right
well done again
so maybe the best puzzle or trivia question that could be whittled
from all this
is
what do the oldest & tallest & most massive living things on
earth have in common
except a trio isnt nearly as impressive as a quartet or quintet
&
these have a lot more in common than just being in california
so perhaps a better puzzle would be
which one doesnt belong & how much does it miss by
1 oldest living tree
2 oldest living thing
3 tallest living thing
4 most massive living thing
5 largest living thing
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
<mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> Ah ha - so they are all in CA.
> Most massive: General Sherman tree, Sequoia National
> Park, CA: trunk alone weighs approx. 1400 tons and
> trunk volume is 52,500 cubic feet.
>
> --- acroorca2002 <orc@o...> wrote:
> > bravo my alter e guy
> > for you have outdone me again
> >
> > your answer here is what enigmatologists call a cook
> >
> > a correct solution other than the intended one
> >
> > & therefore better than the intended one
> > because it either busts or forces a refinement in
> > the puzzle
> >
> > & i would add this particular cook is an impressive
> > solution to an
> > impressive new puzzle in its own right
> >
> >
> > so i will have to change now
> > what i asked
> > tho not what i meant
> > by substituting the words
> > most massive
> > for the word
> > largest
> > in the original question here below
> >
> > & will just have to hope there are no other cooks to
> > be found
> >
> >
> > shouldve recalled all that delicious shrooming in
> > oregon too
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael
> > Kaufman
> > <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > > They are all on the West Coast of the United
> > States.
> > > Tallest living thing is the Mendocino Tree in
> > Ukiah,
> > > CA: 367.5 ft tall
> > > Largest: 2200 acre honey mushroom fungus in
> > Malheur
> > > National Forest, Oregon
> > > Oldest tree: Methuselah in Inyo National Forest
> > > California, 4768 yrs old
> > > So 3 CA and 1 OR.
> > >
> > > --- acroorca2002 <orc@o...> wrote:
> > > > & what does this oldest living thing have in
> > common
> > > > with
> > > > the worlds tallest living thing
> > > > & the worlds largest living thing
> > > > as well as the worlds oldest tree
> > > >
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "m donner"
> >
> > > > <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> > > > > a friend who directs the harvard arboretum
> > dropped
> > > > by at
> > > > cream hill today on
> > > > > his way to yucca valley where he will try to
> > find
> > > > the worlds
> > > > oldest living
> > > > > thing
> > > > >
> > > > > funny that this should happen just as i am
> > waiting
> > > > most
> > > > expectantly for the
> > > > > ends of the earth to arrive too
> > > > >
> > > > > the presently oldest known living thing on
> > earth
> > > > > a creosote bush named king clone
> > > > > which he will revisit & try to improve upon by
> > > > finding an older
> > > > bush
> > > > >
> > > >
> > http://www.lucernevalley.net/creosote/photo_tour.htm
> > > > > has been living here
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=11&n=3808945&e=527146&dat
> > > > um=nad83
> > > > > for about 11700 years
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
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