You know you're an Arborist when...

treevet · 12th July 2008, 02:21 AM

I think we should start a thread on movies and trees, I gotta get back to hackin' or I would. Maybe later.

treevet · 12th July 2008, 09:07 AM

Had some pretty cool trees in Predator I too. Maybe no tree/movie thread, but maybe a movie thread in "unrelated chat". I saw a real stinker Sunday called "Hancock". It started out stupid and switched gears to real stupid when the girlfriend all of a sudden got super powers too like Will Smith......Miss it if you can.

TREE-SURFER · 12th July 2008, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by letigre

remember that big tree in mel gibsons 'apocalypto'? the huge straight barrelled sucker that bounces for a good 30 secs? i stood up in the cinema and cried BULLS@#T!

got a few looks and the girly wasnt too happy!

Absolutely F-A-N-TASSSSSTIC!!!

Raven · 13th July 2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by newguy18

You know your an arborist when everyone is talking about there hunting stories and you talk about how much the tree's trunk moved when the top went over.I've actually done that one.

Oh since this is my 333 rd post i guess that means I'm half evil.

I think this is an old post but I wanted to say that you may be " half evil ...333",

but you are 100% funny! You should bottle that humor and sell it.

The world needs smiles.

God Bless.

Raven

treevet · 25th July 2008, 12:42 PM

When you empty 4 or 5 chainsaws into the lawn mower and you're good to go.

treerat · 25th July 2008, 01:45 PM

When you stop after work at the local gas station to get a drink and reach into your pocket and you get a handful of sawdust and money mostly saw dust though.

when the wife sees the bruises and scraps on your legs and arms and asks what happen??DUH I worked today honey nuff said

when you go back to a town you haven't been to in a while and remember the trees but don't remember the street names

when most of your t-shirts in your drawers have something to do with trees and /or saws

newguy18 · 25th July 2008, 04:47 PM

When at the end of the day,theres more sawdust than money in your wallet.

When you've taken a chainsaw apart in your bedroom cause you've just got to have it for a big job tommorrow[been there].

aphid · 25th July 2008, 07:25 PM

you can't actually see the tree untill you've identifyed the tree

JohN Dee · 25th July 2008, 11:54 PM

You know you're an Arborist when you constantly get sawdust under the cover of your mobile(cell) phone.

You know you're an Arborist when you'd prefer to get a bigger chipper then a better car.

kiwi_tree_steve · 26th July 2008, 12:13 AM

when you dont see a tree you see a living organism

treevet · 26th July 2008, 12:25 AM

You......when you think lawnmower (growth regulators) damage to street trees is the singular biggest issue in your town and nobody else sees it.

Garry Brockley · 26th July 2008, 07:38 AM

you know your an arborist when you see someone strimming around a tree way too close and want to rush over to tell them to get away from that/those tree/s because they are going to hurt the bark and tree.

you know your an arborist when your washing machine blocks up due to the large amounts of wood chips embedded in your clothing.

newguy18 · 26th July 2008, 02:27 PM

You know your an arborist when you can jump after a large take down and lose 1 lb.

StrictlyPalms · 26th July 2008, 04:35 PM

You know you're an Arborist when you know what kind of chainsaw this is.

arborjockey · 27th July 2008, 01:28 AM

I maybe off on another subject. But isn't weird when .....even though I left my cell in the truck 4 the day there is still a wood chip in the charger port.....sawdust in work pockets yes but how do they get in the pockets of my church pants? .....and who put the one way escalator on my polesaw.....should I slap myself across the face befor I chip dead willow,get it out of the way(at least I'll know its comming)......YOU KNOW your an arborist when you take a $40,000 a year pay cut climbing cell towers because you miss your chainsaw.

SAWDUST in the pockets. for those of you in cold country. My x-girlfriend would save the sawdust and some lint in a box by the dryer. Then she would take a mix of the two, mostly sawdust, and stuff it in in the empty slots of a egg container.(make sure its cardbord material not styrafoam) Last she would melt candle wax over each hole. When it cools your set perfect, fire starters. tear one off and light the paper wuffff ....

treevet · 27th July 2008, 06:05 AM

You know you re an arb when you have weird thoughts like..........all these trees being removed because of urban sprawl, exotic pests and diseases, and mistreatment and indifference and even animosity .....

and you have all this huge equipment getting bigger and more efficient by the day...cranes, aerial trucks, giant chippers and loaders and bigger and better and better chainsaws and gear and technique......

and you have all this debris being processed by huge tub grinders and loaders.....

and you have all these finance companies frothing at the mouth for interest on your purchase of all this highest technology equipment........

and pan forward to 15 years from now or so and you have all these hundreds of thousands of tree services and all their millions of pieces of equipment, and all the processing companies with their massive tub grinders and loaders, and behind them you have millions of loan sharks with teeth bared holding their contracts all circled around this one little dogwood Charley Brown tree holding tentatively to one or two last leaves with it's trunk shaking in fear trying to hold on to it's last gasp of life.........

