1 posted on
11/16/2019 11:14:34 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
When I was a kid I saw a lot more birch trees than I’m seeing now. Not sure why that is.
2 posted on
11/16/2019 11:57:06 PM PST by
be-baw
To: SunkenCiv
The bark peels off from birch trees fairly easily without harming them. More aggressive means can remove large sheets from healthy ones without killing them. Once done the uses are many. Otzi the iceman made his arrows using the tar, made by cooking it in an oxygen-free container.
To: SunkenCiv
Birch bark is also excellent tinder.
6 posted on
11/17/2019 3:35:08 AM PST by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: SunkenCiv
We even know a guy named Elmer invented it....
7 posted on
11/17/2019 4:20:59 AM PST by
Adder
(Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks Sunken - new word for me an my kids: “Hafting” - “Hafting is a process by which an artifact, often bone, metal, or stone is attached to a haft (handle[1] or strap).”
A huge development for humans, but I don’t know of any animals having been shown to do it (but many do use simple tools).
10 posted on
11/17/2019 5:28:50 AM PST by
BobL
(I drive a pickup truck to work because it makes me feel like a man.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wouldn’t that be gorilla glue?
11 posted on
11/17/2019 6:40:12 AM PST by
Fido969
(In!)
To: SunkenCiv
Back in the day, Home Litho used to stock this glue on isle 4.
13 posted on
11/17/2019 7:20:52 AM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
Always wondered ow they recapped tires.
16 posted on
11/17/2019 7:51:09 AM PST by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: SunkenCiv
Well, son of a birch! They fired him!
18 posted on
11/17/2019 3:48:38 PM PST by
null and void
(Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
To: SunkenCiv
19 posted on
11/17/2019 3:50:54 PM PST by
Alas Babylon!
(The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
To: SunkenCiv
5,00 y/o birch gum
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6954562.stm
24 posted on
11/17/2019 4:06:22 PM PST by
Daffynition
(*I'm living the dream.* & :))
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