Re: New Tree -
Rally - 09-25-2015
(09-25-2015, 12:52 PM)Robbie link Wrote:[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=12914.msg130403#msg130403 date=1443139090]
[quote author=ferrari link=topic=12914.msg130391#msg130391 date=1443135066]
Is (was?) the real Palo Alto a sequoia? If so then fine.
Are you sure you spent 4 years at Stanford?
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He did, but the Palo Alto was only a sapling back then, and nobody paid it any attention.
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That is libelously untrue! When Leland had me plant in on his new land he said, "Son, one day a mighty oak will grow from what you do today." And I was there 6 years, thank you very much.
Re: New Tree -
JJJ - 09-25-2015
(09-24-2015, 05:22 PM)FarmBoy link Wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Palo_Alto
Very interesting... so the version on our block "S" resembles the older ???"poor health" version than the current "healthy" version. ???
Re: New Tree -
BostonCard - 09-25-2015
Well, my daughter has been more into the tree than anyone else in the family, so I think she will like the fact that a) the person in the tree is female and b) that the tree has more feminine features. I hesitate to say this given prior trees episodes of misbehavior (
http://deadspin.com/5137438/horny-inebriated-stanford-tree-a-menace-to-decent-society), but I think the tree can be a positive roll model.
BC
Re: New Tree -
washingtonismoney - 09-25-2015
(09-25-2015, 04:54 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:I think the tree can be a positive roll model.
The trunk is round, so I would hope so.
Re: New Tree -
JJJ - 09-25-2015
(09-25-2015, 04:58 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=12914.msg130568#msg130568 date=1443225269]
I think the tree can be a positive roll model.
The trunk is round, so I would hope so.
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I see what you did there! 8)
Re: New Tree -
yvonne - 09-25-2015
and rightly so
Re: New Tree -
BostonCard - 09-25-2015
(09-25-2015, 04:58 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=12914.msg130568#msg130568 date=1443225269]
I think the tree can be a positive roll model.
The trunk is round, so I would hope so.
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Touché. I left you a hanging curve, but you hit it well.
BC