But despair not! Even though the little last tree on Earth reluctantly finally dies, MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED!.......The entire Earth is covered with mulch at last!!!

aphid · 27th July 2008, 02:53 PM

my money is on the last tree in fifteen years left to chip would be a ginko and the ginko will have the last laugh just like it has in the past 120 million years without changing a whit.

treevet · 27th July 2008, 02:59 PM

Wouldn't own a property without at least one Gingko. Been on this one for 6 and a half years and not coincidentally we have a gingko that has been in the ground for 6 and a half years.

aphid · 27th July 2008, 04:07 PM

scientists compare ginko leaves gathered recently with fossils from 58 to 53 million years ago (a major extinction event) . the comparision was counting the leave stomas to measure the co2 of the atmosphere verses todays atmosphere. you know your an Arborist when you find that interesting .

Jeff Darby · 27th July 2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by aphid

scientists compare ginko leaves gathered recently with fossils from 58 to 53 million years ago (a major extinction event) . the comparision was counting the leave stomas to measure the co2 of the atmosphere verses todays atmosphere. you know your an Arborist when you find that interesting .

Cockroaches and Ginkgo biloba two things that survived Horoshima, The Ginkgo got a little scorched. You know your an Arborist when you do find it interesting.

treevet · 27th July 2008, 05:30 PM

ya know your an arborist when you can stand the stink of a female Gingko tho

Bernard Keays · 1st August 2008, 07:37 PM

You know your an arborist when you wake up in the morning with sound wood!

DBS · 2nd August 2008, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Bernard Keays

You know your an arborist when you wake up in the morning with sound wood!

Hmmm...does that makes a huge part or of the male population in the world aborists?

-Daryl

newguy18 · 6th August 2008, 01:40 PM

Hey Daryl,haven't seen you on here for awhile,how've you been man?

DBS · 6th August 2008, 01:48 PM

Doing ok...Super busy!! Aside from business I am just about completed with a project at my place. Its a split level deck, lower one 24’ x 24' and upper one 12' x 16'...so decent size project as you could imagine.

I get an opportunity now and then to hop on and "lurk" if you will. I happen to catch something about you not in FL anymore? Or "home" I don’t recall it was something I read quickly.

What’s new with you?

-Daryl

newguy18 · 6th August 2008, 01:53 PM

the past 5 weeks i've been going back and forth to alabama to help my dad and his boss out stretching fence and converting a 10 x 16 lean to into a kitchen and bathroom.That lean to was of center,unsquare, and there was a 4 inch difference from one end of the roof to the other,the fence was a pita too.i'm definatly glad to be home.

Q.Q. · 8th August 2008, 12:11 AM

You know your an arborist when you open your eye's of a morning and remove sawdust from the corners.
You know your an arborist when you stay out in the shed it till 9 everynight washing down your chainsaws and checking every tooth is just right.

chadd · 8th August 2008, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newguy18

you know your an arborist when you can't speak nicely about asplunduh.

ass plunger

you know your an arborist when your wife thinks you tell her the same story everyday after work

you know your an arborist when almost every conversation you have with someone new ends up in discussion of what u and how u could be so stupid/insane to be willing to do it

JohN Dee · 8th August 2008, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chadd

ass plunger

you know your an arborist when your wife thinks you tell her the same story everyday after work

you know your an arborist when almost every conversation you have with someone new ends up in discussion of what u and how u could be so stupid/insane to be willing to do it

I'm always astounded by when I start talking to someone and then we get onto my line of work, they really go quiet and listen and you can see they're impressed, unlike when people can't wait to yak about themselves and they don't listen to ya - must be cuz I'm 18 or something...

Lol love that wife/same story one aye

Q.Q. · 8th August 2008, 08:32 PM

This one happened just recently.

You know your an arborist when you try and spike up and down your miss's leg while your asleep in bed.

Some probly call that foreplay I suppose

12th July 2008, 02:21 AM	#31
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... I think we should start a thread on movies and trees, I gotta get back to hackin' or I would. Maybe later.

