On Friday 28 Jan 2005 6:51 pm, scribbled:


mel wrote:

Interesting fact, the reason YP warps and twists so much is due to
the tree
rotating as much as 360 degrees as it grows each and every year.


There are a number of trees, especially tropical exotics where the
grain grows in a spiral around the trunk and reverses dirtection
(clockwise or counter-closkwise) every other year or something like
that. But the whole friggin tree spinnin like a top? That's
a bit much to swallow.

After forest fires, I see many spruce and pines (with bark burnt off)
where the grain clearly goes around in a spiral.

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