tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6853035351449863421..comments2024-03-28T09:06:03.767-05:00Comments on Althouse: The death of a 300-year-old tree.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73078464085174269942014-12-19T13:26:12.711-06:002014-12-19T13:26:12.711-06:00“But in the past few years with the drought and ha...“But in the past few years with the drought and harsh winter, the tree has declined pretty rapidly.”<br /><br />This was definitely the only drought in the last 300 years. And the only harsh winter in the same period.<br /><br />Never let a dead oak go to waste. We got a narrative to prop up! <br /><br />Personally I blame the leftists that redirected the water they used to irrigate the tree with to Salmon. But that is just me.Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109507896997459818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17886370186201381242014-12-19T12:45:27.419-06:002014-12-19T12:45:27.419-06:00Maybe it's a remnant of what used to be called...Maybe it's a remnant of what used to be called interior design. Or home economics. Or some other verboten formulation. I'll take a closer look after work I think.Twelvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009705194707490539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80660104181290927872014-12-19T12:42:00.538-06:002014-12-19T12:42:00.538-06:00So now the University has lotsa oak wood from a ca...So now the University has lotsa oak wood from a campus landmark that is remembered sentimentally by every living alumni?<br /><br />I see the offering of many overpriced oaken paperweights, picture frames, donor plaques and sno-globe bases in the next issue of the alumni magazine.mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16136221627014861362014-12-19T12:10:19.615-06:002014-12-19T12:10:19.615-06:00ThreeHeaded Throop said...
The School of Human Eco...<i>ThreeHeaded Throop said...<br />The School of Human Ecology. Grievance studies aren't enough of a joke.</i><br /><br />Apparently "Human Ecology" is a euphemism for "basket weaving".<br /><br />http://sohe.wisc.edu/what-we-do/<br /><br />"Intentional serendipity fuels discovery." (!)<br /><br />What We Do<br /><br />Preschool Lab<br />We carry forward the legacy of high-impact engagement with communities, families, and children.<br /><br />Design Gallery<br />Design – and Design Thinking – come together at SoHE to address real-world, “wicked” problems!<br /><br />Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection<br />HLATC invites you to discover, share, and create your own stories.<br />Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21956413606841560062014-12-19T12:08:55.930-06:002014-12-19T12:08:55.930-06:00Here's what the University of Michigan just di...Here's what the University of Michigan just did with a tree of a similar age:<br /><br />http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/11/u-m_tree_move_video.html<br /><br /><br />MarkWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196457197737335405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30258682015901924072014-12-19T11:45:25.432-06:002014-12-19T11:45:25.432-06:00You know that down here in Kansas when there is a ...You know that down here in Kansas when there is a drought - we water our damn trees.Pillage Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03749024921938067324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37782078415524622852014-12-19T11:33:40.989-06:002014-12-19T11:33:40.989-06:00Have the "usual suspect" insane leftists...Have the "usual suspect" insane leftists in Madison blamed Walker yet?Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33482636923303872632014-12-19T11:16:10.340-06:002014-12-19T11:16:10.340-06:00Trees and education go together. Both my secondar...Trees and education go together. Both my secondary and college use a tree in their emblem. Landscape architect Fredrick Law Olmsted designed U Maine campus. Stately elm trees lined the quad facing the library. They all died of Dutch elm disease in the 70’s. Replaced with ash that later got battered in an ice storm. They looked like shit so they were replaced with white oak in the 2000’s. The quad still looks barren.JSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07431623045562928297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54259029225617389292014-12-19T11:03:08.274-06:002014-12-19T11:03:08.274-06:00If they cut it to a stump and just leave it be it&...If they cut it to a stump and just leave it be it'll probably sprout new growth around the edges in a few years. It'll look more like a shrub than a Majestic Oak Of 20 Preschoolers 'Round, but I'm sure the tree would be perfectly happy. Trees aren't vain that way.Bryan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10387816413528886340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15492014558006431322014-12-19T09:53:47.884-06:002014-12-19T09:53:47.884-06:00Not really front-page news, IMO, although the loca...<i>Not really front-page news, IMO, although the local paper seemed to think so.</i><br /><br />It has regional interest - the Star-Tribune picked up the story.kjbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205930548533839170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15710253182993602782014-12-19T09:45:15.441-06:002014-12-19T09:45:15.441-06:00SOHE is the old Home Ec. Think of it that way. E...SOHE is the old Home Ec. Think of it that way. Everyone here does -- except the people who work in the School of Human Ecology.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31509382760880346852014-12-19T09:30:17.364-06:002014-12-19T09:30:17.364-06:00a bur oak that sits in the backyard of the School ...<i>a bur oak that sits in the backyard of the School of Human Ecology</i><br /><br />The School of Human Ecology. Grievance studies aren't enough of a joke. You actually have a whole school devoted to something called Human Ecology. <br /><br />AA, the decline of the institution that sustains you is also far advanced. It will soon be necessary to cut it down as well.Twelvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009705194707490539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20037093396591234732014-12-19T09:01:15.509-06:002014-12-19T09:01:15.509-06:00“But in the past few years with the drought and ha...<i>“But in the past few years with the drought and harsh winter, the tree has declined pretty rapidly.”</i><br /><br />Global warming did not arrive soon enough to save the old tree. We are all responsible. I feel ashamed.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2509307232002176812014-12-19T08:49:05.417-06:002014-12-19T08:49:05.417-06:00The acorn grew into a bur oak tree with a trunk so...<i>The acorn grew into a bur oak tree with a trunk so thick it recently took 20 preschoolers holding hands to circle it.</i><br /><br />It took 20? Are you sure 19 couldn't have circled it? Did they try? Exactly how great was the wingspan of each of these preschoolers? How much of that was lost to the overlap of the held hands?<br /><br />Couldn't you have just found a fucking tape measure and given us the actual fucking circumference? <br />Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34324318265979698992014-12-19T08:43:48.387-06:002014-12-19T08:43:48.387-06:00Time defeats tree, 59-0.Time defeats tree, 59-0.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8706660850526281402014-12-19T08:43:20.613-06:002014-12-19T08:43:20.613-06:00One could probably say the same for much of the fa...One could probably say the same for much of the faculty.Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358837451169425289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20012034621623346862014-12-19T08:38:29.889-06:002014-12-19T08:38:29.889-06:00Curious George said...
