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Material: Who says poplar isn't rot resistant?
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 10/22/2010, 12:10 pm

Check this out- a 5,000 year old door found in Schweizerland and it's made of Poplar. I thought you guys said that stuff wasn't rot resistant! It lasted 5,000 years longer than what I ever expected!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/10/22/switzerland.ancient.door/index.html

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Material: Who says poplar isn't rot resistant?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/22/2010, 12:10 pm
Re: Material: Who says poplar isn't rot resistant?
Charlie -- 10/22/2010, 4:14 pm
Re: Material: Who says poplar isn't rot resistant?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 10/22/2010, 5:22 pm
Re: Material: Who says poplar isn't rot resistant?
Robert N Pruden -- 10/27/2010, 6:35 pm