Hi Ferreter. Join the club! The dentist pulled my right incisor pulled
yesterday morning. Evidently our senses of humor were not contained in the
teeth. I'm glad you are feeling better too.

If I remember right, there are Swedish lakes with about 10,000 varves
(annual pairs of sedimentary layers, thick in summer, thin in winter when
ice covers the lakes). The fact that there were 10,000 of them gave the
creationists pause, since the universe was thought to have been created
about 6000 years ago. Most creationists have, therefore, accommodated
themselves to the idea that the Earth is at least 10,000 years old.
Geologists interpret the same evidence as meaning that the ice retreated
from that part of Sweden about 10,000 years ago, so the lakes are of that
age. It's actually more complex than that, but this is the "short" version
since we are OFF-TOPIC again.

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama

-----Original Message-----
From:   ferreter [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:09 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Conchs and cones

The only website I can find to support any age on the bristlecone is 4,765
yr. old , off by a few years , a mere whisp in the ages of the rocks or the
universe. It's still the oldest living thing (but I swear I've seen older
driving around South Florida ?)   here's the site
http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/intro.html
Ferreter (who's wisdom is slipping , must be the bad trip to the dentist
and
the fact I had a tooth pulled this morning , but I'm feeling much better
now
:)


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew K. Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Conchs and cones


>20,000 years old? I suppose they were created with 14,000 annual rings,
then?
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>
>The Ferreter wrote:
>Art, you forgot the bristlecone pine (20,000+  years old and still
going)of
>California's Sierra Nevada Mountain range.  [SNIP]
>


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