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Oh they got in a big ruckas when the king of England found out they were running out of stuff to make masts out of . Kinda tough to be the sovereign of the seas with no masts . If I recall correctly they outlawed the burning of wood for a time being in London and damned near chocked the...

Just for curiosity I googled the mast heights of the only remaining sailing ships in the US fleet. The Eagle ,a coast guard training ship and the USS Constitution .I was aboard the Eagle while docked at the coast guard academy in New London Conn .The masts are 147 feet .The Constitutions masts...

I read the article that picture came from .According to what it said the British navy wanted at least 80 feet of clear log for those masts .

Here ya go thanks to good old Google

We have a few 120 or so feet oaks .It would seem to me though that to get a real tall straight one the size for an immense sailing ship it would have grow in something conducive for that .Like for example on the east bank of a river with steep banks like some of those in the Pa hills . The...

There was some mention of some area on the eastern side of Pa ajacent to a river where giants oaks grew at one time .Accounts were made of unbelievable size oaks cut for ships masts and floated down that river and all the way up the coast to Boston and NY . Now it takes one hell of an oak to...

I've heard of a "bad hair day " but never a bad face day

Here I sit all broken hearted ,tried to chit and only farted .--Burma shave ---

I think spending too much time on the throne will cause ones bung hole to fall out on the ground when you least expect it to .Not good . Best to do business in a orderly fashion and read the paper else where . Oh my we do skew off at times it seems .From trinkets to toilets in one fell swoop...

Oh I'm regular as rain myself .Couple cups of coffee ,get with it .People may say I'm full of it but I know better .

Yeah but you might pee your britchs on the way down .--Reminds me of a joke--better not .

Well that's no shit er something on that order .

I don't put a lot of creedence to a lucky charm ,rabbits foot or 4 leaf clover .Walking under ladders, Friday the 13th or the ides of March doesn't mean a thing to me . Maybe there is a guardian angel ,maybe not but I've been a lucky SOB all my life and something or some entity has had my...

It seems on the uncle business I was one with more of the later types than the former . I suppose looking ahead perhaps my own nieces and nephews might reflect the same someday .

Well that could happen . I wonder though how much of stuff like that is supposed to be checked on a recertification inspection ?

The way lift cylinders are made on any type man lift they are supposed to not fail .If you were to blow a main line the lose of pressure should set the safety check which will stop all movement .Things can happen though .

Well I don't trust ropes even if they were 2" thick .Now steel I could walk a half mile in the air ,which is an exageration of course .;) What ever works though .Here's what I found that works for me .Focus on what you are doing ,use your perifial vision on the ground to keep things in...