Silver Maple, in more detail than I ever gave it

I got an email recently from someone who discovered my 365 urban species entry on silver maple.  He goes into a quite a bit of detail wondering about the usefulness of the tree, trying to use everything but the oink, so to speak.  I'm not sure if you'd file this under permaculture, wild edibles, a combination, or a whole new obsession.  What do you make of this?

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Swimming at Lynn Woods last Sunday

Careful, Charlie.  I hear you never come out the way you went in.

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