Gotta say I'm lovin' this conversation and the levels of sophisticated insight, both real and imagined.
Golly gee, I'd feel way more comfortable saying that, just as the moon's gravity causes tides in the ocean, the moon's gravity also straightens the trees' grain, which is helpful as long as the gnomes fell the free at just the right moment of the day or night.Quote:
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Back to reality: Not to sound argumentative, but,
When I was, marginally, into building furniture back in the '70s, the "common" knowledge was that higher-altitude wood grew slower than lower-altitude wood (think alpine vs. rainforest) and, therefore, should have had closer rings / grain pattern. Or that could be wrong?