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70 ft Tree Taken Down

Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 11/22/2005 - 2:10pm.

The big old elm tree at Jefferson and 11th was sick and had to come down.

The wood won't go to waste. The city plans to cut it into firewood and deliver it to low-income families who need help heating their homes this winter. About six families could benefit.
"That's utilizing the wood in a better way than just letting it go", McFarland said.
The free firewood program is a new partnership between the city and the Community Action Council, an agency charged with dispensing federal heating funds to low-income families. It's financed through a $28,000 state grant, that pays for removing hazardous trees in low-income neighborhoods and distributing the wood to low-income families, said Stacey Ray, with the city's urban forestry program.

What a perfect solution.

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When the trees were cut down

Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 11/23/2005 - 6:41am.

When the trees were cut down to make way for the performing arts building at TESC, we (the students) cut and split the wood and then delivered it to senior citizens who relied on wood heat. Anyone know what happened to the wood from the trees that were cut down in Sylvester Park?

I think I remember hearing th

Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 11/23/2005 - 12:49pm.

I think I remember hearing that the wood also would be given to low income folks for firewood. I don't have access to Olympian archives but know they ran an article about it.

This news release from GA before the fact does indicate that the plan was just that, wood donated.

One time I had what I thought

Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 11/24/2005 - 8:24am.

One time I had what I thought was a great idea. Make computers out of wood! I tried to make one like this, but its bark was worse than its byte.

Ouch!

Submitted by Rick on Fri, 11/25/2005 - 12:05am.

Ouch!

Hey, I think it's a good idea

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 11/25/2005 - 12:13am.

Hey, I think it's a good idea!

I just know that caimans are

Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 11/25/2005 - 12:14am.

I just know that caimans are somehow secretly involved in all this. The strategy of applying confusion through humor, very tricky.

Are you suggesting that the c

Submitted by Rick on Fri, 11/25/2005 - 12:20am.

Are you suggesting that the caimans have hacked Steve's password? Now we will have to look on all his posts with suspicion...

Sadly, the possibilities are

Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 11/25/2005 - 12:29am.

Sadly, the possibilities are endless. Though perhaps we could accept this challenge and apply our own devious strategy. We could ask the nefarious critters what they want. Though this may play right into their hands. (Do they have hands?)

No sooner do I log out than I

Submitted by stevenl on Fri, 11/25/2005 - 7:02am.

No sooner do I log out than I get rewarded for going out on a limb by being accused of being part of a caiman splinter group! That's right, when the chips are down and I'm going against the grain, yew guys needle me. Can't you see I'm branching out? It wood be nice if you could leaf me alone instead of making these rootless charges. They don't ring true. I'm stumped. Oops, time's up, gotta split. --31

It is a conspiracy. Just not

Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 11/25/2005 - 11:12am.

It is a conspiracy. Just not sure of what, but I suspect caimans are involved, somehow. They always are. #54 (I am sending this report to the Committee to Cancel Caimans)

I am sensing a growing caiman

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Sat, 11/26/2005 - 11:45am.

I am sensing a growing caiman conspiracy. I am hoping that the site administrator is aware of this possible infiltration. #15 over and out.

#15, I fear the worst. Really

Submitted by Sarah on Sat, 11/26/2005 - 12:36pm.

#15, I fear the worst. Really, I do.

Did you see this ominous bit

Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 11/26/2005 - 12:28pm.

Did you see this ominous bit of foreshadowing from the New York Daily News of Nov. 13? Read it and wonder. I mean really wonder. Rick himself might very well be part of the conspiracy. He does have a giant reptile living in his house. And when I knocked on his door I could swear he said "Caiman!" although he claims he said "Come in!":

He's a 'gator' groupie
Nude guy leaps into exhibit at Bronx Zoo
BY CHRISENA COLEMAN and JONATHAN LEMIRE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Maybe he thought it was a petting zoo.

A naked visitor to the Bronx Zoo leaped into a pool of fierce reptiles yesterday - and to the horror of onlookers reached out to touch one of them.

The zaniness began just after 1:30p.m. when a man walked into the otherwise empty World of Darkness - the zoo's reptile exhibit - and suddenly took off all of his clothes.

Alerted by a zoo security guard, cops hurried into the lair, finding the nude man standing seemingly transfixed in front of a display of 4-foot caimans - relatives of alligators.

Without a word, the man hopped onto a guardrail, scaled a 5-foot-high glass barrier and splashed down into the caimans' pond.

"I tried reaching out to grab him, but he went to the back of the exhibit," said rescuing Officer James Bricker with a smile. "I couldn't grab him."

Apparently puzzled by their new - and naked - visitor, two caimans walked to the opposite side of their display and then darted away when the man tried to corral one of them, Bricker said.

Trying to distract the caimans, which can grow as long as 9 feet, from their possible prey, Bricker began banging on the glass to buy time for arriving zoo workers.

The animal experts moved in to separate man from beast, sliding an 8-1/2-by-2-1/2-foot piece of plywood into the display, effectively keeping the caimans trapped on one side of the pen so the water could be drained from the exhibit.

Moments later, NYPD Emergency Service Unit cops arrived. The elite cops vaulted into the pen and pulled out the unclothed intruder before either of the caimans could eat him for lunch.

"I would've gone in if I had to," Bricker said with a smile. "But I'm glad I didn't have to."

It was not immediately clear what prompted the man, who paid full admission, to commune with the caimans.

"Thankfully, no one got hurt and it didn't happen while there were any school groups around," said spokeswoman Linda Corcoran.

The man, who was not yet identified, was taken to Jacobi Medical Center for observation.

The caimans, meanwhile, appeared to shrug off the excitement and continue with their daily routine.

I suspect you posted this as

Submitted by Sarah on Sat, 11/26/2005 - 12:35pm.

I suspect you posted this as secret instructions to the caiman-sensitive. I implore all who feel called to caiman communication, resist!

#54 (not a spy for caimans)

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