Mistakes were made

[taterguy]

See those branches on the ground at the left of the photo? The plan was to have them land near where I was standing. The assignment for the Lounge is to tell me what life lessons can be drawn from this fiasco, other than to warn neighbors that you're about to chop down a tree and that you're not sure where it's going to land.

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. Does it make me a horrible person if I giggle a little bit?

:o

[taterguy]

2. Only if the neighbor had been hurt due to my idiocy

We laughed too once we realized that no blood was spilled

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. That is good!

I would have felt bad then, but, since no one hurt...... I giggle. :D

[radwriter0555]

3. Hire certified arborists unless you yourself are a skilled tree

worker.

Yep, that's the lesson!

[taterguy]

6. I looked up instructions on the Internet

Wouldn't that make me a "skilled tree worker"? I guess not.

[radwriter0555]

19. Why YES, it should have!!!! After all, ALL information on the net, if

perused TWICE, makes one an instant expert and skilled worker.

Apparently something went wrong in yer application there.

Thank goodness no small animals were harmed. We'd have to get PETA all over your butt.

[Blue Diadem]

4. use a rope and another person to pull them the way you want them to go?

Or...have a tree service do it?

I know a guy who thought he'd trim his own trees..ended up cutting off the branch he was standing on. He's lucky he only broke his foot.

[taterguy]

7. We didn't do a good job of photo documentation

The branches in question were a bit too high for that, and then there would have been more people in the danger zone if something else fucked up

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. Wow, that guy is probably related to a guy that was on a stage crew with

me once.

We were striking the set after the show. He decided to lean his ladder against one of the stage walls, that he was currently unscrewing from the adjacent wall. Fortunately, no one was onstage when the entire set came crashing down with him and his ladder on top of it. He also really, really cut our strike time down. Since it only took about thirty seconds to get all the walls down and 90 seconds to watch him get ripped a new asshole by the TD, we just had to dismantle it all from the ground.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. Check the liability coverage on your insurance policy....

THEN call a professional tree service.

[taterguy]

9. Why pay a tree surgeon?

When the alternative is hanging out in the ER talking to a surgeon who fixes idiot people?

[Callalily]

10. Also, make sure that

the tree trimming professional is bonded.

[taterguy]

11. Ok, enough tree surgeon comments

That's the only big tree in my yard so there's no prospect of making that mistake again.

Use your imagination people. I was hoping for more generalized advice that I could apply later in life

[skygazer]

12. Move to a place with no trees

Lose the plaid.

[taterguy]

14. Thank you

Of course I ain't gonna move to a place with no trees. I'm also not going to lose the so-called plaid. It's a flannel shirt that my sister gave me 20 years ago and is one of the most comfortable and functional items I own.

[skygazer]

15. I can't blame you there

I have one similar - I've had it forever, it has no real lining anymore to speak of and the pockets are all ripped out but it's SO comfortable.

Still, you wanted something besides an arborist so there you have it. :hi:

[taterguy]

18. My thank you wasn't entirely sarcastic

I appreciate you taking the time to comment even though I chose to ignore your advice

[Robb]

13. "If you want something screwed up, do it yourself"

Or, more specifically, next time try to make it go in a direction other than what you want, and it'll fall the other way. :)

[taterguy]

17. You've blown my mind

I think the tree fell where it did due to gravity, which I always thought was one of those unchanging things. Perhaps gravity can be influenced by thoughts. If I think hard enough and think well enough I can overcome some of gravity's laws. Right?

[sweetheart]

16. You did better than the Air force would have

"Tree Accomplished" Ain't the republican military helpful!

[GreenTea]

20. But, I need some fucking sunlight!