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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 05:59 PM
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39. I'm sorry Stinky. I'm afraid we're going to lose them all.
Dutch Elm is so awful. And that "just a tree" goes against both my Irish AND my Indian! Trees are sacred. And mortal.
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  -A sad day here today Stinky The Clown  Aug-24-11 02:31 PM   #0 
  - It's sad when any living thing leaves us...knr  joeybee12   Aug-24-11 02:32 PM   #1 
  - plant that garden in memorial  Viva_La_Revolution   Aug-24-11 02:33 PM   #2 
  - We lost a lot of elms in Minneapolis  geardaddy   Aug-24-11 02:33 PM   #3 
  - Someone theorized that this elm was one of the ones that had some natural immunity  Stinky The Clown   Aug-24-11 02:38 PM   #7 
  - wow, 80 years old!!  stuntcat   Aug-24-11 02:36 PM   #4 
  - That's sad.  Quantess   Aug-24-11 02:36 PM   #5 
  - That's so sad.  ohheckyeah   Aug-24-11 02:37 PM   #6 
  - I've been on the deck overlooking the yard all day . . . reminiscing, actually.  Stinky The Clown   Aug-24-11 02:43 PM   #12 
     - I can understand it feeling like a wake.  ohheckyeah   Aug-24-11 03:08 PM   #23 
  - That is so sad. I'm sorry you had to lose your tree  csziggy   Aug-24-11 02:39 PM   #8 
  - It was time. Now new growth has a chance. eom  yawnmaster   Aug-24-11 02:39 PM   #9 
  - There are many elm sports from the surface roots.  Stinky The Clown   Aug-24-11 02:45 PM   #13 
     - are you going to try to raise any of the sports? eom  yawnmaster   Aug-24-11 06:55 PM   #40 
  - I went through this many years ago and I understand how you feel.  sandyj999   Aug-24-11 02:39 PM   #10 
  - maybe now you will get some morels  hfojvt   Aug-24-11 02:41 PM   #11 
  - Xcel Energy Came Today & Ruined  otohara   Aug-24-11 02:48 PM   #14 
  - Oh, Stinky, how devastating. I also have trees in the back yard  Curmudgeoness   Aug-24-11 02:49 PM   #15 
  - +1 K&R n/t  LiberalLoner   Aug-24-11 02:56 PM   #21 
  - Yeah, it is all wooded around here, so it still looks very green and always will  Stinky The Clown   Aug-24-11 02:59 PM   #22 
  - I can relate.  Blue_In_AK   Aug-24-11 02:51 PM   #16 
  - I know how you feel. : ( It's traumatic.  Greybnk48   Aug-24-11 02:53 PM   #17 
  - I can relate...lost 13 old oak trees to the gypsy moth back in the early 80's.  Desertrose   Aug-24-11 02:54 PM   #18 
  - Yes it may just be a tree  madokie   Aug-24-11 02:54 PM   #19 
  - The natives called trees "the standing people" and considered them to be wise  Dragonfli   Aug-24-11 02:55 PM   #20 
  - I once had a dream  Quantess   Aug-24-11 05:57 PM   #37 
  - I love that - "the standing people." That's a nice fit.  calimary   Aug-24-11 07:34 PM   #45 
  - awwwww... I love trees  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-24-11 03:09 PM   #24 
  - I've got a couple of large ashes that need to be clipped out full of..  Historic NY   Aug-24-11 03:10 PM   #25 
  - There is an infestation of emerald ash borers two counties south of here. Our county is on ......  Stinky The Clown   Aug-24-11 04:37 PM   #31 
  - Very sad day indeed. Sorry for your loss.  Shagbark Hickory   Aug-24-11 03:18 PM   #26 
  - SO SORRY. No 'just a tree.'  elleng   Aug-24-11 03:25 PM   #27 
  - My son was super sad when they cut down the trees in back of our apartment  abelenkpe   Aug-24-11 03:46 PM   #28 
  - I have a real soft spot for trees  lunatica   Aug-24-11 03:50 PM   #29 
  - I'm so sorry. :^(  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-24-11 04:33 PM   #30 
  - There's no such thing  pipi_k   Aug-24-11 05:32 PM   #32 
  - I agree.  ohheckyeah   Aug-24-11 05:36 PM   #33 
  - The main street of the Iowa town where both of my parents grew up used to be lined with American elm  slackmaster   Aug-24-11 05:38 PM   #34 
  - Sorry for your loss.  MoonRiver   Aug-24-11 05:42 PM   # 
  - I'm so sorry. I also love the trees, and know how this feels.  Silver Gaia   Aug-24-11 05:42 PM   #35 
  - Wow...  ohheckyeah   Aug-24-11 05:45 PM   #36 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-24-11 05:58 PM   #38 
  - I'm sorry Stinky. I'm afraid we're going to lose them all.  nolabear   Aug-24-11 05:59 PM   #39 
  - This sucks...  Taverner   Aug-24-11 06:57 PM   #41 
  - I'm sorry!...  one_voice   Aug-24-11 07:06 PM   #42 
  - That is so sad. But you are lucky that the tree survived so long. We had Dutch Elm disease here  applegrove   Aug-24-11 07:10 PM   #43 
  - Awwww, damn.  JohnnyLib2   Aug-24-11 07:26 PM   #44 
  - Never, "just a tree"  handmade34   Aug-24-11 07:52 PM   #46 
  - I understand  marzipanni   Aug-24-11 09:12 PM   #47 
  - and now it is pulp for the Lounge . . .  Tuesday Afternoon   Aug-24-11 10:42 PM   #48 
  - At least there is no whining in teh lounge about un-recs!!  madinmaryland   Aug-26-11 10:01 AM   #50 
  - ...  I Have A Dream   Aug-26-11 09:01 AM   #49 
  - A microburst downed a beautiful 122 yr old silver maple on WVU's main campus last May...  Rhythm   Aug-26-11 10:06 AM   #51 
  - I know how you feel. During the tornado in April here  kick-ass-bob   Aug-26-11 10:28 AM   #52 
  - I understand your sense of loss.  redwitch   Aug-26-11 10:35 AM   #53 
 

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