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Spent the day with the extended family at my parents' house today, and a bunch of us were looking at an old red oak tree that was dying that we recently has some pros "drop" as it was too large for our saws and expertise (dad is 71 now, and he's the real tree guy). Dad and I have slowly been working it up, but still have a ways to go and it's still a bit "tricky" in spots. Someone asked how old it was, and I casually stated "oh, probably 'bout 75-80 years" based upon its size, and was comparing it with similar trees I've had experience with. So then I got down and started counting rings, and of course, as I got to the middle, they were getting difficult to discern with the naked eye, but I got to 140 and still had quite a ways to go. I'm going to recount with a magnifying glass when I get a chance, but I'm betting that sucker is close to 200 years old! The tree was huge when I was a small kid, but I had no idea...I just had to share, I still can't believe it was that old.