It's an Arboreal Conspiracy

@p1kef1sh (45681)
February 28, 2009 9:51am CST
A couple of weeks ago I donned by thick plaid shirt. My steel capped boots. Put on my hard hat, eye protectors and ear defenders. Grabbing my trusty saw I went and felled a cherry tree in my back garden which had started to threaten the fence with my neighbour. From the ground it looked quite small. So away I went, lopping off branches until at last the trunk was bare and then I sawed and T...I...M...B...E...R! Once on the ground it became huge. I have sawn and hacked and ground. Still the darn tree is there. I will not be beaten, but I am starting to feel that this is some kind of conspiracy to serve me right for chopping it down in the first place. Are the trees fighting back? I'm a lumberjack and I'm NOT OK!
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• United States
28 Feb 09
*LOL* Sorry, that is all I have to say. It just struck me as funny. Muuuuaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
Pffftt!!! LOL.
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• United States
28 Feb 09
Heeheee.
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@sid556 (30953)
• United States
1 Mar 09
let me guess....and you do not tell lies.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
1 Mar 09
Nope not never Sid. I'm like the first George W and cannot. LOL.
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@nannacroc (4049)
28 Feb 09
Not the trees but the tree spirits are fighting back. Did you apologise to them and explain why you were cutting the tree down? If you didn't then you only have yourself to blame and will be removing cherry tree stumps for years to come.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
I shall get out there first thing in the morning Nanna. You are so wise!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
28 Feb 09
Hmmmm it certainly sounds like it I guess I would to if someone tried to shrink me in Size I am already little I can't afford to get any smaller lol Maybe you need to have a talk to it and explain that it will stay healthy and look pretty if it lets you trim it xxxx
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
But I'd be lying Gabs. I've already cut it down. It just needs to be in manageable portions now. XXXX
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
28 Feb 09
LOL! I love that song! Do you have a fireplace that you can burn that wood in? It would smell so good!! If you have neighbors with fireplaces, offer them the wood if they'll cut it up and haul it away. That will spare you the trouble and aggravation of cutting it all up!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
I do have a fireplace - three in fact. I do intend to keep some of the main wood for burning, but it's the smaller stuff that taking the time. My neighbour does have a wood burner so I guess that I could offer him some if I get fed up. Good idea.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
28 Feb 09
You are in cobat dress .But the trees have inherent  power to resist themselves.But they have to surrender to human's cruelty.Trees fight back for their existence.It's not arboreal conspiracy.It's a human conspiracy.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
LOL. I like that concept Bhansub. That's it. I, the human, started it, this is how they fight back.
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@mummymo (23706)
28 Feb 09
ERm soory p1ke but after visualising you as a lumberjack I kind of got distracted and couldn't really concentrate on what else you said! Any cahnce of a lovely pic of lumberjack p1ke?????? Pleaassseeeee xxxxxx
@mummymo (23706)
28 Feb 09
Oh well I shall just have to keep fantasising with the mental images then..... xxxxxx
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
Just imagine my six pack stomach slightly oily with my fresh sweat. It's there somewhere under the padding that some call fat! LOL. XXXX
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
I'd like to oblige Mummymo. But I can't get the shirt over the bra! LOL. XXXX
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• Regina, Saskatchewan
28 Feb 09
Nature's way of telling you, you are NO George Washington and will never be President of the United States! Bummer.
• Regina, Saskatchewan
28 Feb 09
Make me an honorary Brit and I'll sing up under ya! ROFL
• Regina, Saskatchewan
28 Feb 09
You realize that 'sing' should have been 'sign'? LOL Some soldier I'd make! ROFL
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
Darn it Sparky. I'll just have to start a war instead! XXXX
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@ellie333 (21016)
28 Feb 09
ah Pikey, Poor tree, poor you, no beautiful cherry blossom no cherry pies no wonder the tree is fighting back. Wish I still had an open fire as I would have grabbed the logs from you. Keep at it, it you will get there in the end. Huggles. Ellie :D
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
Not that kind of cherry Ellie. This is an ornamental one. Quite pretty in spring but the rest of the time a nuisance. I have lots of them. They spring up all over.
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@ellie333 (21016)
28 Feb 09
Shows how greenfingered I am NOT LOL, idn't realise there was more than one type! xx
• Canada
1 Mar 09
My hubby wears that everyday. So funny! Couldn't you use the pieces for furniture around a firepit in the summer?
@p1kef1sh (45681)
1 Mar 09
Furniture in our garden! Heavens what a novel thought! LOL. I might dig a fire pit though.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
2 Mar 09
If I make it, it will be very basic indeed!
