DieselDave
Super Moderator,
Are the \"snowbirds\" right?
Last night I came home to a 10-12"" thick and 20' long limb hanging from one of my pine trees. It's large enough that if it fell on you there be serious injury involved. The lowest part was still about 4' off the ground. My son found it very entertaining to swing the limb whenever he could sneak out of the house. Needless to say I had to cut the limb off so here's the story. I tied a rope to it and pulled it, no good. I tied two ropes to it and my wife and I pulled, no good. I tied three ropes to it and pulled it with the truck until the ropes snapped, no good. I finally got out a pole saw and cut it off about 10' above the ground. At some point the rest of the limb will fall (the heavy part) but at least it's no longer an attractive nuisance. All those methods only took about 30 minutes but I was completely soaking wet with sweat when I finished even though it was 9PM.
Although it's tough to see, the point of my story is the snowbirds who leave the south during the summer are the smart ones. It's so sticky-hot already I just hate it.
This is the now the official 2004 "how bad is the heat in your neck of the woods and high humidity is not your friend so I feel a need to whine", thread. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Last night I came home to a 10-12"" thick and 20' long limb hanging from one of my pine trees. It's large enough that if it fell on you there be serious injury involved. The lowest part was still about 4' off the ground. My son found it very entertaining to swing the limb whenever he could sneak out of the house. Needless to say I had to cut the limb off so here's the story. I tied a rope to it and pulled it, no good. I tied two ropes to it and my wife and I pulled, no good. I tied three ropes to it and pulled it with the truck until the ropes snapped, no good. I finally got out a pole saw and cut it off about 10' above the ground. At some point the rest of the limb will fall (the heavy part) but at least it's no longer an attractive nuisance. All those methods only took about 30 minutes but I was completely soaking wet with sweat when I finished even though it was 9PM.
Although it's tough to see, the point of my story is the snowbirds who leave the south during the summer are the smart ones. It's so sticky-hot already I just hate it.
This is the now the official 2004 "how bad is the heat in your neck of the woods and high humidity is not your friend so I feel a need to whine", thread. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
