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moose2 Super Member
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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Merry Christmas!
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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Killing baby trees... you ought to be ashamed!
That tree could live to be a couple thousand years old but you have to kill it when it is just a babe....... poor little tree.
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moose2 Super Member
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radar Super Member
Joined: Oct 01, 2008 Posts: 1109 Location: North Island New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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We got christmas tree farms here, you go and pay per foot in height, pick your tree and when you're ready at home you go out and they cut your tree down for you. Each tree is only 2-3 years old. The guy I buy from uses the money to pay his mortgage off with lump sums. $40 - $70 per tree by 900 trees is a nice little tax free bonus in anyones book. Pinus Radiata here.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15723 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:48 am Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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radar wrote: |
We got christmas tree farms here, you go and pay per foot in height, pick your tree and when you're ready at home you go out and they cut your tree down for you. Each tree is only 2-3 years old. The guy I buy from uses the money to pay his mortgage off with lump sums. $40 - $70 per tree by 900 trees is a nice little tax free bonus in anyones book. Pinus Radiata here. |
Similar thing here...the pine plantations do a little thinning out and there are a few Christmas Tree farms about as well.
I have an artificial one now...loved the smell of the pine needles at Christmas, but it worked out easier to get the artificial one when moving around with the Army...no pine trees in the tropics.
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9259 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:18 am Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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after watching a doco on how fast a semi dry pine can burn...we have an artificial job now.
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:53 am Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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One of my relatives has Christmas tree farms all over the valley here and they cut and ship them all over the world. Helicopters pick up the bundled trees and load them on double trailer trucks, you should see those things maneuver, it's quite a sight. They work really fast too, getting their money's worth out of aviation fuel.
Suz
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2440 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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Why didn't your relatif ask Rudolf & C° to help him out, or did he already?
With the fuelprices of these days it's worth a try. He already has a "no", but he might get a "yes"
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:32 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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Whatchoo drinkin Aloys? Is that apple juice getting ripe again?
Suz
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11394 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2440 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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Suz, try this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slivovitz
you can use it to clean your paintbrushes, maybe even to start your car...
it sure will get Rudolf started.
1 advice: the moment you begin to like the taste, it's time to check if your legs are still working as expected...
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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Aloys you were going to give me a recipe for that stuff. I don't have a lovely state-of-the-art still in my back yard though.
This is a cool rig. You could tow it around to farms for the freshest ingredients.
Suz
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TRBLSHTR Super Member
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 12:09 am Post subject: Re: Christmas Tree |
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Hey I made some good stuff for Christmas presents this year. I went out and picked a gallon of blackberries, put them in a gallon pickle jar and poured enough vodka on top of them to cover (and then some). Let them sit in my pantry for about 4 months, then I strained the berries and juice and vodka and it's a wonderful wine colored hard smackin butt kicker. Well i also added some sugar. I boiled some water and added sugar to dissolve, let it cool and then put some in to taste.
Suz
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