Have You Ever.........
@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
June 28, 2017 9:31am CST
Used your car as a step ladder? Well, being the kind of girl that will use anything as a means to an end, I did. My driveway is 750 feet long (228.6 meters). Along the one side of the drive now belongs to a guy that I sold an acre of land to and the tree branches were getting to the point that they were drooping half-way over my driveway and causing a problem for anybody trying to go up my drive.
I called him to discuss it and he said he didn't have the time to do it, so I asked him if it was okay if I did it. Well, of course he was gonna say yes. Soooo, being that the branches would not have supported a regular ladder (since I only have a 20 ft. (6.096 meter) that is just a straight ladder, I had to figure out how I was gonna do it.
I drove the car up under the first tree and with the cutters climbed onto the roof of my car and started chopping away. It took over 1 1/2 to do all 7 trees. By the time I got done, my back was screaming. Between cutting, getting off the car to haul the branches into the woods, going to the next tree, crawling back up and cutting some more....well, you get the idea.
Ingenuity....works every time.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
Well, I did have one pop me in the jaw @Kandae11 , but it wasn't too bad.
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@popciclecold (35111)
• United States
28 Jun 17
Sounds like a lot of work. But good you got it done.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
I don't think I want to get stuck having to do it again that's for sure @Nawsheen . Wearing a Tommy Copper back brace and laying down for a while did help.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
28 Jun 17
Too bad that neighbor wouldn't do it, but that is typical.
Glad you did not hurt yourself, but like me, you have to do it yourself. Same here. No one else is going to do it.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
29 Jun 17
@nanette64 I bet I would be amazed at the stuff you have done Nanette. Bless you..You are a strong woman.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jun 17
@TiarasOceanView Daddy always had 2 statements that he used: "Figure it out" and "Suck it up."
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jun 17
You'd be surprised at some of the stuff I've had to do and figure out @TiarasOceanView . Built a ramp into the haybarn so I could wheel bales of hay into it. Nailed up 4'x8' sheets of MDF on the donkeys lean-to. (that one was tricky).
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
28 Jun 17
@nanette64 I used to do this kind of things, until the day my husband caught me on the border of the balcony trying to clean the under roof. He got a scare and now he does not let me do anything at all.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
Well since I haven't robbed a bank lately or stood on a street corner with a glass jar, I couldn't afford to have someone else do it @LadyDuck . And who knows how long it would have taken for him to get around to it. I wore a pair of tennis shoes with good rubber. I am afraid of heights but "ya gotta do what ya gotta do."
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
28 Jun 17
Hey Nanette, I believe you are a regular female Macgyver. You go girl!
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
28 Jun 17
@nanette64 I can! having lived on my own on 5acres halfway between Buffalo and Jewett TX. A person gets inventive (and is required to) in such circumstances.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
You can just imagine what I can do with a roll of Duct Tape can't you @blitzfrick ?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jun 17
@blitzfrick You got that right. I'm surprised we never met considering I live in Fairfield.
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
28 Jun 17
My heart is pounding just thinking about that!! Hope that your back has stopped screaming! You need a nice long hot shower...
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jun 17
It wasn't easy that's for sure @Hate2Iron . After the nap a shower definitely happened.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
28 Jun 17
It might be ingenuity - but also dangerous. No way would I eve do that even I was young!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
Oh heck, if I was younger I would have climbed the trees @AbbyGreenhill . 
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Jun 17
It was exhaustive and painful @jaboUK but as the saying goes, "Gitter done."
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@Tampa_girl7 (49010)
• United States
28 Jun 17
You were creative in getting the job done
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
I knew a car was good for something besides driving @Tampa_girl7 .
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
28 Jun 17
i am proud of you, that sounds like quite a lot of work, but i understand why you had to do it...women power
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
Aww shucks, thank you @hostessman . Women Power: ya jest never know what we can do.
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
28 Jun 17
Certainly sounds like back-breaking work and I probably would have fallen off the car so not something I would have attempted. However, you are probably happy to get rid of all those branches
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Jun 17
Probably not a smart move for someone 66 with back injuries @Marilynda1225 . Coming up the drive this morning though, it looked great,
