On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:33:03 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Berkshire Bill wrote:

That's what you say.

Ever seen a tree growing upside-down?

Half way down this page are trees potted upside down... some
knucklehead calls it art.

http://www.massmoca.org/visual_arts/visual_arts.html


But he raises an interesting point. Since half of a tree (roughly) is
underground, when foresters harvest trees to make lumber, are they not
leaving half the wood behind? Isn't this a significant waste of resources?


They're into recycling. The other half of the tree eventually becomes
part of new trees.

I could envision a whole new industry: 2x4s made from tree roots would come
already bent and twisted - no need for all that labor to do it by hand.


If HD sells those, do any become unwarped in storage?

(considering the non-zero probability of fixing a malfunctioning TV
set by throwing it on a concrete floor)

The mind reels at the possibilities.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent
force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov