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Lone tree on a hill. Do they really exist?
Flid and myself have been having a discussion over the last few months regarding these elusive natural phenomenen. I think that they do. Flid being the eternally cynical one, has stated that he's never seen one and that every image available is false, made up, or just painted.
So, you wonderful HoPpers, do you have any physical evidence of these trees? Photos, locations, descriptions?
Please, prove me right!
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Lone tree on a hill. Do they really exist?
Flid and myself have been having a discussion over the last few months regarding these elusive natural phenomenen. I think that they do. Flid being the eternally cynical one, has stated that he's never seen one and that every image available is false, made up, or just painted.
So, you wonderful HoPpers, do you have any physical evidence of these trees? Photos, locations, descriptions?
Please, prove me right!
Spoiling Christmas for small children since 2003.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
gah!
I have the perfect picture for this - my father, age 10 or so, sitting with his pet racoon on his lap - b&w photo from the late 1930's (yes my dad was that old!). unfortunately it is in a storage unit in Texas in a photo album and many thousnads of miles away from here...
gah!
I have the perfect picture for this - my father, age 10 or so, sitting with his pet racoon on his lap - b&w photo from the late 1930's (yes my dad was that old!). unfortunately it is in a storage unit in Texas in a photo album and many thousnads of miles away from here...
-v-
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
oh - there is also a grand tree up at the top of palentine hill in rome - no other trees or bushes, just the ruins of the roman imperial palace... I suppose that disqualifies it?
edit: nevermind - there are a couple other trees off to the side now that I look at my photos...
EDITED_BY: vanize (1110382857)
oh - there is also a grand tree up at the top of palentine hill in rome - no other trees or bushes, just the ruins of the roman imperial palace... I suppose that disqualifies it?
edit: nevermind - there are a couple other trees off to the side now that I look at my photos...
EDITED_BY: vanize (1110382857)
-v-
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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Posted:
ohhh...I think I have a pic of that one online...
runs off to check
ohhh...I think I have a pic of that one online...
runs off to check
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Galveston, TX, USA
Posted:
Nope, that one did not make the online cut apparently. But, there are lots of other trees in the whole Forum area, so I'm guessing that would disqualify it
Nope, that one did not make the online cut apparently. But, there are lots of other trees in the whole Forum area, so I'm guessing that would disqualify it
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Posted:
Yes, it's true, this is my 14th year in High School. I've been in a classroom just about every school day for the last 26 years. But it feels much longer.
Written by: flid
NYC: I thought you still went to highschool?
Yes, it's true, this is my 14th year in High School. I've been in a classroom just about every school day for the last 26 years. But it feels much longer.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
actually don't worry about it - mint sauce has posted the palentine hill tree above - and i can already see it doesn't qualify from my pics.
actually don't worry about it - mint sauce has posted the palentine hill tree above - and i can already see it doesn't qualify from my pics.
-v-
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The GF of HoP
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Posted:
Im pretty sure that some farmers plant lone trees on hill for shade for there live stock.
Im pretty sure that some farmers plant lone trees on hill for shade for there live stock.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
it does seem that most people wo take pictures of lone trees on hills are more concerned about nicely framing the picture instead of actually proving that it is the only object on the hill... I think flid's requirements are too strict short of forcing someone to actually go out and make a specific photo specifically to meet said requirements.
it does seem that most people wo take pictures of lone trees on hills are more concerned about nicely framing the picture instead of actually proving that it is the only object on the hill... I think flid's requirements are too strict short of forcing someone to actually go out and make a specific photo specifically to meet said requirements.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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Posted:
nice possibilities, but rule number 1 states grass
still no pictures or GPS coordinates
Polythene: picture 2 clearly doesn't show the whole hill. There's probably like a huge theme park just out of shot!
nice possibilities, but rule number 1 states grass
still no pictures or GPS coordinates
Polythene: picture 2 clearly doesn't show the whole hill. There's probably like a huge theme park just out of shot!
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Posted:
The description that goes with it states that it's CALLED Lone Tree Hill and everything, meanie
The description that goes with it states that it's CALLED Lone Tree Hill and everything, meanie
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The pessimist fears this is true.
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Posted:
okay, what's wrong with this one flid?
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and here's an oak tree on a ridge with nothing near it:
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cole. x
okay, what's wrong with this one flid?
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and here's an oak tree on a ridge with nothing near it:
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cole. x
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
the top one is good
the top one is good
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https://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10978879/
EDITED_BY: ado-p (1110385837)
https://www.deviantart.com/deviation/10978879/
EDITED_BY: ado-p (1110385837)
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NYC
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Posted:
No good cole, the leaves are yellow. See rule #23.
EDITED_BY: NYC (1110386167)
No good cole, the leaves are yellow. See rule #23.
EDITED_BY: NYC (1110386167)
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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big and good and broken
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big and good and broken
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Posted:
and this one fits everything except the grass (cos of the snow):
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[this thread is weeeeeird]
cole. x
and this one fits everything except the grass (cos of the snow):
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[this thread is weeeeeird
]cole. x
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they do porridge."
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
ado's one has already been posted in this thread, and as rule one states, there must be grass around
ado's one has already been posted in this thread, and as rule one states, there must be grass around
old hand
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Pirate Ninja
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Posted:
really, darn
one of my fave trees is up on a hill all alone.
will try to get a pic.
who posted frauleins pic?
probably fraulein.
really, darn
one of my fave trees is up on a hill all alone.
will try to get a pic.
who posted frauleins pic?
probably fraulein.
Love is the law.
