On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:32:04 GMT, vaguely
proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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Not on the hooror front (and I can where that thing would look very
predatory) the most amazing thing I have watched is tree harvesting.
This machine was grabbing 120' 3' diam trees (Tassie Bluegums) and
cutting, trimming, topping and debarking them like they were
toothpicks. unbelievable. It would cut though the tree in what, under
5 seconds (?). Then trow it down abd sort of nibble its way along the
tree debranching, then ZIP 2 seconds to top the tree, theh back and
forth a couple of times through these toothed wheels to get rid of the
bark.

Actually I was considering tree farming at the time. But these
extraction companies were out for themselves to the nth, and the 24
hour per day methods, and mess they left behind was frightening to
behold. To say nothing of 4* 3' tree stumps every ten square yards,
acre after acre.

All they have to do is shoot some footage in an orchard where it's
operating. I've occasionally seen things like this in use in citrus
orchards and it is flat scary just in normal operation.

--RC

Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine?