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Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by NYCountry, Oct 21, 2014.

  1. NYCountry

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    Subway cars high rise buildings
     

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    You are not likely to meet any FHC members there...............
     
  3. NYCountry

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    I met a few guys that work down here but live In dutchess county NY its a small world
     
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    I know it's not nearly as large of a city, but I work in the heart of downtown Cincinnati and live out far enough to heat with wood. I'm sure there's others, but I haven't met anyone else down here that does the same though.
     
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    I'm surrounded by people that commute to NYC. There is a view of the Manhattan skyline across town from me. There aren't too many wood burners around.
     
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    How many BTU per subway car? :)
     
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    Just think of all the trees, (that use to be there.)
     
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    If time travel ever is ever possible (and us normal folk are allowed to use it) I'd love to visit eastern North America and see what our forests were like before Europeans came around.
     
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    That would have been a sight, 200 ft tall white pines and oaks with 10ft diameter trunks and such. Probably looked more like the giant forests of the west coast than anything we have now.
     
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    Yeah, as far as I know there aren't any real "old growth" forests east of the Mississippi. I've seen some impressive trees here and there, but never an entire forest of them.
     
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    "Armpit" of the earth as far as I'm concerned. Had to spend the better part of my first 30 years there. Could care less to ever see it again.
     
  12. Jack Straw

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    Green acres is the place to be
    Farm living is the life for me
    Land spreading out,
    so far and wide
    Keep Manhattan,
    just give me that countryside.
     
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    This is what you haven't seen then. Ausable club/AMR. http://.ausableclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=303892&ssid=190078&vnf=1. My grandmother's family had land and a camp there. Her brother inherited it and it is still in the extended family. I have spent some time there including a summer working on the trail crew. The forests are truly impressive. A lot of it is huge old hemlocks. I hope the wooly adelgid doesn't do them in.
     
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    its always like that. When people in the city see me cutting wood on the street in scrubs they look at me like I'm crazy but little do they know that I heat my house with it
     
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    I agree with you a 100% . I work in the Bronx about 20 minutes from Manhattan. I live about 45 minutes from the Bronx . I love it up here. I only have a 1/2 acre but it's good for me and my family.
     
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    I grew up there my entire life. If I didn't have to work there I wouldn't care less about it. It's amazing how much it's changed for the worse. I'm just happy that my kids don't have to experience it.
     
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    After 14 years working around the rural areas I had to do a 3 year stint in more of a metropolitan area (nothing like NYC) I just escaped about 2 months ago back to my rural territory.....give me a 2 lane road and take your interstates
     
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    Lmao. I hear u LP . I agree with u pal. City life is crazy. Just a traffic alone is a PIA..forget about all the other bs..
     
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    Actually there is some contrary opinions about how large the trees really were on the east coast.
    The Native Americans knew very well that fire was a good way to open the canopy and make lower browse food available to wild game.
    The tall pines did exist - my fore fathers came here to harvest them
     
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    A lot of btu on those subway carts especially during rush hour