Talk:Driftwood

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Hi 63.192.137.xxx, could you help me out here? The page you linked to says the Old Man is a tree stump, but you say it's a full tree....which one is it? --Dreamyshade

I said it is a "full sized" tree, I didn't mean a "full tree" with leaves and fruits etc. When I was at Crater lake, I failed to see the "old man" myself. But according to the literature, the "tree stump" was from a tree over 100 feet tall (initially) with most of its length under water, not just a chuck of wood. That's why I said it is a full sized tree. I hope to find a picture with a boat or human next to the "old man" because I have not seen it myself and I don't know how big it actually is. Just like the tip of an iceburg, only the stump is visible to the tourists. Change it if you want.

According to http://www.outdoors.net/magazines/outdoors/camping/nationalparks/craterlake/nn-vl11b.asp#3 The old man is 4 feet above and 30 feet below water with a diameter of 27 inches.

See also http://www.outdoors.net/magazines/outdoors/camping/nationalparks/craterlake/nn-vol27.asp#4 for more info.

I found a picture with a man standing on the "old man" at http://www.outdoors.net/magazines/outdoors/camping/nationalparks/craterlake/nn-vol27.asp


-- 63.192.137.xxx

Driftwood, Texas is a small town which actual "town" environs include the basic requirements: a post office, a church, a former store, and a grave yard. The area is so attractive and relatively unspoiled that several movies have been shot in proximity. In this one area is the temple of meat:The Saltlick and the other temple: Barsana Dham - the largest Hindu temple in America.

I removed that from the article. According to The Handbook of Texas Online, Driftwood is a teensy-tiny little town. Important enough to include here? I'm not sure, but my wikinstincts say no. --Dreamyshade 08:51, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Driftwood as waste

  • I feel the driftwood should not be in the Category:Waste. It is almost always due to a natural process and I would argue that a natural process is not wasteful. Alan Liefting 04:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
  • A waterfront docks manager would not agree. I read a newspaper article that said that in the London docks (UK) driftwood was a serious problem and much of it was discarded ships' dunnage.
  • I once had a holiday in Pembrokeshire, and (to collect firewood) sometimes we went to a particular cove which tended to accumulate driftwood, and much of that driftwood was sawn wood (planks, beams, parts of packing cases, etc) rather than natural parts of trees. Anthony Appleyard 06:25, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Ok, I stand corrected. Here in New Zealand it is virtually always natural. A case of blinkered vision on my part. Alan Liefting 08:44, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Waste?

  • Floating debris such as dumped dunnage, or any other man-made flotsam, is waste. I disagree with the classification of this naturally occurring phenomenon as waste. Conn, Kit 13:42, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Most waterfront people would classify floating wood debris as driftwood whether or not it had been cut or sawn by man before it got in the water. Anthony Appleyard 14:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] scientific name of driftwood

Hi, i have the wind chime sample here and it made with the dirftwood, but do not know it come from which kind of tree. As i need to do some lab test before export, so can you help me to classify what is the specify scientific name of it? thanks! AF

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