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I'm good with someone else picking.

Way back in the day we use to be able to climb it. I was about 6 years old the first time I ever saw it. I made my way up one of those large limbs to where it met the trunk of the tree. I didn't go any higher for two reasons. First I couldn't reach anything to grab, second, I was scared. Now a days I think most parents would freak out about letting their kids of that age climb a tree like that, but that was also back in the day when I went half way across the country on the back dash of my dad's Buick. It's a beautiful tree, the oldest living live oak east of the Mississippi. So they say.

(11-21-2018, 08:32 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Charleston is a place known for history, food, water, and especially Trees. That's why i was pretty happy to find out what the challenge was this month. This is the one thing I can't fail at! So, I took the CB down to visit the Angel Oak







it's a fairly ancient tree, as the link i provided suggests. One of the oldest in North America in fact. if you've ever been impressed by anything in nature, you can't help but feel like you're in kind of a holy place when you visit this tree. This thing was old when the USA was born. It's really marvelous.





There's also a grainy video of a walkthrough around the tree, to give you some idea of scale.

Great tree. Trees are earth's friends.

(12-04-2018, 01:10 PM)SCCBrider_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Way back in the day we use to be able to climb it. I was about 6 years old the first time I ever saw it. I made my way up one of those large limbs to where it met the trunk of the tree. I didn't go any higher for two reasons. First I couldn't reach anything to grab, second, I was scared. Now a days I think most parents would freak out about letting their kids of that age climb a tree like that, but that was also back in the day when I went half way across the country on the back dash of my dad's Buick. It's a beautiful tree, the oldest living live oak east of the Mississippi. So they say.

(11-21-2018, 08:32 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Charleston is a place known for history, food, water, and especially Trees. That's why i was pretty happy to find out what the challenge was this month. This is the one thing I can't fail at! So, I took the CB down to visit the Angel Oak







it's a fairly ancient tree, as the link i provided suggests. One of the oldest in North America in fact. if you've ever been impressed by anything in nature, you can't help but feel like you're in kind of a holy place when you visit this tree. This thing was old when the USA was born. It's really marvelous.





There's also a grainy video of a walkthrough around the tree, to give you some idea of scale.

It still amazes me that [western] society got through the 60's and 70's.

(12-04-2018, 01:16 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Great tree. Trees are earth's friends.

(12-04-2018, 01:10 PM)SCCBrider_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Way back in the day we use to be able to climb it. I was about 6 years old the first time I ever saw it. I made my way up one of those large limbs to where it met the trunk of the tree. I didn't go any higher for two reasons. First I couldn't reach anything to grab, second, I was scared. Now a days I think most parents would freak out about letting their kids of that age climb a tree like that, but that was also back in the day when I went half way across the country on the back dash of my dad's Buick. It's a beautiful tree, the oldest living live oak east of the Mississippi. So they say.

(11-21-2018, 08:32 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Charleston is a place known for history, food, water, and especially Trees. That's why i was pretty happy to find out what the challenge was this month. This is the one thing I can't fail at! So, I took the CB down to visit the Angel Oak







it's a fairly ancient tree, as the link i provided suggests. One of the oldest in North America in fact. if you've ever been impressed by anything in nature, you can't help but feel like you're in kind of a holy place when you visit this tree. This thing was old when the USA was born. It's really marvelous.





There's also a grainy video of a walkthrough around the tree, to give you some idea of scale.

It still amazes me that [western] society got through the 60's and 70's.

It amazes me a great deal more that we are (just) getting through more modern times. The ever-increasing risk-averse nature of many western societies makes it only a matter of time before we become completely paralysed with fear.

Does anyone know what the photo topic for December is?

Thanks to all who had a crack at the November Tree photo topic.

Regards NRTM

I picked last month, the Ferret the month before. mtneers was third entry, but hasn't had a pick recently.
Technically stretching the rules, but we need a topic.
Would like to hear from MTC, it's kind of his baby.

Ben

(12-04-2018, 02:52 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-04-2018, 01:16 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Great tree. Trees are earth's friends.

(12-04-2018, 01:10 PM)SCCBrider_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Way back in the day we use to be able to climb it. I was about 6 years old the first time I ever saw it. I made my way up one of those large limbs to where it met the trunk of the tree. I didn't go any higher for two reasons. First I couldn't reach anything to grab, second, I was scared. Now a days I think most parents would freak out about letting their kids of that age climb a tree like that, but that was also back in the day when I went half way across the country on the back dash of my dad's Buick. It's a beautiful tree, the oldest living live oak east of the Mississippi. So they say.

(11-21-2018, 08:32 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Charleston is a place known for history, food, water, and especially Trees. That's why i was pretty happy to find out what the challenge was this month. This is the one thing I can't fail at! So, I took the CB down to visit the Angel Oak







it's a fairly ancient tree, as the link i provided suggests. One of the oldest in North America in fact. if you've ever been impressed by anything in nature, you can't help but feel like you're in kind of a holy place when you visit this tree. This thing was old when the USA was born. It's really marvelous.





There's also a grainy video of a walkthrough around the tree, to give you some idea of scale.

It still amazes me that [western] society got through the 60's and 70's.

It amazes me a great deal more that we are (just) getting through more modern times. The ever-increasing risk-averse nature of many western societies makes it only a matter of time before we become completely paralysed with fear.

It amazes me a great deal more that we are (just) getting through more modern times. The ever-increasing risk-averse nature of many western societies makes it only a matter of time before we become completely paralysed with fear.
There definitely is that aspect too - so much in fact that it would lopside this thread upsidedown.

Sticking with the holiday spirit, how about your CB in front of an elaborately decorated holiday scene?
Also sticking with the holiday, special rule that the most elaborate wins for the month, not the first. Help promote the initiative to keep looking and posting for the grandest scenes. Not unless the first photo is your CB on stage with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, that might be over the top elaborate.

(12-04-2018, 01:16 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Great tree. Trees are earth's friends.

(12-04-2018, 01:10 PM)SCCBrider_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Way back in the day we use to be able to climb it. I was about 6 years old the first time I ever saw it. I made my way up one of those large limbs to where it met the trunk of the tree. I didn't go any higher for two reasons. First I couldn't reach anything to grab, second, I was scared. Now a days I think most parents would freak out about letting their kids of that age climb a tree like that, but that was also back in the day when I went half way across the country on the back dash of my dad's Buick. It's a beautiful tree, the oldest living live oak east of the Mississippi. So they say.

(11-21-2018, 08:32 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Charleston is a place known for history, food, water, and especially Trees. That's why i was pretty happy to find out what the challenge was this month. This is the one thing I can't fail at! So, I took the CB down to visit the Angel Oak







it's a fairly ancient tree, as the link i provided suggests. One of the oldest in North America in fact. if you've ever been impressed by anything in nature, you can't help but feel like you're in kind of a holy place when you visit this tree. This thing was old when the USA was born. It's really marvelous.





There's also a grainy video of a walkthrough around the tree, to give you some idea of scale.

It still amazes me that [western] society got through the 60's and 70's.

It still amazes me that [western] society got through the 60's and 70's.
That's funny and oh so true. How did we manage it

Sometimes, when me and my friends get together for coffee, we muse about the old days and the things we did as kids that would be a horror today.

Good idea, dUh!
Could we see a sign of approval from a moderator, or a cascade of approval from the mob?

Ben