cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
The day’s end
Random Jabber Jibber thread
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raratt
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I don't get to see sunsets, too many trees in the way...lol.
cannabineer
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That was one thing about gold country ... for-shit horizons.
When I look straight west I see The Tree, unchallenged for miles in any direction. I use The Tree to judge how close to home I am once off the freeway.
raratt
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You just had to go to the right place to be able to see.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Yeah well in Tuolumne County that spot was a 90- minute drive.
Singlemalt
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Is it a famous tree?
raratt
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It's "A" tree in the desert...lol
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Unlikely. I mean I’m in West Backscratch here. Only famous thing near here is that airbase.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
You spelled The wrong
Singlemalt
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What type of tree, Genus?
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
In coastal Maryland there is a local tree of fame called the Wye Oak.
I drove to it one day bearing my troubles and asked “wye?”
Silent bastard couldn’t even tell me it was gonna be oak-A.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Deciduous hardwood, all I got
raratt
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Nope, it's stupid.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
If there were horses it would be a stable genus
Singlemalt
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Have you gone to the tree to check it out? Is it a native or an old landscape tree?
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I’ve performed some discreet surveillance. It’s in the middle of a somewhat trashy compound. I believe it’s a surviving landscape planting from maybe the Eisenhower era.
Singlemalt
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There was afew block neighborhood built between LAX and the ocean in the 50's. The take off pattern went right over it. When jets became the norm apparently it was unbearable so the airport authority had to buy all the home owners out in the 70's. All structures were demo'd and hauled away and the only thing remaining were the streets, driveways and trees
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Unbearable is such a loaded term. Today a pair of 18s came by at 3000 feet and 500 knots. I pumped fist. It’s just a matter of attracting the appropriate homeowners. “See that dear? (lowers binos) A stretched gen-3 DC-8 with the late tail mod!!”
Singlemalt
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Indeed. I grew up at airports. When I was 3 and 4 my dad would bet his buddies I could name a plane by the sound of the engines and he generally won(these were prop planes). I loved airports. I felt the airport authority got screwed: it was known that the planes would take off over the neighborhood, it was a development, nice homes at a discounted price due to airport proximity. But as the norm, eventually the homeowners always win even when they bought with the "annoyance factor" known. A nearby100 yr old livestock auction yard had to close 7 yrs ago for the same reason