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[stig]

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.

Well, they certainly scared the shit out of me.
But then commies scare easy.
If you bothered to read below the fearsome picture, they wrote " machete".
Kinda indicates that they are not buying it............or?

 

[Nutball]

The quotes let them say what they want without getting in trouble.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Did you go to school Mick?

Sure he did. Started out for a career in dentistry but became a tree surgeon instead.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I am sure they are proud.

Hey look! Our two sons!

One is a doctor!

The other? Oh.....he trims hedges or something.


We had such high hopes........

 

[gf beranek]

I kind of like that guys video. For its straight up nature. A unique look into the trials and tribulations of the contemporary tree tramp today. Which really hasn't changed much since I started. And also it represents a broad base of the gross work force in the industry.

The means by which we do our work change but our nature of how we face the challenge will always be different for all.

What marvelous things technology has given us. A garbageman is now a Sanitation Engineer. A tree-tramp, dare say a treeman, gypsy is now an Arborist., and the proverbial med student who finished last in her class is a Doctor.

Technology changes by leaps and bounds! ... but human nature sure doesn't.

 

[cory]

Great post, Jerr.

Re verbiage, I always thought a tree tramp was a tree guy or logger who tended to continually bounce from outfit to outfit, as opposed to tree tramp being just another term for a tree guy, a guy who cuts trees for a living.

If the latter is accurate, then hey, I'm a tree tramp. I kinda like that

 

[Mellow]

I'm an Oak-Man, with Euc-Man tendencies. ~Credit to Don Blair for the terminology.

 

[cory]

I'm a gnarly skinny black birch sapling growing out of a crack in a 90' cliff-Man

 

[Tree09]

I'm a mulberry man, or maybe a bottle tree one

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I dabble

 

[Mick!]

I am sure they are proud.

Hey look! Our two sons!

One is a doctor!

The other? Oh.....he trims hedges or something.


We had such high hopes........

I’m fairly confident you’re trying to take the piss, I don’t see how if I’m honest.

I doubt you’ll clarify it, but if you did, that’d be great.

 

[kevin bingham]

First federally declared water shortage projected for Lake Mead

Lake Mead is still expected to experience its first federally declared water shortage next year, a recently released federal study shows.

www.reviewjournal.com

this is kind of a pretty big deal. the beginning of the end of the west as we know it.

 

[lxskllr]

Who could have predicted a metropolis in the desert could fail?

 

[Bodean]

The west is drying up.... Lake Nicasio in Marin is a reservoir.. almost dry..
The Lake that is used for Mexico City is very low.

The SW in 50 years is gonna be a bit more sparse.

we need to go underground go dig dug!

Henny Penny

 

[Tree09]

X 100000000

 

[CurSedVoyce]

The west is drying up.... Lake Nicasio in Marin is a reservoir.. almost dry..
The Lake that is used for Mexico City is very low.

The SW in 50 years is gonna be a bit more sparse.

we need to go underground go dig dug!

Henny Penny

Romans had that figured years ago. When in arid climate. Dig dug.

 

[cory]

Whatdyya mean about digging and the romans?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Underground water storage

 

[stig]

Well, the problem is that you've almost used that up.
Your aquifers are running empty.

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[cory]

Yes my understanding was the aquifers in Cali are running dry due to heavy ag use.

 

[kevin bingham]

The west is drying up.... Lake Nicasio in Marin is a reservoir.. almost dry..
The Lake that is used for Mexico City is very low.

The SW in 50 years is gonna be a bit more sparse.

we need to go underground go dig dug!

Henny Penny

mexico is in a world of trouble with water. that wall is going to have to be a mile high here in a minute.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You guys are still not getting it. Yes, the natural aquifers (especially underground lake type) are suffering. The point I think Deva was making (and I definately am) is that our above ground storage is lossy and sould be underground.
The next idea they have are little black plastic balls that slow the evap.
Underground, you reclaim the condensation

 

[Mellow]

Yes my understanding was the aquifers in Cali are running dry due to heavy ag use.

I knew it! It's all those dang vegetarians!

 

[kevin bingham]

Drought in Mexico reaches critical levels as lakes dry up

Authorities fear that once-thriving bodies of water that served surrounding communities may turn into dusty plains.

www.aljazeera.com

aj has some of the best reporting on environment issues.

 

[treesmith]

People amaze me with their waste, be it water, electricity, gas, whatever. I go by homes all the time where “Every Light in the House is On”. Folks waste water and gas with the same abandon. I use no more of any of them than I have to.