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class=625140313-30112008>We learned a very very long time ago.. no tree over 6
foot tall, because it will sit ontop of our coffee table and get the added
height from it. We have one square and one round coffee table that
match. They were gotten by my parents before I was born (1960's) and have
served us well all these years.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=625140313-30112008>I think my parents had one or two years with bassets
that they didn't have the tree on top of the tables.. and those were the years
from which all the "better not do that" stories come from.. be it ornament
killing, tinsel stealing, tree knocking or even just ripped the whole tree
down.. think that was the one where Beowulf got his leash hooked on the base's
screws and the tree came down as he ran away from the commotion.. I believe
that's when the annual "lifting o the tree" began.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=625140313-30112008>-Robert </SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>Subject:</B> [Dailydrool] Trees and
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<DIV></DIV><RTE_TEXT>Thanksgiving must really be over. We put up the tree
today. Early for us as we usually procrastinate a lot. And we have
two boys with birthdays in early December, too. The tree hadn't been up
two hours until it was basset tested. </BODY></HTML>