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12-22-2007, 10:26 AM | #1 | |
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December 22, 2007: Pub in a Tree
From the Daily Mail, via Neatorama.
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12-22-2007, 10:48 AM | #2 |
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quote: "has punters travelling from miles around.."
Must be referring to Zen and Shawnee :p |
12-22-2007, 10:52 AM | #3 |
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Very cool.
"Punter", what the hell is that? A kicker who punts the ball?
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12-22-2007, 11:15 AM | #4 |
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I've a feeling you'll be pun-ished for that remark.
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12-22-2007, 11:34 AM | #5 |
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a punt is a small boat.....
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12-22-2007, 11:51 AM | #7 |
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12-22-2007, 01:36 PM | #8 |
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reminds me of the tree/hide-out where Wesley from the Princess Bride was tortured.
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12-22-2007, 03:48 PM | #9 | |
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Six thousand years old? That would make it the oldest living organism on the planet, considering bristlecone pines (the acknowledged record-holders) live to ~5,000.
Aha! after a little research (wikipedia) we find that: Quote:
They're embellishing to snare tourists, aren't they? :P |
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12-22-2007, 03:55 PM | #10 |
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Cut a bit off? Unless it's a worm or a zombie.....
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12-22-2007, 05:29 PM | #11 |
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Over here, punters are the people who place bets at the races or the TAB, but it's also used as a friendly term for anyone playing any game of chance.
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12-22-2007, 05:43 PM | #12 |
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12-22-2007, 05:57 PM | #13 |
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We have similar trees in Australia, the boab (Adansonia gregorii). There is a huge one near Derby in WA that is 1500 years old with a 15m girth. Alas ours was used as a stopover prison, mainly for Aborigines.
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12-22-2007, 08:01 PM | #14 |
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They all grow solid, the center rots out at some point, and the hollow has to be cleaned out by people or critters. I should guess that center dead wood could be carbon dated, not to the age of the tree, but the point the center rotted out.
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12-22-2007, 08:23 PM | #15 |
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suppose the tree pub sells root beer?
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