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re: 200 year old live oak or Dollar General?
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:46 pm to Warrior Court
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:46 pm to Warrior Court
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you don't agree with government at all levels protecting parks and wildlife areas for a couple hundred years?
That's quite the extrapolation for what I said with regard this apparent small commercial piece of property, but no I'm a big fan of protecting public lands.
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Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:48 pm to TDTOM
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Cut it. It is a tree.
This is the mentality that explains why so much of the south looks so sad and white trashy and thrown away.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:48 pm to BoardReader
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The fetishization of nature is a pagan impulse. and a hallmark of anti-humanism.
Oh frick off, there is a dollar general around every corner of every town in the south. A 200 year old live oak is special, especially in an urban area.
This post was edited on 8/19/25 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:49 pm to weagle1999
No pics of tree .. I am disappoint
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:49 pm to weagle1999
You are more than welcome to relocate the tree at your own cost.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:51 pm to Gifman
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No pics of tree .. I am disappoint
It would be nice to see what we are talking about.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:54 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I'm a big fan of protecting public lands.
cheers
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:55 pm to weagle1999
It's just an oak tree. Cut it down and plant a new one somewhere else.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:55 pm to weagle1999
The condition of the tree should be considered. You can get an objective arborist from a Univ. ag-center. If he says it will make it to 400 y.o. then the tree should stay.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:56 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Team Oak tree.
Hopefully there can be a compromise
Dollar tree with an Oak tree courtyard.
Nice...
Hopefully there can be a compromise
Dollar tree with an Oak tree courtyard.
Nice...
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:57 pm to CaneyLake
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Oh frick off, there is a dollar general around every corner of every town in the south. A 200 year old live oak is special, especially in an urban area.
The world was a better place when we still realized the dirt worshippers were uncivilized.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:58 pm to weagle1999
There are older live oaks everywhere.
Just make sure everyone gets to hug the tree before they crank the chainsaw.
Just make sure everyone gets to hug the tree before they crank the chainsaw.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:00 pm to weagle1999
quote:Solomon commanded that an abundance of tall cedars from Lebanon be cut down to be used in the making of the Temple. Granted, that was a one-off event, but shows that God thought it more important to have a temple created than old cedar trees remain unfelled.
I’m not being argumentative, I’n just talking it out.
What about acres and acres of long leaf pine forest being cleared for a housing development?
There is a church near me that wiped out acres of woods just because they wanted fill dirt. Another one took down a bunch of hardwoods because they wanted to expand their parking lot.
Trees, rocks, bushes, and shrubs have always needed to be cleared for housing/building projects, even in the Bible. In Joshua 17:14-18, Joshua told the tribe of Joseph to clear trees and make land for themselves when they complained about not having enough for the amount of people they had.
I'd say that clearing the land for the sake of human development and prosperity is not bad in and of itself. It can be bad if we stop being good stewards over what we have and instead abuse it. Cutting down trees for no purpose and wasting the land and timber would probably be an example of abuse that we shouldn't participate in. But clearing trees to build a business, for instance, is not a bad use.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:11 pm to FooManChoo
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:15 pm to weagle1999
DG
It's their property
It's their property
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:20 pm to weagle1999
We have five hundred year old burr oaks around here that they have built around. So you can save the tree and build.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:23 pm to weagle1999
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What say you?
We have a lot of live oaks here in SC. I believe the ten oldest live oaks in the country are all in SEC states, SC, LA, TX, GA. I used to know the names of them all. Angel Oak is my favorite in Charleston and I've been to The Sisters in Mandeville, LA and one in Texas who's name escapes me at the moment.
Angel Oak is the oldest living thing east of the Mississippi to the best of my knowledge, last I heard, since I was a kid.
We're talking 600-1000 years old on the live oaks above.
Something you come to grasps with as you get older ... nothing lasts forever. And as much destruction as we humans do in our current phase for the past few hundred years, nature keeps bouncing back and will continue to do so 'till the end.
Progress, which ALWAYS includes encroachment, will not stop for a tree. I'm a zealous Constitutional Conservative and MAGA Republican .... and a save the whales, don't slaughter elephants, quit cutting down old growth forests old man.
Your tree is history. There is nothing anyone can do about it. We'll never know what we've got 'till it's gone.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:24 pm to geauxbrown
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I’d say, unless the tree had been a witness to some major historical event, it’s more than likely outlived its use to wildlife and should be cut. At that age, it’s more than likely no longer producing acorns and isn’t good for much more than providing shade or offering a place for birds to rest.
You don't know much, huh?
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:24 pm to weagle1999
It is just a tree, not a national treasure. Trees can live for a long time, that does not make them worthy of worship.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:32 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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This is the mentality that explains why so much of the south looks so sad and white trashy and thrown away.
As opposed to the beautiful scenery of the concrete jungles of the north along with the fantastic remnants of the rust belt.
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