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The Oldest Trees on the Planet

Wired has a gallery of twelve trees from all over the world that have outlived everything around them. The oldest started life at least 80,000 years ago, but may be much older! The tree shown is the Llangernyw Yew in Wales, which is only three to four thousand years old, but is one of the prettiest trees in the collection. Link

Previously at Neatorama: 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World

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I like trees.

I was pretty sad when my parents and I visited the redwoods in Northern California. They had one of those big sections of a tree where it shows you what happened in the world at the year the tree was so old with a little flag on one of its rings and I thought to myself, "Honestly, this would be cooler if they hadn't cut the tree down in the first place."

It could be why I never developed an appreciation for wood furniture.
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I'm sure they thought it was funny when they made the pact. Best one could hope for those left alive is to look back on it and laugh one day as you toast to their memory.
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That sometimes is the tragic of this kind of promises- At least that is how some are made- You make them almost as silly as possible as a kind of talisman to ward off evil. Kind of like Death himself saying "Noooooo no no no no no these 2 have such a dorky agreement between them, so shameful- Let's pass them this time and take another soul..."

Problem seems to be that Death has another sence of humor or fairness...
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Well, I was gonna say it was really brave of him to go through with that, but these two guys were serving their country in a war zone so they were already in the "Brave" category.

I hope no one ever gives Barry Delaney a hard time about this, it was a good thing, doing it out of respect and friendship like he did.
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As Kevins' father let me just say that we the family knew of this pact between my son and Barry.
We are grateful and proud that Barry kept his promise and Kevin will be sitting somewhere laughing...
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Man, I'm just in tears here, and I don't normally cry over anything.
Wow, Sandy your son was obviously a wonderful person, cheers to his m8 for keeping the pact.
Honor above all is lacking in most people today.
Thank you for posting this, it brings a touch of humanity to all who witness it.
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Wow, somebody shoulda told him they do make dresses in other colours.

For some reason, I find this way more touching than the parents who married at their kid's funeral.
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