Brush It Out or Just Fall It?

[ROLLACOSTA]

na mate defo wrongo.. just ask JAMIE if hes a scots man or a scotch man..a scotch pine . its a scots pine '' pinus sylvestris'' old chap next thing youll be saying is a PLATUNUS XHISPANICA or ORIENTALIS [london plane] is a called a sycamore even though we brits have been calling an 'acer pseuedoplatanus' a sycamore long before chris columbus even clapped eyes on the good old USA..I dont know ,there should be allowances for poor spelling but not blatent name changeing that should be classeD
as a crime

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

read and weep.. www.british-trees.com

 

[glens]

Yeah, well I'll see your <a href="http://www.british-trees.com/guide/scotspine.htm">www.british-trees.com</a> and raise you a <a href="http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_1/pinus/sylvestris.htm">www.na.fs.fed.us</a>!

As happens so often in life in many and various ways, those who follow after take what those who've gone before have done and improve upon it.&nbsp; Such is the case with <i>our</i> version of the language.&nbsp; Think about it.&nbsp; When you guys want to talk about somebody's rented dwelling, you call it a flat, as in "Did you see Harry's flat?".&nbsp; Harry's flat <i>what</i>?&nbsp; Flat head?&nbsp; Flat ass?&nbsp; All ambiguity is lost when using the proper term <i>apartment</i>.

Hahaha.

(all in fun,)
Glen

 

[rbtree]

Glens, Rolla is right, Webster's and the NF should know better....the more correct name is Scots pine. Seattle local Arthur Lee Jacobsen's definitive "Native American Landscape Trees" lists the common names, but defers to Scots as being the better term. I corrected myself on this several years ago, and notice many other associates use the better term as well.

 

[glens]

Roger,

This has all been more a bit of fun for me than anything.&nbsp; I wasn't looking for a cat when I met a little guy about a year ago, but we became very attached to each other since.&nbsp; He'd even come around for a little while most days to check on me.&nbsp; He got real sick this weekend and died Monday night.&nbsp; I guess I'm a little beside myself.&nbsp; He was a cool dude.&nbsp; I put a nice little bitternut hickory by his head and an equally nice little white oak by his tail.&nbsp; I know they're too close together, but it might work out okay.

Anyway, Rolla's argument is self-defeating because the drink "Scotch" is the familiar way of saying "Scotch Whiskey".&nbsp; Maybe it's really "Scots Whiskey"?

Half my tree books list the pine each way, some of them both ways.&nbsp; I wouldn't really care to take a stand either way since both adjectives are interchangeable to me in my limited knowledge of the linguistics involved.

Though just now I see the blurb in the definition <a href="http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=wn&Query=Scottish">here</a> of "Scottish" (which partly stole my argument above).

Glen

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

prehaps we should all speak Latin then none of us would get tree names wrong ..... sorry to here about your little friend glens

 

[glens]

Thanks.&nbsp; I called him "Junior".&nbsp; His mom came out of the corn field and scammed milk for about a week before she brought him to the door by where I was working up north last summer.&nbsp; He looked very much like this <img src="http://www.verismocat.com/images/donner/14weeks_0031_t.jpg" align="left"> except he had slightly less dark tufts on the tips of his ears and a bit more of the white "feathers" <i>in</i> them.

He'd talk your ears off in an extremely conversational manner and this description (from a <a href="http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/maine-coon-faq.html">maine coon faq</a>) fits him to a tee:<blockquote>While Maine Coons are highly people-oriented cats, they are not overly-dependent.&nbsp; They do not constantly pester you for attention, but prefer to "hang out" with their owners, investigating whatever activity you're involved in and "helping" when they can.&nbsp; They are not, as a general rule, known as "lap cats" but as with any personality trait there are a few Maine Coons that prefer laps.&nbsp; Most Maine Coons will stay close by, probably occupying the chair next to yours instead.&nbsp; Maines will follow you from room to room and wait outside a closed door for you to emerge.&nbsp; A Maine Coon will be your companion, your buddy, your pal, but hardly ever your baby.</blockquote>He loved the woods and spent much time in trees.&nbsp; He would often talk me (literally) into following him for a walk through the woods.&nbsp; He was a real outdoorsman and the only time he ever used the litter box here since I brought him to his new home last Feb. was last Saturday while he could barely move.&nbsp; I couldn't keep him in the house, even during strong storms.&nbsp; We were perfect for each other since I'm not overly fond of house pets.&nbsp; Near as I can tell he made it to about 13 months old.&nbsp; I can only hope he didn't die because I never got him immunized.

Thanks for listening; I feel better now.&nbsp; That should just about do it for my part in hijacking this thread.

Glen

 

[geofore]

how big?

Originally posted by Mike Maas
How dull is your saw or how big is the tree that you use more than a tank of gas limbing and cutting out the saw logs????

About this size

 

[geofore]

And this

Dolmar with 32" bar on elm stump

 

[Husky372]

big old elm huh