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re: 200 year old live oak or Dollar General?
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:35 pm to Diamondawg
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:35 pm to Diamondawg
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Oaks are my favorite tree but Live Oak is my least favorite of all of the oaks.
I love Live Oaks, but HATE Water Oaks.
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Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:37 pm to beulahland
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There are older live oaks everywhere.
Just make sure everyone gets to hug the tree before they crank the chainsaw.
Someone, usually a small niche mill, will come along and offer to harvest a tree such as that for the wood workers and craftsmen.
There's an art to harvesting them for furniture and frames, etc.
I've got twins on my property over 180 years old although they were both damaged by Helene ... they're hanging in there, pardon the pun.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:38 pm to FooManChoo
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There's no moral imperative to preserve older trees compared to young ones.
This is retarded. Why the hell do you think people visit historical sites? There is cultural significance to things that have stood the test of time and have been shared by generations you have to be a complete dimwit to claim otherwise.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:39 pm to weagle1999
Was the tree not there when the property was purchased?
Seems like the owner (if not family land passed down for 200+ years) would have known that going in.
As such, I’m team tree.
Seems like the owner (if not family land passed down for 200+ years) would have known that going in.
As such, I’m team tree.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:44 pm to scrooster
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There's an art to harvesting them for furniture and frames, etc.
I didn’t think Live Oak wood was that desirable in that regard.
And what’s with all this “worship” silliness, and attempts to tie in some religious ideas. Does thinking a nice old Live Oak might add to the aesthetics of a piece of property necessarily mean one is trying to “worship” the tree? That’s just nonsense.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:45 pm to weagle1999
I think in a case where there is a chance of losing a significant natural landmark, and when a commercial enterprise has bought the land, the public should be given one chance to pool their money and buy the property at a reasonable profit for the business.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:48 pm to weagle1999
I don't like to see an old oak cut down but new ones can be planted
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:51 pm to weagle1999
To hell with oak trees and their constant bullshite.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:54 pm to weagle1999
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A piece of property has an ancient live oak that must be removed to build a Dollar General.
Quite the conundrum.
The climate change worshippers will support cutting down the historic tree because it polutes our atmosphere with the dreaded CO2. Then they will think back to their green earth protecting past and want to hug the tree to save it. But then they will want to cut it down because they love China. Then they will want to hug and save it because they hate capitalism.
This should meltdown the DU / Reddit servers.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:57 pm to CleverUserName
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As opposed to the beautiful scenery of the concrete jungles of the north along with the fantastic remnants of the rust belt.
These places don't whore out their countryside for clear-cutting to the extent that we do in the south.
Way greener and way fewer replanted white trash slash pines up there.
The next county over from here has done so much clear-cutting over the years that it looks like a tornado through a third world country. At some point, it's like "how the frick do people live here?"
This post was edited on 8/19/25 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:05 pm to PeleofAnalytics
quote:I approach moral issues from the objective standard of God’s holy and infallible word. If you can convince me that the Bible supports such a moral imperative, I’ll change my mind.
This is retarded. Why the hell do you think people visit historical sites? There is cultural significance to things that have stood the test of time and have been shared by generations you have to be a complete dimwit to claim otherwise.
If you think I’m “retarded” or a “dimwit” simply for having a different subjective opinion than you (assuming your standard is based on some sort of moral consensus or your own personal preference), then so be it, but you have no leg to stand on, due to your own position being arbitrary.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:10 pm to weagle1999
Like we need another Dollar General.
There is one every 7 miles.
There is one every 7 miles.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:21 pm to shamrock
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Not your tree
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Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:30 pm to weagle1999
Move the tree
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:33 pm to jimmy the leg
If it was a sweet gum I would help them cut the damn thing down!
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:36 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.
When I bought my house, I had the only one big tree on the property removed, along with 3 crepe myrtles. Not really sorry if that hurts your liberal feelings.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:37 pm to weagle1999
They can't build the Dollar General 100 feet away because there's already a Dollar General in that spot.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:39 pm to weagle1999
If I was the owner I’d have the tree cut and milled into boards and have it made into some beautiful tables or something
Sell the tables and build the DG
Make more money. Tree doesn’t go to waste
Sell the tables and build the DG
Make more money. Tree doesn’t go to waste
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:40 pm to weagle1999
I would like to see the tree saved - but I wouldn't obsess over it.
Perhaps the new owner should offer to auction off the lot to someone who wanted to preserve the tree with some sort of historical site.
if no takers, then everyone can just shut up about it.
Perhaps the new owner should offer to auction off the lot to someone who wanted to preserve the tree with some sort of historical site.
if no takers, then everyone can just shut up about it.
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