In The News...

[kevin bingham]

California tree trimmer charged in deadly throat-slashings

Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of the small city of Oroville, was charged on Wednesday with murder, attempted murder and arson.

www.nbcnews.com

damn.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Jeebus.

 

[lxskllr]

That's why I do my own treework. Ya never know...

Dude's a weirdo.

 

[Bodean]

Holy guacamole!

 

[cory]

No doubt he was a shitty "tree trimmer"

 

[treesmith]

The victims may have said so...and word got to him...

 

[BlackSmith]

Odd that it is stressed in every news article that he is a tree trimmer...

 

[treesmith]

Odd that news can't just be news anymore without an agenda. Wouldn't have mattered if he was plumber or roofer.

 

[Mick!]

I think that he went back and slashed people where he had been working makes what he does more relevant.
Plus that he uses sharp tools in his job gives it a ‘Friday the 13th’ vibe.

The only agenda is selling papers and clicks, nothing against tree guys.

 

[Raj]

Huge 2ft 'machete' discovered in garden yards from busy street

The large blade was found at the back of a business parade in Birmingham Road

www.birminghammail.co.uk

 

[FireFighterZero]

I think that he went back and slashed people where he had been working makes what he does more relevant.
Plus that he uses sharp tools in his job gives it a ‘Friday the 13th’ vibe.

The only agenda is selling papers and clicks, nothing against tree guys.

Sure there is.

Computer coders would never do such a thing.

They are educated.

 

[treesmith]

Huge 2ft 'machete' discovered in garden yards from busy street

The large blade was found at the back of a business parade in Birmingham Road

www.birminghammail.co.uk

And there you have it, folks! "News"...... Somehow that differs from any machete I have ever seen. And if a Zubat is "fearsome", what would they call an Ibuki? Methinks Nick Horner best stay indoors. Outdoors may be too violent for him.....

 

[lxskllr]

Dunno, it would be a terrifying weapon. You don't even have to have good contact to tear someone up. That said, that's some shit journalism there. Even if you somehow don't know what a machete looks like(!), you could type the clearly marked trademark into a search engine, and it'll tell you everything you want to know about a Silky Zubat, including where you might find one if someone dropped it...

 

[Mick!]

Sure there is.

Computer coders would never do such a thing.

They are educated.

Yeah sure, it’s prejudiced against blue collar, tax paying white folks.
Offendotrons activated!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Did you go to school Mick?

 

[Mick!]

No.
I was raised by goats.

 

[Mellow]

A Zubat with a two-foot blade?

 

[treesmith]

Meh...if you're going to lie about the perp's race, may as well lie about his height!

 

[lxskllr]

They just said 2'. It's a lot scarier if you include the hilt into the measurement ;^)

 

[FireFighterZero]

No.
I was raised by goats.

Seems you chose your career wisely then.

 

[treesmith]

I'd have to go measure my machete...not sure about the blade length. As to "fearsome-ness"....I wager one would fare better with the Zubat with just a swing or two as opposed to a razor-sharp machete. It'd chew and tear something awful, but the machete could take a limb off....(no pun intended...) I know I've lopped off 3/4" stuff with one whack right after sharpening it. The Zubat won't do that.

 

[Mick!]

The silky blade thing found in Birmingham is a mistake by the police, who are unaware of what it is, why is that such a big deal?

 

[lxskllr]

My machete has a 22" blade. My old one was 24", but just a hair too long. I *highly* recommend the Ontario D handle machete. I also recommend wearing a glove on the machete hand, cause it can beat the shit out of your knuckles.

 

[Mellow]

It's indicative of the larger problem with "news" today. The truth doesn't matter any more. Getting more hits and creating fear is the goal.

 

[treesmith]

And folks think American cops are bad..... Who would trust their law enforcement to people that stupid?