In mourning for a tree...

[skybytch 273]

When I drove out to the dz this morning, there was a beautiful, healthy tree in front of my house. It provided wonderful shade to the front of the house in the mornings and to the car parked underneath it all day long. It also provided a lot of privacy.

When I got back home from the dz four hours later, it was gone.

I knew they were doing "tree work" around here today. I was even nice enough to ask the tree cutter guys if I needed to move anything else so they'd have room to work. Neither management nor the tree cutter guys said a damn thing about taking out our tree. And once again I was too trusting and didn't sit here while they worked so I could have maybe done something about it.

Not only that, the tree cutter guys also destroyed part of my tomato garden. WTF?

You should all feel VERY sorry for the manager here. She's going to get an earful from me. As soon as I can speak without having to scream "FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!!!" after every sentence (I'm doing better now, it was "FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!!" after every other word).

Sigh.

[k-dubjumps 0]

I'm sorry for your loss. You should make them plant a full sized replacement and reimburse you for your garden too.

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DPH #3
D.S. #16 FAG #12 Muff Brother #4406

[skybytch 273]

Nah. Considering how empty this place is, it'll be way more painful for them if we just move out.

[bullin82 0]

i would have hem give you the cash for a full sized replacment...thats a new rig

[skybytch 273]

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thats a new rig

I can think of at least 15 things other than skydiving equipment to spend that kind of money on.

[k-dubjumps 0]

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thats a new rig

I can think of at least 15 things other than skydiving equipment to spend that kind of money on.

Them is fightin' words!

Adrenaline is my crack

DPH #3
D.S. #16 FAG #12 Muff Brother #4406

[skybytch 273]

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Them is fightin' words!

Another nice thing about not quitting skydiving 15 years ago ( - ducking for cover) is that over the years I've managed to collect a gearbag full of stuff that works perfectly for me. I have no need for anything else, or even anything new.

A new rig is almost a year's tuition on the way to a bachelors degree. Or a cheap car. Or a motorcycle. Or a real nice vacation - that we could take our rigs on.

[shermanator 4]

is this a tree on the apartment managements property? If so, then I don't think you have any right to yell at them for removing it.

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[skybytch 273]

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is this a tree on the apartment managements property?

Not apartments.

[Snowwhite 0]

It takes dozens or even hundreds of years for a tree to grow, and seconds to cut it down. Unfortunately, it takes hours to prune it properly. Hence the f^&*ing A$$hole approach. You are right to be pissed.

Wish I had tomatoes, but I do have LOTS of shade..

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[Royd 0]

I went on an 8 month trip, about 10 years ago. About 2 months, before I got home, I got a call from the neighbors, that the right of way contractors, hired by the electric co-op had cut down two of my pear trees.

When I got home, I saw that they had just taken them off, at the ground, and they reverted to their wild stock, which was totally useless.. They barely touched the neighbor's large bushes, in the same vicinity.

They also put their bucket over my fence, and butchered one of the most beautiful Magnolia trees, I've ever seen, just because the power line ran through it.

No discretion, no respect.

[DJL 235]

You see, the tree really pulled the yard together.

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[skybytch 273]

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You see, the tree really pulled the yard together.

Heh. It did! It was the centerpiece, around which all else rotated and depended.

And now it's a stump.

Which brings me to a question for anyone who might know... If they "had to" take it out cuz it's threatening the sewer pipes or breaking the sidewalk, shouldn't they remove the stump too?