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I reached out to Dan and he is alive and well and enjoying the hot summer in Georgia. Family is well and he is enjoying his time time catching up on his reading. Just thought you folks would like to know

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I noticed he seemed to have left the forum. Good luck to him.

Too many people trying to tell him how to live his life, I guess.

Thanks John. I hope he comes back when he gets his AE withdrawal syndrome. [:)]

I hope he hasn't been sick or anything. I'm glad to hear he's doing well now.

Thanks. Good to know he's well.

good to know he is ok. his eloquence, good spirit and opinion is missed

Not to mention the pictures of trees with a description.

Don't forget the birds. CR should be having withdrawal about now....

Thanks for the update. Glad to hear he is fine.

It's well past the time for CR to provide us with another AAR to enjoy.

Cheers,
CB

Even just have a thread with trees and such. Or post them on someone else's AAR.

Good deal.

Good deal.

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Even just have a thread with trees and such. Or post them on someone else's AAR.

Oh trees I got......Here is a 200+ year old 6 foot diameter Oak tree that took out my power for a good part of last week. The tree crews say they need to get one of those "west of the Mississippi" chain saws to start cutting this one up. This is a thick tree. Could make some beautiful cabinets out of it. Trees and power lines were down all over the place. Still lots of folks with their power out. Mostly large old oak , maple and walnut. All good hardwood. Time to start working on the winter woodpile

Walnut? Contact furniture makers for those. Especially if it is Black Walnut.

Yup, a few black walnut trees are down. The biggest issue is when I go out for a run there are all those big round walnut fruits laying all over the place. Great way to roll an ankle. I have noticed the tree removal trucks know what the good stuff is and pile the rest next to the road. I’ve got mostly evergreens including a giant Norwegian spruce . Those seem to bend before they break so I didn’t lose any trees on my property. Really early in hurricane season though

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Walnut? Contact furniture makers for those. Especially if it is Black Walnut.

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

Yup, a few black walnut trees are down. The biggest issue is when I go out for a run there are all those big round walnut fruits laying all over the place. Great way to roll an ankle. I have noticed the tree removal trucks know what the good stuff is and pile the rest next to the road. I’ve got mostly evergreens including a giant Norwegian spruce . Those seem to bend before they break so I didn’t lose any trees on my property. Really early in hurricane season though

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Walnut? Contact furniture makers for those. Especially if it is Black Walnut.

Back 60 years ago I don't recall anything on the news about hurricanes going as far north as New York. That seemed to start about twenty years ago - or maybe that is just TV news shows getting more extensive airing?

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

Yup, a few black walnut trees are down. The biggest issue is when I go out for a run there are all those big round walnut fruits laying all over the place. Great way to roll an ankle. I have noticed the tree removal trucks know what the good stuff is and pile the rest next to the road. I’ve got mostly evergreens including a giant Norwegian spruce . Those seem to bend before they break so I didn’t lose any trees on my property. Really early in hurricane season though

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Walnut? Contact furniture makers for those. Especially if it is Black Walnut.

Back 60 years ago I don't recall anything on the news about hurricanes going as far north as New York. That seemed to start about twenty years ago - or maybe that is just TV news shows getting more extensive airing?

I remember a big hurricane hitting New Jersey in 85. It might have fizzled, but the lead up was non stop doom and gloom.

Our property is covered by black walnut trees. We had to take quite a few down when we put in the pool and poolhouse. A bunch is still in the woodpile. But we finally found a guy to mill a bunch of it. Great looking wood. We finished a bunch of the basement with it, built some. tables, etc. Kind of cool to tell people the wood they are looking at in the house came from the property.

Have never lost a black walnut to a storm. They tend not to carry a lot of foliage so do not catch the wind/rain/snow. Lose the random branch, but those just stacked by the firepit.

One downside to the black walnuts is nothing but grass will grow near them. Something in the walnuts leaches a toxin that pretty much kills everything else. And yes, walking or running over a walnut is likely to leave you at least in pain, if not something worse.