Thanks ETL and Inyo-Mono. Near the onetime geographical center of the Sahara there was a living olive tree. Didn't look all that vivacious, but was still alive. And it's a cultivated species.
Posted on 06/01/2015 7:22:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
“Bob, let me introduce you to Allyson Carroll. She’s a tree-ring specialist.”
“Nice to make your acquaintance, Allyson. What do yo do for a living?”
“I study tree rings.”
“Um....see ya ‘round.”
Bob’s not too bright, huh? Not interested in the world around him. Or is he just intimidated by smart women?
Re: “This 9,550-year-old Spruce tree is the oldest single tree in the world.”
Any relations? Could be your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, grandfather. :/
Our chief weapon is fear.
Fear and surprise...
Poke him with the soft cushion!
Thanks ETL and Inyo-Mono. Near the onetime geographical center of the Sahara there was a living olive tree. Didn't look all that vivacious, but was still alive. And it's a cultivated species.
[snip] A well-preserved juniper post, painted blue and with modern door hinges, was recovered from a modern village house simply because it looked suspiciously old. The sample we were given did not fit anything in our Neolithic inventory, so we sent a piece of it to Heidelberg to see what radiocarbon analysis would reveal. The date is 2117 B.C. + 110 years, which means it is from some Early Bronze Age occupation near the lake at Kastoria. (Kuniholm 1998, 4) [Q3: Do the results from the developing dendrochronology for Anatolia agree or disagree with CoD?]
You’re welcome. I don’t know very much about the subject myself. I’m more at home with the hard sciences (physics, geology, astronomy) than the life sciences.
NOT the soft cushion!
Lest you forget
Probably written by the same dingbat that “upgraded” the signage.
Someone on their own initiative added post-it notes to a sign at Muir Woods in August 2021 and they think that the new directive to focus on the topic at hand, the park and the trees, rather than engage in self loathing struggle sessions about colonialism and racism is “erasing history.”
Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 22, 2025 | By Olivia Hebert
Posted on 7/23/2025, 4:54:53 PM by artichokegrower
The National Park Service has taken down an exhibit at Muir Woods National Monument that aimed to tell a more complete history of the site, SFGATE has learned from a former park ranger who helped to develop the exhibit. It’s the first confirmed removal of what the Donald Trump administration has referred to as “improper ideology” under a directive from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued earlier this year.
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