• Canada
1 Mar 09
Yeah, something really rustic (read: simple, basic) and natural. Have you ever seen a "Muskoka Chair"? They're awesome! Or your could just cut the logs into halves and put a couple of stumps under each end. That makes a bench, too. But cherrywood is very sought after for making things out of. I love anything made out of wood, myself, no matter how basic it is.
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
3 Mar 09
Funny how trees seem to expand once on the ground! My husband is a great fan of cutting down trees, and loves nothing better than having a bonfire. Unfortunately, we're not allowed to do that in these PC days - but he does it anyway, and I'm always on tenterhooks waiting for the fire brigade to turn up! Didn't George Washington chop down a cherry tree? I don't think that went down too well, either ...
@p1kef1sh (45681)
3 Mar 09
George W did, he couldn't tell a lie. We aren't supposed to have bonfires either. But everyone does.
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
3 Mar 09
George W wouldn't have lied to the Council ranger and said, 'That's not a bonfire ... that's just an angry tree!'
@Humbug25 (12540)
28 Feb 09
Hi ya p1kef1sh I would hope that you don't like to dress in women's clothing either but I am not too sure when I think about the bet you have with a fellow mylotter not so long ago! LOL. I have a fuscia that is well established and refuses to budge! I hate to admit it but I might have to send in the heavies!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
I think that you mentioned that plant before. I have a fuscia too, but that is behaving itself. I did think about THAT line of the song, but I knew someone would make a comment. LOL.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
28 Feb 09
As I am a bit of a Python fan I couldn't help but comment! Yes I started a discussion about it a while ago asking if anyone new of an effective way of killing it off as you can see, I have been unsuccessful. I do like fuscia and Ihave another one but this one is right in the way where the boys play and attracts lots of bees in the summer! I have a lovely small statue holding a lamp waiting to go in it's place!
@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
28 Feb 09
Yes, I think they do, you just don't understand their language..lol...they're living things too. I've read and article about a gardener talking to his plants and he noticed that they grew robustly. We can always experiment,..lol...happy mylotting.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
I have talked to my plants before Jen. Prince Charles, who is a member of our Royal Family regularly talks to his plants and trees and says that they respond very positively. On another subject. Whenever I go to read "Ailsa" now, my virus checker tells me that Authspot.com is a suspect site!
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@snowcat46 (2322)
• United States
9 Mar 09
The smaller stuff is a royal pain, isn't it? That's why we've separated it into his and mine. He does the stuff that takes a chain saw. I work on the small stuff. I break off the little stuff in lengths the right size for the wood stove. I put the tiny stuff in a plastic box I have. I fill it every day with that tiny stuff, and use it for tinder when we get up in the morning. After pulling off the small stuff, I break the smaller sticks then throw the non-breakable ones in a pile. When I get a bunch, I haul them to the garage and use the miter saw on them. I get a lot of medium stuff that works very well on top of the tinder. I've actually gone through a LOT of the brush left over from people cutting trees down. Just doing a box every day. Hard on the hands though.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
9 Mar 09
Mine is mostly small stuff now. I am impressed that you are out there too. The Boss usually waves to me from the window and hands me cups of tea. I am NOT complaining about that!
@snowcat46 (2322)
• United States
9 Mar 09
Thank you! I feel it's only right. But the chainsaw scares me. I don't think I could cut down one of the big trees. Maybe a small one, then if it landed on me it wouldn't be a big deal. I'm scared when he's out cutting, because people die out here from trees landing on them all the time. Had one just last week. I want to be with him, so I can call an ambulance if necessary. Or at least be with him if it hits. Don't much want to be left alone!!
@GreenMoo (11833)
3 Mar 09
I'm guessing that you don't have a woodburner huh? We get all excited when we get a monster tree to cut down, and I mentally portion it into how many evening's of heat I'll get out of it. It makes the hauling around so much more enjoyable! I think that the man of the house just enjoys the machinery involved though!
@p1kef1sh (45681)
3 Mar 09
I would love to have a woodburner. Our neighbours have just bought one. I don't know how well cherry burns. But I may use it on the fire anyway - or throw it over the fence and they can burn it on their burner!
28 Feb 09
Hi p1key, He wear high heel suspender and a bra, oh yes the tree don't like to be chopped down and its attacking you, the poor cherry tree, to make amends built a little bird house with some of the tree, hope you are enjoying yourself, good luck. Hugs. Tamara xxxx
@p1kef1sh (45681)
28 Feb 09
It may end up being the largest bird house in Britain Tamara! Blooming thing. LOL. XXXX