Really? The original occupa...<i>Curious George said...<br />Really? The original occupants of the land were Indians from 300 years ago?</i><br /><br />That fits The Narrative that Indians were peaceful and never displaced other Indians.<br /><br /><i>As for the rest, it's an oak tree.</i><br /><br />Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you.Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68911068943311969072014-12-19T08:35:58.961-06:002014-12-19T08:35:58.961-06:00Fernandinande said...
Probably not true.
Easier t...<i>Fernandinande said...<br />Probably not true.</i><br /><br />Easier to read: <a href="http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-22.html" rel="nofollow">"Archaeological History</a> (of Wisconsin).Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41319741792071695102014-12-19T08:31:16.065-06:002014-12-19T08:31:16.065-06:00burial mounds created by the original occupants of...<i>burial mounds created by the original occupants of the land....</i><br /><br />Probably not true.<br /><br />"Across Wisconsin, the Paleoindian period is subdivided into Early and Late traditions based on chipped stone tool technologies (R. Mason 1981, 1986). The Early Paleoindian tradition (approximately 11,500-10,000 B.C.) is defined by fluted projectile points, while the Late Paleoindian tradition (circa 10000-8000 B.C.) is marked by lanceolate point styles. <a href="http://inwisconsin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Howard_Archaeological-Historical-Report.pdf" rel="nofollow">Frequent indicators of a former Paleoindian presence in an area are isolated finds of distinctive projectile point styles: Clovis, Folsom, Scottsbluff, Eden, and Agate Basin."</a><br />Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84762686621305412922014-12-19T08:29:35.261-06:002014-12-19T08:29:35.261-06:00Arborist macht frei.Arborist macht frei.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45474727179260623932014-12-19T08:26:52.237-06:002014-12-19T08:26:52.237-06:00"Ignorance is Bliss said...
Curious George sa..."Ignorance is Bliss said...<br />Curious George said...<br /><br />Really? The original occupants of the land were Indians from 300 years ago?<br /><br />The acorn embedded 300 years ago, but the mounds were already there, created much earlier.<br /><br />I'm not saying the mounds were built by literally the first individuals to set foot on the land, but the claim in the article is not as bad as your reading makes it sound."<br /><br />So you are saying the statement is 100% not factual, but is not as bad if it was...wait, what? <br /><br />Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440726941494085334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15650099064033217862014-12-19T08:26:24.533-06:002014-12-19T08:26:24.533-06:00I view this as a metaphor for Obamacare's inte...I view this as a metaphor for Obamacare's intention to ration healthcare by age.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3911687627947320452014-12-19T08:19:13.423-06:002014-12-19T08:19:13.423-06:00300 years is nothing to sneeze at, but New Orleans...300 years is nothing to sneeze at, but New Orleans' City Park and Audobon Park are home to many Live Oaks that are more than 500 years old.<br /><br />And they are grand:<br />http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/March-April-2011/Old-and-Magnificent/index.php?cparticle=2<br /><br />When we travel to New Orleans the kids always want to go visit the "climbing trees" and we have some dear photos with groups of the cousins lined up on the boughs.CStanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467496850893922521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41084761601913496672014-12-19T08:12:32.245-06:002014-12-19T08:12:32.245-06:00One of the profs at Yale has an interesting hobby/...One of the profs at Yale has an interesting hobby/side business making bowls, pens, etc. out of wood reclaimed from significant campus trees. Some neat stuff - http://yalebowls.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XzG6nuwYSIBiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077565129056607925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81614778223497183202014-12-19T08:07:35.921-06:002014-12-19T08:07:35.921-06:00The tree probably died of shame from the new push ...The tree probably died of shame from the new push for race-sensitive grading.Oso Negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996629147239192401noreply@blogger.com