Re: Need suggestions for sawdust & shavings

[Lawrence A. Ramsey]

[Trent©]

So...it sounds like walnut sawdust shouldn't be a problem...as the chemical only comes from the roots.

Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

[D K Woods]

Maybe -- although the page I got that information from did warn against using the sawdust until it was composted for a couple of months. I don't know if it was just for caution's sake or not. Perhaps the chemical is only *emitted* from the roots, yet resides in the entire tree.

david

[Silvan]

Whattaya tryin t'say Bo?

(What's up with that whole Bo thing anyway, Bo? I've noticed people in SC, in particular, using it the way Canadians sometimes use eh, Bo.)

[Jim Mc Namara]

Nay "C"-less . . . the genus family is known (as if I had to repeat this a million times) as Jummus Maximus. Oh the hell with it . . .

Hey Nahmie - run the Jummywood story from down under again pleeze! Larry's acting like a damn newbie! :-)

Jums

[Igor]

Thanks for the great link.

Sprynet? It's been my domain since 1996 -- and I'm sticking with it. (Well, actually, may have to give it up after all these years; the spammers are like black flies. All because on some foolish occassions, back in the old days of the 90s, I dared to use a real e-mail address in some newsgroups.)

Sprynet, a division of Compuserve, bought by Mindspring, then bought by Earthlink. I started with Sprynet because they had POPs around the world for free and I was traveling a lot back then.

[Norman D. Crow]

You mean I gotta go dredge that out of Google *AGAIN*? Thought I had it saved, but apparently it disappeared. Oh well, here 'tis. Still worth a giggle and a read for newbies who haven't heard it before.

A question was posed:

Sit back boys and girls, and let me tell you the story of the Jummywood tree.

Long ago, in a small town in Oz lived a man who we'll call Phully. Now Phully was a talented and gifted wood basher who could pop out an entertainment center, two end tables, a bookcase, and two wine racks before lunch. After noon, when he finished his 9th Fosters, he went back into the shop and there before him stood a poor Aussie waif.

"Pardon me sir, but I'm hungry. Could I have the crumbs from your mullet sandwich - please sir?" Phully was all choked up ~ not because the kid was hungry but because he had just killed off his last grog and was going to miss his 2:00 "coffee break" if he didn't go to market and pick up another 6 cases. "I tells you what you farkin little elf - you stay here and tend to the shop while I go get some more grog - er I mean groceries and I'll be right back."

Along the way Phully spied some old mates at the pub down the street and wandered back to the shop after dark. The poor emaciated waif had taken all the pine boards off the back of the shop and built some of the finest furniture Phully had ever seen. It had a touch of old country flavor to it and in his awe and amazement, he awakened the lad and bought him his own loaf of bread.

"This is the finest 'kin work in the land. Reminds me of the talents of my top bloke in the states, it does - Jummy Mc Namara in Texas," he exclaimed. From here on out, you will be my indentured servant. Now *no one* is to know that you build this fine furniture for me - I'll always put me leather patch on it I will." But if anyone asks - you never touch the jarrah - only the pine."

"Peen?" the young lad replied. "No - I said pine" in his usual Aussie drawl.

"Pain?" the youth queried again.

"For the love of God son, call it Jummywood!"

So for those of you non-believers who don't believe there is such a thing as a Jummywood tree, let me assure you there is. Just as there is a Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, and E.T. It ain't as expensive as walnut or ipe, but I mean after all - wood don't grow on trees!

So there you have it - the birth of Jummywood.

Now close your eyes, think good thoughts, and go to sleep.

Good night boys and girls.

Jummy ;-)

[Larry Jaques]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:44:04 GMT, "Jim Mc Namara" pixelated:

_As_if_ I'd commit that to memory... ;)

Didn't he JUST post that message about how jummywood is _supposed_ to be used? It was a stairs project for a SIL titled Jummywood Under Foot, I believe.

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