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Reply #15 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 11:50am

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

Alinta wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:10am:

I understand now...........I was thinking way way outside the square...

Some woods smell beautiful.

I also have a giant Camphor tree in my backyard (Cinnamomum camphora) .. which if you cut a branch off and smell the sappy end has a beautiful smell of camphor.

They make 'marbles' out of this camphor wood for putting in wardrobes to lightly fragrance the clothes in there.

Don't get me started of Ikea furniture -- crap wood in my opinion.

There are people who do really beautiful and clever things with nothing more than drift-wood that washes up on the shores.

Shame on you.
Mentioning ikea and wood in the same day.

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Reply #16 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 11:51am

Alinta wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:10am:

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:01am:

Alinta wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 8:42am:

Herb, what were you searching for when you found the link ???????

I was looking up about the 'very thick forests' in southern WA which were cleared for farming back in around 1927 near Walpole - and which a descendant of the original farming community now says the clearing of the forest was a tragic mistake.

I was immediately reminded of the magnificent Huon forests of southwest Tasmania which thank god have since been saved from any more timber-mill destruction.

You have some beautiful timbers in this country. I have a Grevillia Robusta in my own backyard that is famous for being fine-grained and excellent for cabinet-making.

I also have the privilege of owning a home in which the timbers are made from hard wood the likes of which no houses today are being framed with - and all that's being used today is crappy, cheap garbage like Oregon wood.

I've had a rose wood table - fabulous. My neighbour had furniture made entirely out of Dutch Oak.

Teak ... Mahogany ... Huon ... etc etc ... beautiful to look at and beautiful to touch.

I haven't seen a piece of Mulga wood for years now ...

I understand now...........I was thinking way way outside the square...

we were over Walpole a few years ago.
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Reply #17 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 1:34pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 11:51am:

we were over Walpole a few years ago.
pretty alright

It's so damn far away from ANYTHING isn't it? You may as well be on Mars. That sort of isolation is almost scary.

Heroic people. Real pioneers - the original 1927-ers, that is. Worked their arse off.

They said those forest trees were so close to one another that you couldn't chop them down ... they would just lean against each other ... soooo ... as they had no tractors they just burnt them down to clear for farming.

The wood was incredibly hard.

Box wood was another one from WA. It was used as railway sleepers. One bloke jumped down into a pit, and the other bloke stood up on top and they sawed the timber back and forth between each other under the blazing hot sun.

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Reply #18 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

Alinta wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:10am:

I understand now...........I was thinking way way outside the square...

Some woods smell beautiful.

I also have a giant Camphor tree in my backyard (Cinnamomum camphora) .. which if you cut a branch off and smell the sappy end - it has a beautiful smell of camphor.

They make 'marbles' out of this camphor wood for putting in wardrobes to lightly fragrance the clothes in there.

Don't get me started of Ikea furniture -- crap wood in my opinion.

There are people who do really beautiful and clever things with nothing more than drift-wood that washes up on the shores.

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...we do live in funny times...but yes you will have to suck up about PLASTIC... all house will come module with their plastic solar panels already attached in the future.. a lego world..is coming to you.

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Reply #19 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:08pm

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm:

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...we do live in funny times...but yes you will have to suck up about PLASTIC... all house will come module with their plastic solar panels already attached in the future.. a lego world..is coming to you.

Speaking of plastic - those supermarket plastic bags are choking sea animals with a slow and agonising death - and WHY has the government not banned them?

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Reply #20 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:26pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:08pm:

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm:

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...we do live in funny times...but yes you will have to suck up about PLASTIC... all house will come module with their plastic solar panels already attached in the future.. a lego world..is coming to you.

Speaking of plastic - those supermarket plastic bags are choking sea animals with a slow and agonising death - and WHY has the government not banned them?

haha.. ours have we can only get a plastic bag IF WE BUY IT..I really laugh its idiotic.. I can put one onion in a great big plastic bag...I ask you...

I dont put stuff like that in a bag but I see a lot of people do two bananas in a bag.....I have to buy rubbish bags now...what difference that makes in the freebee ones we used to have I dont know... but we think we are being smart....

I think we are begin played myself...

herb you will still use PLASTIC BAGS>.and sadly people will still chuck em everywhere..

we cant use paper bags anymore...

its called progress.. Roll Eyes

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Reply #22 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:34pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

I also have a giant Camphor tree in my backyard (Cinnamomum camphora) .. which if you cut a branch off and smell the sappy end - it has a beautiful smell of camphor.

I know they are classified as a pest in some areas but they are truly magnificent trees. There are a few near me and I love them.

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm:

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...

The first thing the Chinese do in this area when they move in is saw down all the trees. They get a measly $700 fine from Council so they couldn't care less.

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Reply #23 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 8:44pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:31pm:

In every American film with a scene of someone coming home from shopping - they are carrying everything in a big paper bag.

