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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: longdistshtr@infomail.net, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] blasting - OT, non-fruit stuff
  • Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:25:07 -0500

At 11:59 AM 5/25/2003 -0400, Doc L. wrote:
Can't get dynamite w/o a bunch of red tape but that was the preferred
method a few years back. Sometimes you have to buy new china for your
grandma if you use too much.(emperical knowledge) A quarter-stick for a
fence-post size pine is about right. Must be tamped hard and deep.
Never blow stumps on Sunday, especially in the morning,
in the Bible Belt.

Several years back, there was a discussion on the veterinary diagnosticians' listserv about obliterating animal carcasses in inaccessible areas, with explosives. Someone mentioned this USDA Forest Service publication, which I immediately searched out:
http://www.sprout.org/matt/laugh/animal_carcasses/animal_carcasses.html

In that same discussion thread, someone mentioned having seen the 'Infamous Exploding Whale' on the evening news. That one is out there, as streaming video, as well, if any of you with morbid sense of humor want to have a look. Here's one page with it linked:
http://www.hackstadt.com/features/whale/
Pretty funny!

Lucky





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