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treestyle · 2nd February 2008, 02:20 AM

the other day i was about 15 - 20m up a small grey gum, was a fairly straight forward take down. had to lower out the canopy then the trunk could be felled. the tree was in bushland next to a housing estate.

i had been the tree for a bout an hour, with only 1 or 2 more branches to lower. for whatever reason i glanced over to the houses and in the backyard of the 3rd house away was approx 50 yr old indian man watching me, he actually startled me for some reason. so i waved, he waved back. be a true tree bogan i gave him the thumbs up and he followed suit. next thing he's given me the finger! (not that that's rare).

i yelled to my crew that he had given me the finger, i look over there again and he's rubbing himself through his pants.....i told the groundies "hey now he's rubbing himself".....thinking that me telling them would make him go away.

i proceeded to lower out the branches and happened to glance back at old mate Apu, this time i see he's got his old mate out whilst looking up at me. i thought "NO way!" so i ignored it and started blocking a few sections down till the trunk was the right height. as i was blocking down i look over and he was flogging himself.

i yelled to the groundies, saying " ring the cops there's a bloke wanking, watching me. 3rd house on the corner"

they laughed thinking i was joking, they couldnt see him from the ground.

eventually he went in side and out of sight. i got the crew to send up the pull rope attached it to the tree and got down quick smart!

spoke to my superiors who said finish the job if we can then go to the cop shop and make a statement. made the statment and they said they'd go visit him in the arvo.

what an awful day.....atleast we've got the other crew beat for a while.

2nd February 2008, 02:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
treestyle Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Brisbane Posts: 123	true story (unfortunately). may offend some? the other day i was about 15 - 20m up a small grey gum, was a fairly straight forward take down. had to lower out the canopy then the trunk could be felled. the tree was in bushland next to a housing estate. i had been the tree for a bout an hour, with only 1 or 2 more branches to lower. for whatever reason i glanced over to the houses and in the backyard of the 3rd house away was approx 50 yr old indian man watching me, he actually startled me for some reason. so i waved, he waved back. be a true tree bogan i gave him the thumbs up and he followed suit. next thing he's given me the finger! (not that that's rare). i yelled to my crew that he had given me the finger, i look over there again and he's rubbing himself through his pants.....i told the groundies "hey now he's rubbing himself".....thinking that me telling them would make him go away. i proceeded to lower out the branches and happened to glance back at old mate Apu, this time i see he's got his old mate out whilst looking up at me. i thought "NO way!" so i ignored it and started blocking a few sections down till the trunk was the right height. as i was blocking down i look over and he was flogging himself. i yelled to the groundies, saying " ring the cops there's a bloke wanking, watching me. 3rd house on the corner" they laughed thinking i was joking, they couldnt see him from the ground. eventually he went in side and out of sight. i got the crew to send up the pull rope attached it to the tree and got down quick smart! spoke to my superiors who said finish the job if we can then go to the cop shop and make a statement. made the statment and they said they'd go visit him in the arvo. what an awful day.....atleast we've got the other crew beat for a while.