Originally Posted by
Kris Kringle
Wonder if their home owners insurance will cover the damages if some Idiot comes out with a Wal-Mart chainsaw to cut it down?
That idiot was me in my youth with a rental saw, funnier than all get out, long driveway one tree leaning over the driveway while the other in an opposite direction. Climbed the tree tied a rope half ways up then started a cut to put some weight into it figuring that when I cut the one over the driveway they would both fall into the field - wrong.
Home owner comes out saying here drier quit, I say power line is down she says OK I'll phone hydro, I tell her the telephone is out next she says that she will drive over to the neighbors, sorry you will have to walk a tree is blocking your driveway. Took the power lines and telephone down, split an apple tree in half clear to the ground , took out the barb wire fence then had the chain saw bar pinched.
Yup chainsaw for hire, Homelite rental thoroughly screwed, while she was over chatting up the neighbors and making that call to hydro to repair the lines, I managed to free to saw, tossed my tools into an old 56 Bettle I had for wheels and beat it out of there before her old man came home. Never went back to ask for my pay.
That goes back a very long time in history. See even I'm not perfect.
Regards
Gustavus
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