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craigb
16th February 2007, 11:30 PM
If I had the Power, I'd ...
Tex B
16th February 2007, 11:32 PM
Get a bigger dust extractor.
Oh, and make 25 hour days:)
Tex
joe greiner
17th February 2007, 12:19 AM
make Oz timber grow in Florida. and Georgia, Ohio, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, South Carolina, Virginia, Nova Scotia, Africa, Italy, Spain, . . . and all the places I left out.
Joe
Gumby
17th February 2007, 12:23 AM
...be Mr Gumby Minogue :D
Gra
17th February 2007, 12:40 AM
...be Mr Gumby Minogue :D
its alright Gumby, one of these days Brendan will return your calls:D:D
ubeaut
17th February 2007, 01:32 AM
Joe - It probably already is.When we were in LA last year there were massive Aussie Eucalypts growing everywhere. Would have been there for a long time by the size of them, good 60 years or so.
Probably all over the US but no one knows. They think they're just some sort of rare local tree.
Termite
17th February 2007, 08:52 AM
Joe - It probably already is.When we were in LA last year there were massive Aussie Eucalypts growing everywhere. Would have been there for a long time by the size of them, good 60 years or so.
Probably all over the US but no one knows. They think they're just some sort of rare local tree.
They usually get cursed when they have a bushfire, we all know how a eucalypt reacts to fire.
Doughboy
17th February 2007, 09:19 AM
Eucalypts were originally taken to the US of A for use as railways sleepers some 160 years ago. Then they realised that they are too slow to grow and they grow twisted and knotty, thus not being too good to use as sleepers. If I recall correctly the oldest stand of eucalypts is close to the Presidio in San Fran.
..... and if I had the power governments would be held accountable!
Pete
craigb
17th February 2007, 02:56 PM
...be Mr Gumby Minogue :D
I hear she's after a new bloke. :D
felixe
17th February 2007, 03:01 PM
If I had the Power, I'd ...
lock up the person responsible for "The Hamster Dance"!!:doh: :no:
ernknot
17th February 2007, 03:12 PM
If I had the power I would open all closed forums and keep them going just to drive some people nuts. No, honestly if I had the power, I would make the neatest ,tidiest hand cut dovetail ever!
Ashore
17th February 2007, 04:13 PM
If I Had the power I'de stop all telly marketers :((
Buzzer
17th February 2007, 04:19 PM
.. sell my land and go full time woodworking with no financial pressures!
Cheers,
Buzzer :)
journeyman Mick
17th February 2007, 04:43 PM
If I had the Power, I'd ...
be a benevolent dictator.:D
unless, of course somebody p****d me off, in which case I'd be a pretty malevolent dictator!:~ :o
Mick
AlexS
17th February 2007, 05:33 PM
...ban all religions.
savage
17th February 2007, 07:16 PM
be a benevolent dictator.:D
unless, of course somebody p****d me off, in which case I'd be a pretty malevolent dictator!:~ :o
Mick
Why, Mick are you an ugly one at the moment?....:U :roll: ...
If I had the power, it would be the power to understand SWMBO, then I could spend more time in the shed and out fishing without upsetting her!..:2tsup:
dadpad
17th February 2007, 08:44 PM
make Oz timber grow in Florida. and Georgia, Ohio, Texas, Kentucky, Indiana, South Carolina, Virginia, Nova Scotia, Africa, Italy, Spain, . . . and all the places I left out.
Joe
E. glob (blue gum) growing at Berkly campus are "significant trees" essentially protected. I have also heard some oz natives ie shining gum/bluegum are considered environmental weeds in parts of the US.
Portugal and Spain have huge plantations of eucs as do Brazil Uraguy and other sth American countries. When you buy euc oil its probably produced in portugal.
France and Spain share some of the best acacia plantations for use in perfume manufacturing.
Sth Africa extracts tannins for tanning and sell it world wide from Black wattle (A mearnsii). Microwave technology allows them to ship timber from euc plantations within 12 days of the tree being felled.
Israel have changed a cultivar of quandong so much they are now claiming it as a native of israel.
Want me to go on?
Not only have we allowed other countries to develope our trees for commercial purpouses we gave it to em for nothing, aand told em how to do it. :((
Try getting seed for a koa tree from Hawaii
http://volcanogallery.com/aboutkoa.htm
felixe
17th February 2007, 08:54 PM
If I had the Power, I'd ...
Turn out all the lights??:?
craigb
17th February 2007, 09:30 PM
Turn out all the lights??:?
Astronamer hobbyist?
fred.n
17th February 2007, 09:34 PM
If I had the Power, I'd ...
Make all hamburgers, fish and chips, junk food, beer etc, etc
non fattening.............I'm the proof you can fatten a throughbred:D :D
craigb
17th February 2007, 10:49 PM
If I had the Power, I'd ...
Put Viagra in the water supply. :oo:
boban
17th February 2007, 11:15 PM
Put Viagra in the water supply. :oo:
What, so no-one could put their pants on?
AlexS
18th February 2007, 09:48 AM
Put Viagra in the water supply. :oo:
Then it would be Niagara
echnidna
18th February 2007, 09:50 AM
So it would become a hard water supply :D