<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yes, I am familiar with the term. It's been a while since my undergraduate forestry courses. If I'm not mistaken it describes a break that occurs with little bending because of pre-existing damage. Like if a wooden airplane wing breaks off suddenly and unexpectedly, and examination suggests pre-existing older partial breaks in the wood in the damaged area, it might be referred to as a brash failure.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>So how does "brash failure" relate to wood loosing it's elasticity and dying? What's that all about?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">Terry, the Farrell asked: "The Pinblock Wood has lost it's elasticity, i.e. it's dead wood!" </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Okay Joe, you asked for it. Care to expand a little and edumacate us wood loosing it's elasticity and dying?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Seems to me the wood pretty much dead the day the tree is cut down - yes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Terry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Okeee Dokeee!<G> Has ya ever heard the term: Brash Failure? You do the research.<G> (if'n ya can't find anything, then I'll illucidate fer ya.<G>) </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>