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2008-04-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Swedish researchers find world's oldest living tree

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I thought bristlecone pines were around 8-10,000 years old?

Posted by no mo uro 2008-04-18 06:00|| 2008-04-18 06:00|| Front Page Top

#2 I applaud this trend of appending to articless photographs of appealing young women having nothing to do with the article. It makes the brutality, stupidity, and downright cussedness of most of the world a bit more palatable.

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2008-04-18 09:10|| 2008-04-18 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Now, move in the heavy equipment and log the shit out of that old growth forest. How many rolls of toilet paper would that 10,000 year old piney make?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-18 09:38|| 2008-04-18 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Nice schprocket.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-18 09:45|| 2008-04-18 09:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Robert Byrd remembers that tree when it was just a sapling.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-04-18 11:53|| 2008-04-18 11:53|| Front Page Top

#6 "She has nothing whatsoever to do with the story, but she sure is cute."

ROFL! Fred, you are a gem. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-18 12:26|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-04-18 12:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Is the tree guarded by møøse?

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

Posted by Dar">Dar 2008-04-18 13:13|| 2008-04-18 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 prolly take me 15 minutes to pin that sprocket on her

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-18 13:21|| 2008-04-18 13:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I was waiting for the other 'line', Frank. But that one's just as good.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-18 14:26|| 2008-04-18 14:26|| Front Page Top

#10 I think we should obtain a core sample out of that tree to verify the analysis. a bit of ring counting.

and that IS a nice schprokett!

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-18 15:04|| 2008-04-18 15:04|| Front Page Top

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