Club Q Q107-Loyalty Club (Southern ON Only) v4

[Knottythots]

Good morning. What a nice day wish I was out on the water.
Wolfie – more great photos, thanks!
BlazingDriver – congratulations on becoming a College Grad.

[kawam]

Good morning/Afternoon all

[Knottythots]

I am not the "I" in the story below. Though I have been to California to see the massive trees.

Great old photos of a forest that used to be…

Around Revelstoke, yes there are few pockets left…. I saw a logging truck about 2 months ago at a local motel….

It had 1 stick on it (a log) about 50 feet long and 10 feet diameter at the butt, a long way from the giants of the Redwood forests and Douglas fir of the coastal rain forest

But close to us… as it came from the Fish River, an famous area with a some big ones still to cut down….

I asked the fellow where it was going and he said the local specialty mill in town….and NOT to 2x6’s…

It may end up in guitars and and high end window frames etc. timbers for $5M dollar timber frames homes etc.

It took the faller 20 minutes to cut it down….He said the load would fetch about $15,000. 100 % clear wood I counted 600 years or so.

The ones in the old photos? Probably a thousand or more (years). The price today? Priceless!

The wood from Revelstoke is the best though. The colder winter sets up a harder winter ring every year….On the coast they barely stop growing at all due to warmer climate.

Same with the cedar. Premium stuff.

Speaking of one-man... Two-man saws....

When the Northwest logging industry was still young.

Imagine any of this generation's young men attempting this!

Just look at the length of the hand saw they needed...the women held the ladder while the men cut the tree down!
...and look at the size of the heavy duty axes.

The work required very strong and courageous men.

After a tree was felled the real work began a week or more to cut it up


Maneuvering the logs down the mountain to the train was a complex job

Some of the logs were larger than the train engine.

A hollowed out log became the company's mobile office.

Hollowed out logs were also used to house and feed the crews

[the H team]

Au Naturale-Don't Be Denied(Live)

[WolfDio]

Don't Be Denied

[Lee03]

rush ww: scifi

[heartgirl99]

au naturale ===> don't be denied

[Lee03]

Good Morning Q Friends! Happened to be the neighbourhood and dropped by to day HI!

Bet you thought I was dead or forgot you guys eh!

Long story short
- was unemployed, got involved in animal causes (mainly circus elephants). Busy, busy, busy!
- computer crashed, temporarily entered the dark ages
- got new computer
- went to college (homework, homework, homework - brain fried - aaaaggghhhh!)
- graduated college, Blazing Driver is now a PSW! TA DA!
(Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks!)
- Have time on my hands, visit old Q friends @ Smart Canucks!!

Welcome Back BD and Congratulations!!! Well done!!!

[Ozcam]

Rush WW - galaxy

[the H team]

RWW-Galaxy

[ecat444]

yes, Ric Emmett should be good, I loved his band Triumph and seen them a few times. I won tickets from the Sound Academy but there's just too much going on. I also won tickets to see a preview of the movie - The Apparition at the AMC tonight and I'm also going to the Buskerfest today so figured we'd have dinner after a few hours there and then walk to the theatre. Can't do it all........scrambling to leave momentarily.....

Welcome back BD and congrats on your PSW degree!!!!

[the H team]

RWW-Temples

[Ozcam]

Rush WW - temples

[jonesy]

Happy Thirsty Thursday everyone!

[hmjm61]

Good luck to those Rush fans waiting for the pre-call this afternoon!