Re: The Second (or Third?) Jukes Tree withstands a Nor'Easter . . .

Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> > Great video, Roger.  Russo and Earl make a
> good
> > point about the tree, maybe the original Jukes
> > Tree was moved to another narry gage pike . .
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> "Close," Stewart — "but no Cigar" –
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> An "interesting" theory supported by a very fine
> Phraud-O-Graph, but to transport the original
> Jukes Tree to Maine the perpetraitors would have
> had to 'borry' Chris's bogies, re-gauge them from
> 24" to 36" and at some point from 36" to
> 56½" and yet again re-gauge them to 24"
> — in addition to significantly reducing both
> the girth and height of said tree.  More
> likely, as Roosso surmised, the original tree fell
> victim to the sawmill that once stood in its
> immediate vicinity and survives exists to
> this very day as the 2x4 framing and/or exterior
> board-&-batten or ship-lap exterior of an edifice
> in scenic downtown Chama, N.M.  I concur with
> Earl in believing that a similar tree – much
> closer to town – was inveigled to carry on
> the honored title of its predecessor.  
>  


Sounds like what we have today is Jukes Tree number two.