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big and good and broken
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Posted:
so do you admit they exist then flid or do ya still reckon its a made up phenomenon...?
i'm curious as to how this argument came about, especially with so many stipulations?
did grass really matter at the start or did the argument actually go like:
sheep: "there are trees alone on hilltops, even though you might not have seen one"
flid: "yeah maybe, but not one on a hill surrounded by grass" *evil cackle*
cole. x
so do you admit they exist then flid or do ya still reckon its a made up phenomenon...?
i'm curious as to how this argument came about, especially with so many stipulations?
did grass really matter at the start or did the argument actually go like:
sheep: "there are trees alone on hilltops, even though you might not have seen one"
flid: "yeah maybe, but not one on a hill surrounded by grass" *evil cackle*
cole. x
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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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I reckon he can't admit defeat publically and lose face, or Sheep'll never let him live it down. I wouldn't
I reckon he can't admit defeat publically and lose face, or Sheep'll never let him live it down. I wouldn't
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The pessimist fears this is true.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
This is one of the funniest things I have read for a long time
Written by: flid
There's gotta be a reason why a tree could survive on a hill on it's own. It's open to the elements, if its somewhere where a tree can grow other stuff will too. Either the area has changed since the tree took shape, or it's just weird. And I don't want a weird tree, I want a nice one, to sit under.
This is one of the funniest things I have read for a long time
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
incidentally, Oli has the most beautiful book on trees at his house - All i need to do is hitch down to Lyme, break in, sneak past the cats and his parents and brother, find the key to the study, find the book, find an image of a lone tree on a non-pathetic grassy hill totally in shot, access his computer, scan it, and sneak out again.
incidentally, Oli has the most beautiful book on trees at his house - All i need to do is hitch down to Lyme, break in, sneak past the cats and his parents and brother, find the key to the study, find the book, find an image of a lone tree on a non-pathetic grassy hill totally in shot, access his computer, scan it, and sneak out again.
Geologists do it in the dirt................
old hand
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Location: Chester, UK
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Posted:
The argument went more along the lines of
(Imagine yourself on the Virgin Train between Coventry and London Euston)
flid - I've never seen a tree like the one in the logo for the BBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?"
Sheep - You're just not looking hard enough. There's one!
flid - No, thats not on a hill.
Sheep - What about that one?
flid - That's a weird, ugly shape.
Sheep - Well, how about that?
flid - That's a electricity pylon!
Sheep - Pooh
The argument went more along the lines of
(Imagine yourself on the Virgin Train between Coventry and London Euston)
flid - I've never seen a tree like the one in the logo for the BBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?"
Sheep - You're just not looking hard enough. There's one!
flid - No, thats not on a hill.
Sheep - What about that one?
flid - That's a weird, ugly shape.
Sheep - Well, how about that?
flid - That's a electricity pylon!
Sheep - Pooh
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Posted:
Several of those photos showed at LEAST as much scenery as that logo... supporting the theory my previous post
Methinks FNF will laugh lots at the transcript of that conversation too... I did
Several of those photos showed at LEAST as much scenery as that logo... supporting the theory my previous post
Methinks FNF will laugh lots at the transcript of that conversation too... I did
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
Geologists do it in the dirt................
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
Poly are you a mind reader?
Poly are you a mind reader?
Geologists do it in the dirt................
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big and good and broken
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Posted:
yep, i agree with polythene
the 'who do you think you are' tree doesn't qualify under 'the rules' anyway - its on a ridge, not a hill and you can't see if there's anything nearby.
plus its blatently fake
i reckon the oak tree i posted up there would look exactly like the wdytya title screen tree in a shot taken closer up.
cole. x
yep, i agree with polythene
the 'who do you think you are' tree doesn't qualify under 'the rules' anyway - its on a ridge, not a hill and you can't see if there's anything nearby.
plus its blatently fake
i reckon the oak tree i posted up there would look exactly like the wdytya title screen tree in a shot taken closer up.
cole. x
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Posted:
awww leaf it out...
lol.... ""rolls around splitting his sides with laughter... oh no its actually wind and slowly recovering from the squits"""
i want to be well again...
awww leaf it out...
lol.... ""rolls around splitting his sides with laughter... oh no its actually wind and slowly recovering from the squits"""
i want to be well again...
its all about the fun fun fun fun and more fun...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
Oh absolutely, I'm in no doubt they exist, i was merely pointing out it's much harder than people think. Only once (as i said previous) did i claim they don't exist, and that was whilst sales shopping in whsmith (frustrated that there were no good deals).
I did introduce miss sheep to it on a Euston to Coventry train, but imagine the episode of the simpsons where mr burns pays actors to pretend to be the simpson family. I don't sound anything like that, nor did i use those words
I also never mentioned that program on tv, miss sheep clearly used that as an example because that was the book in whsmith that caused the one off comment about all photos being fakes!
Exactly!
I've already admitted defeat on my one off comment!
pint of grolsh please
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so do you admit they exist then flid or do ya still reckon its a made up phenomenon...?
Oh absolutely, I'm in no doubt they exist, i was merely pointing out it's much harder than people think. Only once (as i said previous) did i claim they don't exist, and that was whilst sales shopping in whsmith (frustrated that there were no good deals).
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(Imagine yourself on the Virgin Train between Coventry and London Euston)
I did introduce miss sheep to it on a Euston to Coventry train, but imagine the episode of the simpsons where mr burns pays actors to pretend to be the simpson family. I don't sound anything like that, nor did i use those words
I also never mentioned that program on tv, miss sheep clearly used that as an example because that was the book in whsmith that caused the one off comment about all photos being fakes!
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plus its blatently fake
Exactly!
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I reckon he can't admit defeat publically and lose face
I've already admitted defeat on my one off comment!
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oh and mine is a baileys
pint of grolsh please
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