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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: dandi on October 27, 2011, 11:14:27 AM
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You can't make this stuff up.
Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-26-11 11:18 PM
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An update on the murder of my tree.
First of all, thanks to all of you who commiserated with me over the loss of my very old and beautiful Mayday tree yesterday and Monday. I wanted to give you a follow-up report because you all (most of you) were so kind.
The "danger tree" guy from the electric company and the owner of the tree service responsible for the slaughter came by today to survey the damage. Everyone seemed to be in agreement that the tree was a total loss, that even though it would most likely come back from the roots next spring, it would be just a bunch of suckers, basically a bush and not very attractive for many years to come. (I'm 65 so I don't have "many" years to wait for that.) Since the tree was now just a stump, they were curious what it looked like when we first came home from our shopping trip. I imagine that they thought we were exaggerating the severity of the "prune," but luckily I had the photos. We brought them down to my office and I showed them eight or 10 pictures of the beautiful blooming tree with all the columbines and forget-me-nots around it.
Then I forwarded to the skeleton, giving everyone the finger. We surely couldn't leave anything like this on our curbside all winter. It had to be cut down all the way.
The utility guy instantly caught his breath, his face paled and he turned away, saying, "I've seen enough." He looked like he wanted to throw up. Mr. Carlos, the owner of the tree service, assured us that this was NOT an acceptable easement trim and apologized profusely for his crew's negligence. They told us they would remove the stump and plant any kind of tree we wanted in its place, as many as we wanted. They suggested Japanese lilacs because they are in tree form and grow quickly but not too tall, 20 or 30 feet, and are very hardy here. They have fragrant white flowers like the Mayday tree and we could plant three or four of them close together which would create a canopy like the old tree. But if we want something else, that's okay, too.
What they're going to do now is pull out the stump and then come back in the spring right after the ground has thawed and plant us some nice trees. We accepted the offer. We might have been able to get some monetary damages out of them if we raised a big enough fuss, but it wouldn't bring back the old tree and I think they ARE trying to make things right.
Again, thank you for your support. I'm not in the habit of coming here with my personal problems, but I was quite distraught, and I had no one to vent to except my husband -- and he was too pissed to be much help.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2192456
I wonder if CSI processed the crime scene.
femrap (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-26-11 11:35 PM
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24. The crew who cut that beautiful tree
down should be FIRED or at least forced to pay for the new trees. Just was just pure sadism against Mother Nature's beauty.
I'm so glad the boss was sane and he is going to make the situation GOOD FOR YOU.
I would be so curious to know what the hell the dude(s) who did the 'trim' were thinking....????
I love trees.
roguevalley (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-27-11 12:15 AM
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41. you certainly can murder a tree. I had a lovely blue spruce in
oregon that some ****er plucked the top out of. It died. Murder. some idiot poisoned a tree in I believe Austin, Texas that was historic. He ended up in prison over it. comparing a fruit or vegetable to the parent plant is not the same.
kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-27-11 01:04 AM
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52. Tree murder is shamefully common down here in Los Angeles.
It's not technically a crime, but it ought to be.
People are too cheap and lazy to consult an arborist (tree specialist with formal education to prove it) and instead just fire up the chain saw.
I call these chain saw massacres. Here in LA the immigrant crews that do it best like to strike in the heat of summer. That way the tree dies of stress, never having recovered. Then they don't have to mess with the damned thing anymore. They obviously consider trees mere nuisances.
burrowowl (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-27-11 01:11 AM
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58. Why? Why? Why?
Snipping an unborn child up with scissors and vacuuming them out of the womb is a "choice".
Cutting down a tree is "murder".
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-27-11 01:04 AM
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52. Tree murder Abortion is shamefully common down here in Los Angeles.
It's not technically a crime, but it ought to be.
Fixed!
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femrap (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-26-11 11:35 PM
Response to Original message
24. The crew who cut that beautiful tree
down should be FIRED or at least forced to pay for the new trees. Just was just pure sadism against Mother Nature's beauty.
I'm so glad the boss was sane and he is going to make the situation GOOD FOR YOU.
I would be so curious to know what the hell the dude(s) who did the 'trim' were thinking....????
I love trees.
And put a poor illegal out of work? Why you evil teabagger, repuke, rethuglican racist you! :hammer: :-)
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The utility guy instantly caught his breath, his face paled and he turned away, saying, "I've seen enough." He looked like he wanted to throw up.
:rotf: Stop it, you're killing me!
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The utility guy instantly caught his breath, his face paled and he turned away, saying, "I've seen enough." He looked like he wanted to throw up.
(http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/drunks_1/hilarious_drunk_and_wasted_people_30.gif)
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-27-11 01:04 AM
Response to Reply #36
52. Tree murder is shamefully common down here in Los Angeles.
It's not technically a crime, but it ought to be.
People are too cheap and lazy to consult an arborist (tree specialist with formal education to prove it) and instead just fire up the chain saw.
I call these chain saw massacres. Here in LA the immigrant crews that do it best like to strike in the heat of summer. That way the tree dies of stress, never having recovered. Then they don't have to mess with the damned thing anymore. They obviously consider trees mere nuisances.
So this week trees are higher than Hispanics on the grievance totem pole. Now if the crew was made up of gay-native americans, would kestrel#s head spin off trying to wrap his brain around which to support?
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If cutting down a tree is murder, why aren't these people moving out of their homes and apartments, which likely contain several hundred pine trees each?
These people are SPONSORS of tree murder on a MASSIVE scale!
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At least they got some firewood out of the deal...
Honestly, I'd be pretty mad if someone came along and whacked my tree like that, too, but for the love of God, it's a TREE! As has been mentioned, these are the same people that have no problem with this same thing happening to a living, moving human child. They're sick.
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Seriously, it'll grow back.
Speaking of which, I need to prune back the cherry and apple trees so they'll give me lots and lots and lots of fruit next year.
Mmmmmm...food, DUmmies. Yummy food, grown by me.
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"Slaughter"... :naughty:
"The skeleton"... :lmao:
"MURDER"!!! :rotf:
Hey DUmmie, that was a friggin' weed you moron. You should have sported the crew a dozen doughnuts for cleaning up your eyesore of a yard.
That was no tree. THIS is a tree~
(an insentient mass of wood, a renewable RESOURCE to be harvested for man's benefit)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n6ccZWvdRE[/youtube]
That's some big honkin' rip snortin' Stihl chainsaw pron right there!
(*no spotted owls were injured in the making of this video. They were killed outright.)
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Hey DUmmies, I hear these folks will help you come over and mourn...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G880gxjj9dI[/youtube]
Meanwhile, I'll be playing a little song outside your drum circle or circlejerk or whatever the **** it is ya'll do before you get stoned to the bejesus:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmfhkKAfxmk[/youtube]
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At least it wasn't a Christmas tree! :rotf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL_0CTd7rw8