Random pics (that you took) thread...

[chipper1]

Yes. The flowers are always nocturnal and only last for a few hours. Normally they grow in tropical zones 10-11 with large moths and bats as pollinators. Here in PA with the cooler late summer nights the blooms last longer. Unfortunately along with that there are no natural pollinators therefore hand pollination is needed for fruiting. Mine is really late so will probably end up in the house before the fruit matures and ripens. I have no idea if it will ripen.... I just like growing cool stuff out off the climates am extremely happy just with it flowering. Anything past that is a bonus.

Thanks for sharing, sure it means a lot to you after putting that much into it and then getting the pictures .

 

[chipper1]

Free wood lolView attachment 197117

Get you some buddy lol.
This was next door to a yard I mow, they were quoted 8k to remove it, looks like they opted for a cheaper solution lol.
What's gonna be funny is if it sprouts and they leave it .
The top cuts are all probably 24 on the left and 28 plus on the right two, it was a huge cottonwood, all the neighbors hated it because the leaves blew into everyones yards

 

[bigbadbob]

No cell service @ my cabin,,,got a landline,,

 

[chipper1]

No cell service @ my cabin,,,got a landline,,View attachment 197212

That's sweet!
Wonder if you could get a blue tooth adapter for it lol.

 

[bigbadbob]

That's sweet!
Wonder if you could get a blue tooth adapter for it lol.

I worked @ the fone co. One of my first jobs (about 1974) was to take a hammer to items like that fone and smash em and trash em.
I kept a few,,,Im surprised the exchange still accepts rotary dial pulses.

 

[merc_man]

Awesome grab of the reflections! Many people don't see that when taking photos.

I like the reflection pics. I need a better camera but not bad for my phone.

Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

 

[chipper1]

I worked @ the fone co. One of my first jobs (about 1974) was to take a hammer to items like that fone and smash em and trash em.
I kept a few,,,Im surprised the exchange still accepts rotary dial pulses.

That's interesting, I didn't think it would myself, but I know nothing about it really.
Have a great family friend who retired from sounthern bell, he still gets cash for all sorts of things and cheap phone services.

 

[Bigmac]

Tree I cut today.
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Dawn sexy setup 298 and a square body!

 

[Bigmac]

Couple nights ago
Dinner tonight

 

[ChipsFlyin]

I guess it can qualify as an Avalanche with that ugly black cab corner?
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Stopped at BK since I forgot my lunch.
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Didn't even bend that post.

Crafty they are.

$500 bucks . If it runs- good beater truck for a year or 2. When it dies put it in the path of an avalanche!

 

[ChipsFlyin]

No cell service @ my cabin,,,got a landline,,View attachment 197212

You don't have to worry about a battery going dead. Plus it looks cool.

 

[Nutball]

 

[Steve]

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Nice bananas!

 

[Steve]

Get you some buddy lol.
This was next door to a yard I mow, they were quoted 8k to remove it, looks like they opted for a cheaper solution lol.
What's gonna be funny is if it sprouts and they leave it .
The top cuts are all probably 24 on the left and 28 plus on the right two, it was a huge cottonwood, all the neighbors hated it because the leaves blew into everyones yards
View attachment 197211

Is cottonwood a good firewood?

 

[chipper1]

Is cottonwood a good firewood?

Good GTG wood, its gopher wood, load the stove and go fer more.
I may get a couple pieces to test GTG chains in, other than that I have no use for it. I'm putting mainly black locust, red oak and whit oak in the woodshed this yr, the only place I'd use a lower btu wood is for the shoulder seasons and I've already got a couple bins of odds(all higher btu) ready to go and cookies being made daily.
Last chain I converted, rakers need to be lowered then I'll do a couple other things to it if it's fast enough at that point. It should be going thru this ash log in about 8 seconds on this saw(it's at 9.5-11 hard to get accurate/consistent times dogged in), the saw is stock minus a small opening in the muffler and is tuned fat, the chain won't self feed yet .

 

[Nutball]

I'd use cottonwood if I had some sort of hopper on my stove to load a rick in for a 24hr burn...maybe. I've burned it before, really hot too, but had to put more in every half hour. I'd be lucky to get more than 1-2hr stuffing the stove full and burning it slow.

I'ts a kind of Poplar

 

[Steve]

Good GTG wood, its gopher wood, load the stove and go fer more.
I may get a couple pieces to test GTG chains in, other than that I have no use for it. I'm putting mainly black locust, red oak and whit oak in the woodshed this yr, the only place I'd use a lower btu wood is for the shoulder seasons and I've already got a couple bins of odds(all higher btu) ready to go and cookies being made daily.
Last chain I converted, rakers need to be lowered then I'll do a couple other things to it if it's fast enough at that point. It should be going thru this ash log in about 8 seconds on this saw(it's at 9.5-11 hard to get accurate/consistent times dogged in), the saw is stock minus a small opening in the muffler and is tuned fat, the chain won't self feed yet .

We have cottonwood out here but its all residential planted. We have troves of oak and hickory.

 

[ChipsFlyin]

Ready to go!

 

[bigbadbob]

You don't have to worry about a battery going dead. Plus it looks cool.

When that sucker rings its loud enough it scares some people, its fun to watch the grand kids try and use it,,,, takes them a bit to grasp the concept.

 

[Steve]

This blank shipping lable over the GM lable should keep anyone from knowing we reboxed their alternator!





Best i could do not destroying the label.