That guy looks like movie director John Landis and I don't trust myself not to make a tastelessly morbid reference to the fatal helicopter crash from 'Twilight Zone: The Movie', so instead I'm going to focus on thinking about what made someone look at the cover for the 1990 instructional reference book 'Identifying Wood' and feel that it deserved to be adapted into a ska meme, because I have to admit I adore their esoteric line of thought.
I love his title, Understanding Wood. But you are probably better off with the following for your specific aims:
Identifying Wood: Accurate Results With Simple Tools at Amazon.
(I actually own this book)
This you?
https://www.amazon.com/Identifying-Wood-Accurate-Results-Simple/dp/0942391047
Kidding, but that actually sounds like an interesting field of study.
Bruce Hoadley figured it out a long time ago.....
https://www.amazon.com/Identifying-Wood-Accurate-Results-Simple/dp/0942391047
Yes, that picture is older than the internet. Here's the real book.
Looks like we could all use a copy of Identifying Wood.
This will be the only time in my life I get to tell someone to get this book.
It's one of the classic weird books!
It would take a microscope and prepared slides to tell definitively. here's the bible.
Might I suggest THIS BOOK I bought as a gag gift a few years back...
Therein lies the answer you seek ��
You all have it wrong! It's related to this book, and combines the two most necessary tools into one.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0942391047/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_i_zCK6Ab1545YYZ
Get a copy of R. Bruce Hoadley’s book, Identifying Wood by Taunton Press.
https://www.amazon.com/Identifying-Wood-Accurate-Results-Simple/dp/0942391047
He’s got extensive photos of wood endgrain, the acid test for identifying wood. Face grain can be deceptive but endgrain is like the fingerprint of trees.
I believe you need this book in your life !
For wood that's already fallen/cut: http://www.amazon.com/Identifying-Wood-Accurate-Results-Simple/dp/0942391047
In case you are still wondering about the wood, check your library for this.
Check your library for this.
Here's the origin of this meme.
http://www.amazon.com/Identifying-Wood-R-Bruce-Hoadley/dp/0942391047
It's making fun of this book.
I have just the book for you. Better hurry though, only 18 left in stock.
The picture is mocking a real book: http://www.amazon.com/Identifying-Wood-R-Bruce-Hoadley/dp/0942391047/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297627998&sr=8-1
Someone combine this with this.
I’m so happy this is real
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0942391047/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4lMdDbBYYF671