From which, at the slightest provocation, and without warning, the arse would drop.

Used to have them where I lived in Sydney in the early 1980s, and I got caught many times.

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Reply #24 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:30pm

Black Orchid wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:34pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

I also have a giant Camphor tree in my backyard (Cinnamomum camphora) .. which if you cut a branch off and smell the sappy end - it has a beautiful smell of camphor.

I know they are classified as a pest in some areas but they are truly magnificent trees. There are a few near me and I love them.

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm:

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...

The first thing the Chinese do in this area when they move in is saw down all the trees. They get a measly $700 fine from Council so they couldn't care less.

well thats a strange area you live in... here we have to ask permission and its rarely given..even when its blocking all the drains.

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Reply #25 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:32pm

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:30pm:

Black Orchid wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:34pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

I also have a giant Camphor tree in my backyard (Cinnamomum camphora) .. which if you cut a branch off and smell the sappy end - it has a beautiful smell of camphor.

I know they are classified as a pest in some areas but they are truly magnificent trees. There are a few near me and I love them.

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm:

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...

The first thing the Chinese do in this area when they move in is saw down all the trees. They get a measly $700 fine from Council so they couldn't care less.

well thats a strange area you live in... here we have to ask permission and its rarely given..even when its blocking all the drains.

Rubbish. If you have a tree (camphors are notorious in Qld) choking your drains, you will have no problem. On one of my properties, the (camphor) roots were invading a neighbour's property. I did not even ask permission. I had blokes come in and nuke the bastard.

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Reply #26 - Dec 18^th, 2015 at 11:22pm

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:30pm:

Black Orchid wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:34pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

I also have a giant Camphor tree in my backyard (Cinnamomum camphora) .. which if you cut a branch off and smell the sappy end - it has a beautiful smell of camphor.

I know they are classified as a pest in some areas but they are truly magnificent trees. There are a few near me and I love them.

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm:

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...

The first thing the Chinese do in this area when they move in is saw down all the trees. They get a measly $700 fine from Council so they couldn't care less.

well thats a strange area you live in... here we have to ask permission and its rarely given..even when its blocking all the drains.

We are supposed to ask permission here too but the fines are so paltry people don't bother. They just cut the trees down and then pay the fine.

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Reply #27 - Dec 19^th, 2015 at 8:55am

Black Orchid wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:34pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:48am:

I also have a giant Camphor tree in my backyard (Cinnamomum camphora) .. which if you cut a branch off and smell the sappy end - it has a beautiful smell of camphor.

I know they are classified as a pest in some areas but they are truly magnificent trees. There are a few near me and I love them.

cods wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 6:21pm:

well herb as you know we cannot have our cake and eat it as well... and trees are protected now.....unless its pine...

The first thing the Chinese do in this area when they move in is saw down all the trees. They get a measly $700 fine from Council so they couldn't care less.

Chinese?

Ah so ... the Chatswood area or John Howard's old seat of Bennelong.

A lot of people down by the harbour remove the trees to give them a view ... or a better view ... of the harbour. I can't say I blame them. But otherwise I hate trees being butchered because of the falling leaves in autumn, and not wanting to throw a cover over their cars because of the bird-poo or dropped berries.

Wood is wonderful.

I love boats made out of wood. I've been on a copy of an old wooden galleon like Lord Nelson sailed on. The smells. The creaks and groans. The feel of something organic beneath your feet and all around you. Marvellous woodwork and joinery for the cabins, store-rooms and kitchen galley. The big stout mast ... and the rest.

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Reply #28 - Dec 19^th, 2015 at 9:07am

Kat wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 8:44pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 7:31pm:

In every American film with a scene of someone coming home from shopping - they are carrying everything in a big paper bag.

From which, at the slightest provocation, and without warning, the arse would drop.

Used to have them where I lived in Sydney in the early 1980s, and I got caught many times.

I believe you.

I'm old enough to remember the brown paper shopping bags in the UK which had twine handles on them and a thicker paper base so hold things a little more securely.

And then those net-bags ....

That there is NO deposit on glass and plastic bottles is a crime as far as I'm concerned. I believe SA had a scheme going like that - but not anywhere else.

I remember when walking on the Sydney beaches was a hazardous affair due to the many pieces of broken glass that was hidden just below sight in the sand ... I would gladly hang the bastards who littered like that.

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Reply #29 - Dec 19^th, 2015 at 9:32am

Aussie wrote on Dec 18^th, 2015 at 9:32pm:

Rubbish. If you have a tree (camphors are notorious in Qld) choking your drains, you will have no problem. On one of my properties, the (camphor) roots were invading a neighbour's property. I did not even ask permission. I had blokes come in and nuke the bastard.

Good thinking. Council arrogance on this matter can be insufferable.

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