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    I worked alongside him during that time frame......
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    Fine, I quit.....I admit I lack tact when stating a point, but in no way am I a child Ryan.....Let's hope Smokes on the same side of your opinion next time I stick my head in, for your sake....
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    The specimen's I've worked on were, in my opinion, were.....This might have to do with Guidry's styling after they came into his care....And Ryan, you act as though I care if anyone likes me here......
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    Are you done bashing me for no reason to support a another person's claims, or should I get a helmet incase some more brow beating occurs?
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    Well said....I never really took it as much of a compliment, I never met the man...His trees are stunning though....
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    Sir, my credential were not stated to compare to yours....I would never be so stupid as to think a person of your years hasn't surpassed me....But they were stated to prove my point to Ryan that he has nothing on me.......Smoke, i respect your work, especially those fat little tridents.....My...
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    Specimen was the word I meant......I realize it is not as synonymous as I'd like but, regardless, I don't see a a big hollow cone as a specimen to be shown.....I apologize for my dramatically wrong word choice, I was a little perturbed at the time....
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    I let my collection go about 5 years ago out of severe depression after a death in my immediate family....I swept shop for Guy Guidry for a number of years, (2004-2007ish), Overwintered the NC Arboretum collection between 2007-2008 after I had moved to the Hendersonville area to get away from...
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    Agreed...lol
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    Yeah, I'm good with being known for that Smoke....I wish I still had a fraction of the trees I let go so some of this could be shut down.....Alas, I do not....I'm not going into a big ordeal about my experience within the art or anything else, but given the same amount of time and equal material...
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    The fact that Ryan thanked this post gives credence to my point......It is inherently different....The skill involved in developing a stump into a thing to behold far outweighs that of a few dozen twigs strewn together.....If ya''ll can't see that, get some glasses....
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    Wiring pines in the summer

    *Looks out window at other trees and whispers gently*, "I'll never let you get that big, I promise".....
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    I don't show my trees for the simple fact that I don't think any of them are worth being shown as of now.....And here's some decent advice for you, QUIT.....I won't be responding to this anymore, do what makes you happy, but know that you are easily amused.....
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    To say I'm no expert shows your ignorance......I surely have more knowledge on the subject than YOU , aswell as experience...So why, again, shouldn't you listen to me?.....Just don't ever show that tree without telling anybody it's hollow on the inside....
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    I may have see the wrong terminology here..I was trying to convey the point that it will never really be a great "Specimen" tree, but a conglomerate of weaker specimens .My complaint with this WHOLE thing is the fact that it makes nothing of the work others have put into their trees to...
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    One misspelling and you jump on it....lol....It affects me in the way that if I saw someone building a bridge made of sugar.."You know, when it rains, this will all have to be done again"....My frustration lies in your reasoning...I apologize for my brashness, I just lived an breathed this for...
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    Rob, I'm not trying to drag you into this, but Ryan, pay attention when he said "a couple/few years to complete'...Anything outside of a decade of work, I believe (as would many others that probably have decades on me), isn't worth much.....And I'm not talking dollars, I'm talking intrinsic...
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    This isn't about making friends, this is about truth.....
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    ..It is it's own art form in it's own right, but it's not Bonsai........
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    Oh, amazing....I guess those two years ARE crucial in frontal lobe development after all....And, once again, in regards to you growing tropicals in the north, you may be stupider than you seem......And if you think lights are going to provide enough energy to fuse little whips seamlessly like...
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    Im 22 years old..4/21/91...I doubt your younger than I am....And in regards to my maturity, If you have SOOOOO much time left in your life, like I do, why in the WORLD would you want to rush something that is easily achievable in a quarter of what you have left?.....Impatience is one of youth's...
  22. M

    New Shohin Azalea Styled

    I wish every response was like this....ahhhhhh...I can wish
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    Letting you know, I'm not targeting you...I figured as such when I saw the date of the OP....I won't continue any rants on our previous arguments outside of their respective threads, out of respect.....
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    How old do you think I am?...And no, this isn't anywhere near personal...I just know that people I have studied under and worked with have spent countless hours of back breaking work lugging huge stumps weighing in excess of 100 lbs. out of alligator infested swamps just to procure a nice wide...
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    Speeding development is fine....Hell, fusing two or three trees together is fine..But making what is essentially a living traffic cone isn't bonsai.....
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