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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Link to original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0BLsYRfgHWI Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | ||
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I think my brother must be in there somewhere... "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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I have almost every tool known to man, but a chainsaw is not among them. This video is one reason why.... If you can sing "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK...", you haven't been working as a lumberjack for very long. Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry "Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) | |||
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You too can be a Lumberjack! It is interesting to know that many Americans think they can fell a tree with no problem. If I recall correctly cutting trees is among the most dangerous profession in the world. | |||
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Knocked the ladder out with me on it? Yep. Pulled a stump through the truck window? Yep. I’m convinced if you play with trees long enough, you’ll be qualified for this video. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
I couldn’t watch the whole thing. I got to laughing so hard. I can barely breathe as it is. Does that make me a bad person? Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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The funniest one to me was the guy pulling the stump with his truck. Yep, he got it! JALLEN, if so, we are both bad people. Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry "Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) | |||
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In every one of these there was someone standing nearby with a video camera or cellphone. I would bet that the far greater number of these instances are NOT filmed because the genius doesn't think there is anything worth filming...  "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Schadenfreude. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
And they walked away...not. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
Some of those could be called 'the tree strikes back'. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
I watched most of those scenarios. Do not recall seeing any one of them that had cut notches to direct the fall of the tree. Cut a freaking notch on the side where you want it to fall. Cut on the opposite side of that notch! Seems simple enough. On a scale of 1-10 of stupid, most of those guys rate a 100. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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Trees have a brain and it is angry. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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To all of you who are serving or have served our country, Thank You |
Man I would not have done some (many) of the things I see in that youtube that way. Some of those guys are very luckey! Having grown up in a PNW logging town in the 1960s & 1970s. Learned enough about chainsaws & trees to tell you they both demand respect and full attention because they are not always predictable. Lost one friend 4 years out of high school (tree splinters through the heart) was not there. Have seen 3 different people cut them self with a chainsaw. It happens fast, like in the blink of an eye fast. It is not a good thing to see. | |||
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Yes, if the tree is straight. Unfortunately... a notch often isn't enough if the weight distribution is not in the direction you want to go. Sometimes you have to rope it high and pull it in the direction of your notch while cutting the opposite side of your notch. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Falling trees is an art. I've done my fair share. Even with quite a bit of experience, sometimes it goes wrong. I had to replace a neighbor's fence once because I did not read the tree properly and even though I had done everything else right, it came down on the fence. dang. Still cost less than paying a service.  You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
I've dropped a few and generally know which ones not to mess with. That's not to say I couldn't get bit, I know better than that. The ones that scare hell out of me are the ones that are rotten on the inside with no indication of it on the outside. Couple of examples of that in the video and there's just no predicting where they're gonna go when the trunk splits. I've got a leaner down behind the barn that really needs to come out, but it's already hung up in the top of another tree (both poplars, aka Big Fucking Weeds) and I can't see a way to do it either predictably or safely. Plus it's VERY close to the barn and if it rolls on the stump, I'm screwed. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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A chainsaw can be a very useful and beneficial tool, or it can be directly responsible for your early exit from this world. You have to plan every cut, look at the weight distribution of the limbs (mass) of the tree above you, any bend or twist in the trunk, obvious weak spots, dead or hanging limbs, the felling path, obstructions, etc. Unless you are a professional and do this for a living you better over plan and assure that you take more precautions than you think necessary. One mistake and you're going to have a bad day. one of the most useful tools I've learned for felling in a tight area is a porta-power jack. - cut your front notch, - start your back cut and stop at 25% or a bar width - Cut a small upside down notch above your back cut sufficient to anchor the porta-power ram - Place the porta-power ram on a stabilized base and extend to engage the notch, apply some pressure - Continue your back cut, if someone can help you they can start pumping as you do the back cut - Stop the back cut at about 90% remove saw and get clear - Pump the port-a-power and the ram will push the tree over in the desired direction NOTE: Once the trunk snaps free of the stump it can still rotate, but unless it is heavily loaded on one side with branches it will rotate on its axis as it drops If you're early in the pumping and see the tree going off center, often you can stop, release pressure slowly and the tree will stand back up a bit or just stop. You can then CAREFULLY adjust your front notch and back cut. My dad and I learned this little trick from a professional tree service working at a neighbors decades ago and have used it successfully many times in fairly tight quarters. The key is SLOW. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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| To all of you who are serving or have served our country, Thank You |
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