At 02:27 PM 12/3/04, Brian McInturff wrote:

>Boy,
>I'm getting the idea it's not worth me wasting my time on it. Guess I need
>to start looking for some Cypress around here then. I guess I know why I
>never see any mention of using Palm wood.

The only use that I can recall was that some of the forts in Charleston 
Harbor were built using it.  (Palmetto Palm).  They could take a pretty 
good hit from a cannonball and just stop that sucka dead in it's tracks.

Tony

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