the friend i mentioned at the beginning & bottom of this thread
dropped by again at cream hill today on his return from visiting
the worlds supposedly oldest living thing
aka king clone the creosote bush
& tho his interest is purely scientific rather than extremist fanatic
& tho he didnt really try very hard to find an older individual bush
i did manage to squeeze from him the considered opinion that
the oldest individual creosote bushes will for various reasons
most likely be found at higher elevations than this one
& of course my eyes lit up to realize that the oldest living thing on
earth had thus indeed not yet even been earnestly sought for
let alone found by anyone
but that it might yet be found with the right aerial photography etc
however
he just as quickly dashed any such prospective dream quest by
pointing out that science is beginning to realize the earth is full of
clonally regenerative species
& that as soon as anyone found the oldest living creosote bush
someone else would surely come along to beat this record with
perhaps the oldest living popple swamp
& then maybe someone else with the oldest living fungal ring
etc etc
ad infinitum he supposed
yet with all such ages rather accurately estimatable or calculable
by various reliable chronometrics
& i nearly swooned to imagine the delicious complexity &
endlessness of so realistic yet silly a quest to stretch the limits
of the very illusions of individuation & temporality
indeed it seems there might be enough stretching there to last
everyone for lifetimes
but for now i figure this revelation is fitting enough just as home
stretch & buildup to the main event
the still imminent fedex arrival here of the ends of the earth
which however are still moving only at the speed of the 3rd world
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:
> 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