> At 08:36 PM 2/21/99 EST, Douglas S Caprette wrote:
> >
> >>On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:37:56 -0500 Paul Aud <pgaud0@p...> writes:

> >>I find it difficult to believe that there is such a thing as walnut
> >(or
> >>cherry) firewood.
> >
> >Let me reassure you, there IS such a thing as walnut firewood.  My dad
> >has some.  I dont' know what he was thinking.  When I went home, I found
> a
> >bunch of walnut all cut up, split, and ready for the fire!  Well, now
> >I've got a bunch of walnut logs sitting at home working on drying.
> >later,
> >Oddball
> >
> >--
>
> Well, I say for certain that there is such a thing as cherry pallets.  I
> have dis-
> mantled several, they seem to mostly come from the Kodak factory in
> Rochester,
> NY.
>
> Also, one of my neighbor's had a dead black walnut cut down and I had to
> rescue the wood from another neighbor who was busy splitting it up for
> firewood.  He found it much easier to split than Chinese elm.

I "rescued" a few boards on a pallet reciently that looked interesting - turned
out to be purple heart - the pallet was from a
shipment from South America.  Truely slash and burn!

Dave Strommen (teaching tomorrows Galoots!)
Elkhart, IN