curt Raymond wrote:
There are even plants (mostly trees I think) that REQUIRE fire before their
seeds will open.
Jack Pine is Michigan's example.
Since Kirkland's Warbler pretty much exclusively nests in Jack Pine forests, the
foolish attempts to prevent regular forest fires (so we get much
On Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:08:13 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond
curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
The sterilized ground left behind won't support much life at all for
years Now Max that part just isn't true at all. The ground isn't
sterilized and life comes back almost immediately. There are even
plants
On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:08 PM Curt Raymond wrote
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Fire is natures forest refresher.
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In a prior life I had some responsibility for the test range at Eglin AFB in
the FL panhandle. We accidently started a lot of fires there with various
munitions
like one management schema always makes the most sense.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:22:11 -0600
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'Tis a real crime how the enviro-nazis have successfully halted management of
our federal forests, so
I seem to recall a particular place in NM where the soil fit this
description. They called it Trinity Site.
The top surface of the soil is glazed like glass and repels water. All
of the vegetative material, even that below the soil, is destroyed.
We have had those kinds of fires near
makes
the most sense.
-Curt
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On Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:08:13 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond
curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
The sterilized ground left behind won't support much life at all
Squirrels!
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Max Dillon
Charleston, SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Fire DOES release seeds. Ever hear of jack pine?
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'Tis a real crime how the enviro-nazis have successfully halted management of
our federal forests, so now millions of acres burn every year. The resulting
forest fires not only destroy the trees so beloved by the tree-huggers, all the
animals are either killed or displaced. The sterilized
On Jun 3, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Dumps tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but don't worry only the
evil CO2 from burning fossil fuels causes global warming...
You're as cynical as I am.
Rick
Sent from my iPhone
Back in the '70s or '80s, I think it was, we were told that something we
were doing would cause global cooling. Recently we're told that CO2 is
causing global
warming. Seems like if we combined the global cooling stuff with global
warming CO2 we could strike a balance and everyone would be
I also listen to too much talk radio!
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Max Dillon
Charleston, SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Jun 3, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Max meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Dumps tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but don't worry
only the evil CO2
On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 23:51:58 -0400 Gerry Archer
arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Back in the '70s or '80s, I think it was, we were told that something
we were doing would cause global cooling. Recently we're told that CO2
is causing global
warming. Seems like if we combined the global cooling
Back in the '70s or '80s, I think it was, we were told that
something we were doing would cause global cooling. Recently we're
told that CO2 is causing global
warming. Seems like if we combined the global cooling stuff with global
warming CO2 we could strike a balance and everyone would be
Craig, where are you in NM?
Darren Marshall
http://doejo.com
http://bowtruss.com
On Jun 1, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
Fire season has started. There is a fire east of us, north of Santa Fe,
and another to the west of us in the Jemez mountains. Smoke in the sky
He lives on The Hill - Los Alamos.
At night you can see the glow from Santa Fe.
grin
Dan
On Jun 2, 2013, at 6:28 PM, Darren Marshall wrote:
Craig, where are you in NM?
Darren Marshall
http://doejo.com
http://bowtruss.com
On Jun 1, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 17:28:59 -0500 Darren Marshall onecreat...@gmail.com
wrote:
Craig, where are you in NM?
Los Alamos
Craig
On Jun 1, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
Fire season has started. There is a fire east of us, north of Santa
Fe, and another to the west
Awesome, Craig.
Used to live in NM as a kid; Rio Rancho and Corrales, until I was about 12,
moved from Fairbanks, AK when my dad was transferred to Kirkland AFB.
Love the Balloon Fiesta, parents were a part of a chase crew we'd drive all
over the state in a 50s Chevy pickup, to refuel them on
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 17:53:25 -0500 Darren Marshall onecreat...@gmail.com
wrote:
Awesome, Craig.
Used to live in NM as a kid; Rio Rancho and Corrales, until I was about
12, moved from Fairbanks, AK when my dad was transferred to Kirkland
AFB.
Love the Balloon Fiesta, parents were a part
Darren wrote:
Used to live in NM as a kid; Rio Rancho and Corrales...
My son lives in ABQ - he is chief pilot (lear35) there.
We should drive either your '78 or my '84 240D out there for a visit.
He likes Cafe Bella - they pull shots with Fat Boy Roastery coffee.
mao
Once I get it cruisin that sounds like a great idea. Where are you loc?
Darren Marshall
http://doejo.com
http://bowtruss.com
On Jun 2, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote:
Darren wrote:
Used to live in NM as a kid; Rio Rancho and Corrales...
My son lives in ABQ - he
Darren wrote:
Once I get it cruisin that sounds like a great idea. Where are you loc?
Elgin. Bow Truss needs a storefront out here. Ain't nuthin' out here
to talk about. Bow Truss have good review from a year ago at
home-barista, but nothing lately.
mao
Fire season has started. There is a fire east of us, north of Santa Fe,
and another to the west of us in the Jemez mountains. Smoke in the sky
today.
The (closer) one to the west of us is listed at
http://nmfireinfo.com/2013/05/31/crews-battle-thompson-fire-north-of-jemez-springs/
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