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[Fiddler]

I liked it too. Very correct in description.

 

[Maximalist]

Christ is Risen!

 

[Buddy]

счастливой Пасхи

 

[Dave Shepard]

Old news.

 

[Levi]

Anyone have a link to an article detailing Christ's transformation into an giant rabbit that lays colorful eggs?

 

[MasterBlaster]

,

 

[Levi]

 

[Levi]

This is cool.

https://www.cnet.com/news/solar-powered-water-harvester-mit/

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[FireFighterZero]

http://kstp.com/news/search-warrants-prince-death-investigation-unsealed/4456240/

 

[Levi]

God bless cannabis!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/debrab...jobs-than-manufacturing-by-2020/#27b567033fa9

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've been saying that for decades!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Wow, and the young guy had it made.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/04/19/aaron-hernandez-commits-suicide-in-prison/

 

[MasterBlaster]

He must have really hated the prison food.

 

[BlackSmith]

Thug life and all that, I have no shits to give...

 

[MasterBlaster]

I sure hope the damn thing misses us!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

1.098733 Million Miles, I highly doubt it.

 

[MasterBlaster]

On the scale of our galaxy/universe, it's really a close shave.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

True, on a universal scale.

We lost another worker on these tree removals ..... seems like one a week of late.
As I hear it, the tree was supposed to be craned out (I know the guy that marked it and the neighbouring trees) and the crew/Co. decided to rig it down. It broke below the climber and it and the climber went through the primaries.
http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/9575-tuolumne-county-sheriff-department-releases-identity-of-deceased-tree-trimmer

 

[Tree09]

sounds like they tried to catch a 20 foot top on a marginal tree, and accidently didn't let it run? What diameter would that be, 6-8" at the cut?

 

[CoreyYLTG]

That's a shame.

 

[Raj]

Sad news.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

sounds like they tried to catch a 20 foot top on a marginal tree, and accidently didn't let it run? What diameter would that be, 6-8" at the cut?

Sounds about the right range for his topping cut. The picture of the spar looks like it broke at 20-24" diameter well below him. Trying to read the markings..... hell could have been at 28"

 

[Tree09]

That is horrible. What would cause it to break way down there? Punky rotten wood? How would he have known?

 

[cory]

That is truly awful, but thanks for posting/raising awareness.

Are the dying trees in your area prone to being punky/ rotten as they stand there ( as opposed to many oaks, for example, which tend to become rock hard meaning the boles are rarely a problem but of course the roots eventually rot out leading to tip over of the spar).

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Pine, as it dries, tends to be brittle by it's very nature with grain that is not real tight. Ponderosa is not as strong as Doug fir. Add fungus, dry weather, then add rain for weight. You see these 130' trees break in half. Climber and crew had no business negative rigging a dead tree like this. Like I stated, the tree was assessed by an LTO for a crane as was the whole street for line clearance. All of them on that stretch of street.
They ignored the protocol. SO was it inexperience or grabbing crane money.