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Get a bigger dust extractor.
Oh, and make 25 hour days:)
Tex
make Oz timber grow in Florida. and Georgia, Ohio, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, South Carolina, Virginia, Nova Scotia, Africa, Italy, Spain, . . . and all the places I left out.
Joe
...be Mr Gumby Minogue :D
its alright Gumby, one of these days Brendan will return your calls:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
Joe - It probably already is.When we were in LA last year there were massive Aussie Eucalypts growing everywhere. Would have been there for a long time by the size of them, good 60 years or so.
Probably all over the US but no one knows. They think they're just some sort of rare local tree.
They usually get cursed when they have a bushfire, we all know how a eucalypt reacts to fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by ubeaut
Eucalypts were originally taken to the US of A for use as railways sleepers some 160 years ago. Then they realised that they are too slow to grow and they grow twisted and knotty, thus not being too good to use as sleepers. If I recall correctly the oldest stand of eucalypts is close to the Presidio in San Fran.
..... and if I had the power governments would be held accountable!
Pete
I hear she's after a new bloke. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
lock up the person responsible for "The Hamster Dance"!!:doh: :no:Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
If I had the power I would open all closed forums and keep them going just to drive some people nuts. No, honestly if I had the power, I would make the neatest ,tidiest hand cut dovetail ever!
If I Had the power I'de stop all telly marketers :((
.. sell my land and go full time woodworking with no financial pressures!
Cheers,
Buzzer :)
be a benevolent dictator.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by craigb
unless, of course somebody p****d me off, in which case I'd be a pretty malevolent dictator!:~ :o
Mick
...ban all religions.
Why, Mick are you an ugly one at the moment?....:U :roll: ...Quote:
Originally Posted by journeyman Mick
If I had the power, it would be the power to understand SWMBO, then I could spend more time in the shed and out fishing without upsetting her!..:2tsup:
E. glob (blue gum) growing at Berkly campus are "significant trees" essentially protected. I have also heard some oz natives ie shining gum/bluegum are considered environmental weeds in parts of the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe greiner
Portugal and Spain have huge plantations of eucs as do Brazil Uraguy and other sth American countries. When you buy euc oil its probably produced in portugal.
France and Spain share some of the best acacia plantations for use in perfume manufacturing.
Sth Africa extracts tannins for tanning and sell it world wide from Black wattle (A mearnsii). Microwave technology allows them to ship timber from euc plantations within 12 days of the tree being felled.
Israel have changed a cultivar of quandong so much they are now claiming it as a native of israel.
Want me to go on?
Not only have we allowed other countries to develope our trees for commercial purpouses we gave it to em for nothing, aand told em how to do it. :((
Try getting seed for a koa tree from Hawaii
http://volcanogallery.com/aboutkoa.htm
Turn out all the lights??:?Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
Astronamer hobbyist?Quote:
Originally Posted by felixe
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Originally Posted by craigb
Make all hamburgers, fish and chips, junk food, beer etc, etc
non fattening.............I'm the proof you can fatten a throughbred:D :D
Put Viagra in the water supply. :oo:Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
What, so no-one could put their pants on?Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
Then it would be NiagaraQuote:
Originally Posted by craigb
So it would become a hard water supply :D