Today, I called a tree removal company to have my diseased elm removed. When I got home from work, I was surprised to find it still there. Not as surprised as my neighbor was to discover that his tree was missing, nor as surprised as his children when they saw there was no more tree-house. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I woke up and found that the tree in my front yard was gone. FML
Today, my boss sent me to remove a tree from a client's home. So I went and cut down the tree, only for my boss to show up an hour later, speechless. I was supposed to remove a sapling that had sprouted through the driveway tarmac, not the 100-year-old prizewinning Japanese cherry tree. FML
Today, I got home to find my truck smashed by a fallen old tree. I was going to have the tree removed next week. FML
Today, I was overjoyed when someone finally came to my house to get the electricity back up and running. All that was changed to dismay upon finding out they first needed to find a tree trimming and removal service to clean up all the fallen branches on the power lines. FML
Today, I finally went to Home Depot to buy a chainsaw to cut down the tree leaning dangerously over my garage. When I got home, I found the tree had fallen and taken out the roof while I was shopping. FML
Today, I spent a half hour trying to help my cat down after he got stuck in the tree on my lawn. I finally gave up and called a local tree care company to help. When I returned outside, I found my cat casually walking about by the door. The guy who showed up to help was not happy. FML
Today, a storm dropped a tree across my road. I would have moved it with my tractor, but there was a tree on that too. FML
Today, I watched one of my neighbor's trees fall into the electrical lines outside my house. This was after he took a chainsaw to the tree. He refuses to cover the damages. FML
Today, my family and I went Christmas tree shopping. My husband and I were walking around when I saw the perfect tree. Excited, we immediately bought it. When we got home and set it up, I realized it came with a present: termites. FML
Today, my neighbors threatened to sue me because a six-foot branch fell off one of my trees and into their yard, hitting nothing on the way down. FML
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stolencookie 17
How can they be so reckless about that stuff and not even verify first? It takes a lifetime to grow big enough for treehouses. Poor kids. :/
Welshite 40
You would think a tree removal company would know what a diseased tree looked like.
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perdix 31
The good news is those little perverts won't be peeping into your bedroom or bathroom window from their little surveillance post (oops, "treehouse" ;) )
Welshite 40
I'm sure you plenty of practice as a child staking out your neighbors. Perhaps that is what made you into the man you are today?
perdix 31
#13, naw, my "treehouse" was only 2 feet off the ground, due to my fear of heights. Also, it should have been more precisely termed a "shrub house," that is, if you are charitable enough to let a piece of plywood wedged into a shrub count as a "house."
Welshite 40
Don't give me that excuse, perdix. I've seen your childhood pictures. That shrubhouse was located right across the cute neighbor's first-floor window.
Sir_ND_Pity 35
17 - Ah, I had a shrub house of my own when I was younger. Not because it was built on the foundation of a shrub, but because it allowed me to see the neighbor's wife's shrub on occasion, if you know what I mean ;)
perdix 31
#21, haha, I grew up in Appalachia -- I WAS the "cute neighbor." When you are surrounded by a bunch of inbred Hatfield and McCoy types, the bar is set pretty low. #23, back in the day when shrubs were "in," we sure liked looking for them. Why?
Warmonger_Smurf 29
I wonder if they were going to charge extra for the labor of removing the tree house?
woainishamu 21
Guess they barked up the wrong tree.
thatkid00117 16
Let the turf war begin
ScenicSubterfuge 39
Haha, I imagine the tree removal people getting there and your tree being all "you got the wrong guy, it's him you want!"
mahdi8130 8
At Least they didn't demolish the wrong house.
HowieDoIt 21
You might say this was a nightmare on elm trees.
UofLCardFan08 6
YEEEEAAAAHHHHHHHH
ShakeDisPlace 10
Those kids are gonna start a riot now, you should probably hide OP.
rokolodo 10
Damn! But, hey! If Doctors remove the wrong limb. What do you expect from tree workers?
queerdragon 20
I would not compare doctors to tree people. A doctor and a tree cutter are two different jobs. It would be like saying, "Sometimes dancers injure their legs so you should never go for a walk." Has nothing to do with one another. Also, you mention it about three or four times on the same thread, so you must be under the impression you made a witty and awesome statement. Which is not true. You sound like an idiot.
brackaman 18
Seriously, are you a doctor that does this on multiple occasions? Or has this happened to you before? You sound like you're defending yourself making this same comment over and over again.
TechFire 25
I'm guessing that happened to either him or to one of his friends or family members and he's bitter.
SiegeOfTheSiren 9
I would have called and bitched for the neighbor's behalf! That's so wrong. Diseased tree = a tree that has grown a house? >_<