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Since caca posts whateva tf he wants on a surfer forum here we go.
Time>Money
Who Invented the Measurement of Time?
The first timekeeping devices were probably natural materials lost to the ages, but the ancient Egyptians were the first to leave records of their timekeeping methodswww.scientificamerican.com
You're the only guy I've ever heard talk about Lignum Vitae besides my dad. When I was a kid he told me that it was the hardest wood on earth, so hard that is was used for ships propeller shaft bearings and that it was kept under water in tanks in the shipyard because it had to be kept wet.
Too hung up? You’ve been here way too long to be shocked at such eccentricities. I mean really; who cares about ANY of this stuffOk, @Subway ..... but did you read the part in my post about the question being hypothetical?
We clearly do not live in hypothesis.
It's just food for thought, to not get too hung up on numbers is all.
Jeez.
So cool that your dad knew about these trees and taught you about them.
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Nice tree - bark looks like a Sycamore. Your farm looks nice, too. The Lignumvitaesolutions webpage link you posted is cool. I didn't know that it was still going strong. Water lubricated bearings. What a great idea - one problem with lube oil is moisture contamination - nice to just use water to start with! I like the way they put small pieces of Lignumvitae in channels in the bearings. In the '90's I used to hand drill a lot of 3/32" holes through about 1/16" steel while building control panels. Rather than using cutting oil I just kept a cup of water and dipped the bit in it, starting the hole with a bubble of water surrounding the bit then a second dip 1/2 way through maybe if the water all turned to steam. And each dip into the water cup cooled the bit too. The water turning to steam kept the bit cool and I got good bit life without having to clean up oil. I have seen that now machine shops are using pumped water or a water/oil mixture over their cutting and drilling operations and getting better tool life than with regular oil.So cool that your dad knew about these trees and taught you about them.
Yes the wood is not only very dense but incredibly resinous giving it life long self-lubricating properties.
Aircraft carriers, nuclear subs, hydroelectric dams, all used this wood for shaft bearings. When the wood was phased out to synthetic materials, the alternatives were not up to par and had shorter lifespan.
There is a company specializing in making these bearings for these same applications: https://lignumvitaesolutions.com/
Besides the aforementioned applications, the wood has also been used in the marine industry for centuries. Block and tackle, fids, etc.
They were also used for police batons in England.
When the Europeans were colonizing the Caribbean, the indigenous peoples showed them the highly medicinal properties of the resin or Guaiac oil. It’s been said to have cured Syphillus.
There are two main species. The Guaiacum officinale is predominantly found in the Caribbean. Guaiacum sanctum also known as roughbark Lignum Vitae is found in the Bahamas, Florida, Central America and South America. In fact there is a Lignum Vitae Cay in the Florida Keys.
The national flower of the Bahamas and Jamaica is the Lignum Vitae.
I am enamored with these trees and have a wide variety of ages on my property. We have about 200 going in our nursery now with plans to make a map of all the larger specimens in our region and do planting projects to r establish the populations. Incredibly drought and salt tolerant. I also have plans to start a memorial tree service where people can obtain one of these trees from our nursery and then plant one somewhere to commerate a loved one. How special to have a tree capable of living over a 1000 years to be planted in memory of someone.
Here I am having a moment with a larger specimen onisland o Ay-Ay as the Tainos called it. This one is probably about 400-600 years old.
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Feel free to check out our farm page. Guayacan was the indigenous name for these trees.
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Nice post but I do find some of it a bit contradictory. Like where you say that "the present is when time matters most" and then go on to say five hours of life is utterly wasted at PHX. That seems to suggest that you're living for Kauai time and not the present. It's not easy to live in the present, I'll be the first to admit that, and I'd gladly pay extra to arrive in Lihue at 3 as opposed to 8, though I do know that living in the present can be rewarding also.
Well, good point. That time I spend in a layover, or riding the train 45 minutes each way 3x per week, I at least try to make the most of it by reading, or even trolling, I mean, browsing, the forum, maybe getting work done (which, while not fun, per se, is at least productive)
