[Leica] Tuesday Trees

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Then there's the other communications use for telephone poles . . .

https://www.sonc.com/pierced.htm


Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:44 AM Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> In some cases, old climbing skills are still important.  I imagine
> splicing phone wires still requires getting close.  I've seen linemen set
> up tented structures pole-top.
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>
> USA
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:03 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
>> For the most part telephone/utility poles will not have so many spike
>> marks
>> going forward.  The utilities I am acquainted with all use lift trucks.
>> In
>> fact, the caravans of utility trucks moving south to respond to the recent
>> hurricane damage in Mississippi and Louisiana all had lift trucks.  So the
>> lineman going up with spikes and a belt is getting to be pretty rare.  As
>> a
>> side note you can sort of date poles by the use of creosote as a
>> preservative, the new poles don't have it and haven't for 15 years?
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 7:31 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Nice observations, Don.  I like the utility pole and the palm tree
>> > detail best.  To follow up on the utility pole theme, here is one from
>> > around 1957 that contains the bane of the lineman's existence, nails.  A
>> > new pole has been placed alongside it, but the lower part remains.  It
>> > has obviously seen more spikes than yours.
>> >
>> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190824-P8240017.JPG.html
>> >
>> > On 10/6/20 6:35 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
>> > > Greetings to all.  These images were all from a walk around the block
>> > > examining Halloween decorations and finding trees as well.  Typically
>> > these
>> > > are all detail images.  The first is a tree trunk from 1984 repurposed
>> > to a
>> > > telephone pole as identified by the ID tag and information stamped on
>> the
>> > > trunk:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/AT_amp_T.jpg.html
>> > >
>> > > I have always been fascinated by Palm trees so a detail look at one:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Palm+trunk+I.jpg.html
>> > >
>> > > This is about symmetry or not, an old injury on a relatively young
>> tree:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/old+injury.jpg.html
>> > >
>> > > LIkewise, I have always liked the trunks of crepe myrtles:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Crepe+Myrtle+figure+study.jpg.html
>> > >
>> > > Last for today is an oak tree with multiple burles:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/burls.jpg.html
>> > >
>> > > All the best.
>> > >
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>> >
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