Trees are a bit of hobby of mine. Growing up in rural Oregon, the schools assumed you would work for the USFS, a logging company or a farm when you were done. So we got lots of field trips into the forest and learned a bunch about trees.
I have an old boy scout book somewhere. Probably a 1950s edition. Had a picture of the ghost of an indian chief on the front. I did actually try to build many of the things inside. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 1:53 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] bored Books are better. I found the 1911 edition of the Boy Scouts Handbook enlightening. The views expressed by the author(s) are a glimpse into a different time. It also discusses survival and outdoor skills in broad terms. If you tried to build a bow or a log cabin from the instructions in that book you'd have to do a lot of your own figuring to fill in the blanks, but maybe that's the whole point, and maybe that's the piece we're missing from society today. Like maybe the journey of figuring out the precise techniques to carve the notches into the logs is a better experience than emulating a you-tuber who shows you every single step. My other recent recreational book was the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees. I lived 40 years on this earth only ever learning a handful of major tree types (Oak, Maple, etc). I'm embarrassed to say I was calling every needle leafed tree a "pine" for most of those years. I finally decided to educate myself on the topic. On 7/24/2020 3:29 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: I am not much of a sports fan... I thought. But with no sports on I am really missing them. I would at times catch part of a game to pass the time. That option is gone for the moment and there nothing but crap on to watch... Need a good book I guess. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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