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True that.
But most jobs don't get left behind as a monument to your skill and dedication.

I pass a large Horse chestnut every day, that me and my partner did a heavy trim on long ago ( My first SRT job, that long ago!)
in order to let sunlight in to the owner's newly installed solar cells.
It was difficult to take off enough and still make the tree look good and be sound.
We pulled it off, and I get this little boost of joy, every time I pass it.
 
It's nice working with tangible things. It's a physical monument of the work you did. A lot of people don't have that, and that kind of sucks. Nothing to point to for the effort expended.
 
It's nice working with tangible things. It's a physical monument of the work you did. A lot of people don't have that, and that kind of sucks. Nothing to point to for the effort expended.
It is. I hope no one else ever has more than 30 years of tangible evidence of hard work just burn up in three days. That sux bigtime...still hurts to think about.
 
Yup...thanks. All road access to that part of the Nation Forest is still closed, so I haven't yet had to decide if or when I might punish myself even more with a personal visit. Looking at some overflight vids was pretty harsh, that I can report.
 
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There have always been Aholes, there always will be.

Nowadays there are fewer Aholes percentage-wise but they have far stronger technology now so it can seem like they are more pervasive
 
It is. I hope no one else ever has more than 30 years of tangible evidence of hard work just burn up in three days. That sux bigtime...still hurts to think about.


Yours burned.
Mine was " Rewilded"
Let me tell you, that hurts just as much.
Stands that I planted 40 years ago, have 90% of the trees cut down, so the rest can turn into " Nature".

Quite honestly, Burnham.
I'm longing for a good forest fire to set things right.
 
I can relate. In the 1980's I planted 10's of thousands of 3-gallon pine trees along Interstate 75 as mitigation for various FDOT projects. I've watched them grow and thrive over the years but nearly all have been removed recently in the name of progress; adding traffic lanes, enlarging exit ramps, etc.
Many of them had reached heights of 50 to 60 feet or more.
 
A very interesting video and poster commentary:

The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces



Now, with the frantic daily irrational propaganda blitz demonizing Vladimir Putin and the Russians, here is a brief documentary program that will not be airing on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, PBS, CBS, FOX, or on Social Media platforms. It shows the deep-seated nationalist reverence the patriotic and traditionalist Russian people have had for their unique combination of reverential Orthodox religious faith and honoring their military. Watch it with a sincere effort to understand this aspect of the Russian people that our elite regime media does not want you to know or comprehend.


“The erection of temples dedicated to victories in wars and battles is a long Russian tradition. Paradoxically, there has been no temple dedicated to the victory in one of the most terrible and bloody war in their history – the Great Patriotic War — where 27 million Soviet citizens died during WWII. Now these events will be immortalized in the orthodox history of Russia – the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces in the Patriot Park will become a reminder of that. Every piece of the new shrine bears the memory of tragic events and glorious victories: bas-reliefs on the facade depict episodes of the most important battles; stained glass windows are decorated with state and military awards instead of classic saints, the number of steps in memorial complex called Memory Road around the Cathedral corresponds to the number of days of the war. It has taken a year and a half for architects, builders and artists to implement this concept – phenomenally short time for such a fundamental construction. What modern technologies helped to meet the allotted time? What are the most courageous decisions of the architects? And most importantly, what was the contribution made by ordinary people and soldiers?”
 
Ain’t nothing primitive about it. That’s cutting edge! And in the end it will run just fine. I’ve seen these trucks over there that are nothing more than two frame rails an engine four tires and a steering wheel with a seat. Imaging a cab and chassis with no cab going down the road.
 
I watched the whole thing. Fascinating.

Every little shop on the street is a specialist in some part of the process.

What we throw away they can make work again.

By the way, what's a popular 3 cylinder Pakistani ICE these days?
 
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