How'd it go today?

[FireFighterZero]

Good job Dad!

Happy girls are best, the other side if the coin can be trouble.

 

[Raj]

Nice pics.

Most things are closed today, Family Day.

 

[squisher]

Stephen. You look grumpy in that pic. Gotta smile man!

 

[woodworkingboy]

I'd say less grumpy looking than resigned to tasks.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Driving with a task at hand with tourists driving 55kph instead of 55mph....

 

[squisher]

Lol. I'd have been furious!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Stoopid metric system!

 

[stig]

Does work well the other way round, when Danes get stopped for speeding in the US.
We do 80 km/hr on main roads here.

Sorry, officer, I got confused for a moment.

 

[FireFighterZero]

The whole time you are probably using your thickest accent!

Not too big a problem here, 70 on the two lane, 75 on the interstate. Might even be 80 now, been a long time since I was on an interstate.

 

[Limbrat]

I guess I got confused today too. Customer told me on the phone last week which trees he wanted removed as he couldn't meet me at the time, "pecan at the corner of the house, dead/dying oak tree by the fence". I was looking at them, described exactly where they were, what they looked like, he said "yes, that's them". Got the pecan down first thing this morning, moved into the oak, started bombing limbs and I hear, "Hey, you're in the wrong tree!" Whoops. The "right" tree wasn't even close to the fence. I told him I wouldn't charge him for the limb job.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

People don't listen well. If in doubt, on a removal, have them spray paint it, or tie a string, or a flag, or something. People sometimes confuse the left for the right. A garden fence may not be 'the fence', only the lot-line fence is 'the fence' or other dum things. Most people just think the pecan is the brown stick with green leaves, much like the oak is the brown stick with green leaves.

Even when you're totally right in the situation, and they are wrong, it still works out better, IMO.

Someone said recently that MacArthur said that instructions can't just be understandable, they have to be not misunderstandable.

Hope it worked out well enough. Did you bring any wood glue?

 

[Mick!]

Misunderstandings happen, a piece of ribbon or the like tied to the intended victim has avoided problems for me in the past.

 

[Limbrat]

Hope it worked out well enough. Did you bring any wood glue?

Yeah it all worked out and the tree actually looked better (except for the hook marks). I'm sure I'll be back to take down that tree anyway, it's definitely on the way out and my spikes probably did nothing to rejuvenate it.

 

[Steve Mack]

Glad it worked out ok. Happened to me once, old client called and said take the Nicholii in the front down and grind the stump. I turned up there's a Black Wattle and a Nicholii, so I took it down. Pretty common, crappy trees. He rang me that night and went off saying I did the wrong tree, things didn't go too well then.

He turned up at my house about six months later with the money and a written apology, evidently he was a bit mixed up.

 

[Steve Mack]

I was thinking how boring it was today until I started thinking of Nicholii's. They planted them all around here in the 60's and 70's but not too many around now, I've done hundreds of them. Terrible things to clean up, full of dead stuff and things that bite & sting. Don't miss doing them.

Makes today seem not so bad. Another hedge lowering job, another dodging wasp day. Paper wasps this time, that's three types in three weeks. Yellows Jackets, the unknown yellow peril loner and paper wasps today. My little can of petrol trick again.

 

[squisher]

Paper wasps are pretty tame. Atleast around my locale.

 

[August Hunicke]

Same here ^^^

 

[MasterBlaster]

They aren't as aggressive but when disturbed they will still sting the shit outta you!

 

[Mick!]

Tricky ivy covered ash to do, lots of lowering over power lines and such.
Was meant to take away all the wood but a passing farmer was buttonholed and couldn't believe his luck, took it all away for free.
If you don't ask you don't get!
Only a before shot, too tired/busy during the job for a storyboard.

 

[Limbrat]

Yes they will Butch, several different species here and they all hurt.
That was a nasty looking dude to work out over that open wire secondary Mick. All it takes with the open wire is a little bump and you've got trouble. Viney trees can sure raise the aggravation level too. Do you have any poison in the ivy over there Mick?

 

[Mick!]

No thankfully, I've never encountered it.

 

[pantheraba]

Evil looking tree, Mick. Don't envy you...but we all need more farmers like that stopping by.

 

[Mick!]

I tell you what, I enjoyed it, not spectacular but challenging without being intimidating, weather was chilly and bright, all self lowered, boys were fairly brisk around the ground, very nicely priced and picked up another job from the neighbour.
Then back in time for a sneaky Game of Thrones before the wife got home!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Yeah, we are not all bad. Some are even less opinionated than I am!

 

[Mick!]

Yeah, we are not all bad. Some are even less opinionated than I am!

As the son and grandson of a farmer I know that they have many things I can use.

1. Space to put stuff and plenty of it.
2. Horsepower and plenty of it.
3. They love a freebie.
4. They love a chat, often on their own all day. A handshake and a smile can make your day a lot easier.
5. Catch them at the right time of year they've got time to help.