12th July 2008, 09:07 AM	#32
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... Had some pretty cool trees in Predator I too. Maybe no tree/movie thread, but maybe a movie thread in "unrelated chat". I saw a real stinker Sunday called "Hancock". It started out stupid and switched gears to real stupid when the girlfriend all of a sudden got super powers too like Will Smith......Miss it if you can.

25th July 2008, 12:42 PM	#35
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... When you empty 4 or 5 chainsaws into the lawn mower and you're good to go.

25th July 2008, 01:45 PM	#36
treerat Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Eastern Pa. Posts: 72	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... When you stop after work at the local gas station to get a drink and reach into your pocket and you get a handful of sawdust and money mostly saw dust though. when the wife sees the bruises and scraps on your legs and arms and asks what happen??DUH I worked today honey nuff said when you go back to a town you haven't been to in a while and remember the trees but don't remember the street names when most of your t-shirts in your drawers have something to do with trees and /or saws

25th July 2008, 04:47 PM	#37
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... When at the end of the day,theres more sawdust than money in your wallet. When you've taken a chainsaw apart in your bedroom cause you've just got to have it for a big job tommorrow[been there]. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

25th July 2008, 07:25 PM	#38
aphid Sappling Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: united states Posts: 46	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... you can't actually see the tree untill you've identifyed the tree

25th July 2008, 11:54 PM	#39
JohN Dee Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Climbing around the world Posts: 855	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... You know you're an Arborist when you constantly get sawdust under the cover of your mobile(cell) phone. You know you're an Arborist when you'd prefer to get a bigger chipper then a better car. __________________ We are what we repeatedly do... Excellence then, is not an act, but HABIT... Red : Green : Blue

26th July 2008, 12:13 AM	#40
kiwi_tree_steve Mature tree Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 325	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... when you dont see a tree you see a living organism __________________ "You have to feel and touch a tree" Shigo

26th July 2008, 12:25 AM	#41
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... You......when you think lawnmower (growth regulators) damage to street trees is the singular biggest issue in your town and nobody else sees it.

26th July 2008, 07:38 AM	#42
Garry Brockley Bayside Tree Care Brisbane Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brisbane Aus Posts: 1,649	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... you know your an arborist when you see someone strimming around a tree way too close and want to rush over to tell them to get away from that/those tree/s because they are going to hurt the bark and tree. you know your an arborist when your washing machine blocks up due to the large amounts of wood chips embedded in your clothing. __________________ My business:- Brisbane Bayside Tree Care

26th July 2008, 02:27 PM	#43
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... You know your an arborist when you can jump after a large take down and lose 1 lb. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

26th July 2008, 04:35 PM	#44
StrictlyPalms Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida USA Posts: 177	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... You know you're an Arborist when you know what kind of chainsaw this is. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Strictly Palms, Inc. Orlando, Florida USA

27th July 2008, 01:28 AM	#45
arborjockey Mature tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: hawaii. ohio. oregon. california Posts: 260	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... I maybe off on another subject. But isn't weird when .....even though I left my cell in the truck 4 the day there is still a wood chip in the charger port.....sawdust in work pockets yes but how do they get in the pockets of my church pants? .....and who put the one way escalator on my polesaw.....should I slap myself across the face befor I chip dead willow,get it out of the way(at least I'll know its comming)......YOU KNOW your an arborist when you take a $40,000 a year pay cut climbing cell towers because you miss your chainsaw. SAWDUST in the pockets. for those of you in cold country. My x-girlfriend would save the sawdust and some lint in a box by the dryer. Then she would take a mix of the two, mostly sawdust, and stuff it in in the empty slots of a egg container.(make sure its cardbord material not styrafoam) Last she would melt candle wax over each hole. When it cools your set perfect, fire starters. tear one off and light the paper wuffff ....

27th July 2008, 06:05 AM	#46
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... You know you re an arb when you have weird thoughts like..........all these trees being removed because of urban sprawl, exotic pests and diseases, and mistreatment and indifference and even animosity ..... and you have all this huge equipment getting bigger and more efficient by the day...cranes, aerial trucks, giant chippers and loaders and bigger and better and better chainsaws and gear and technique...... and you have all this debris being processed by huge tub grinders and loaders..... and you have all these finance companies frothing at the mouth for interest on your purchase of all this highest technology equipment........ and pan forward to 15 years from now or so and you have all these hundreds of thousands of tree services and all their millions of pieces of equipment, and all the processing companies with their massive tub grinders and loaders, and behind them you have millions of loan sharks with teeth bared holding their contracts all circled around this one little dogwood Charley Brown tree holding tentatively to one or two last leaves with it's trunk shaking in fear trying to hold on to it's last gasp of life......... But despair not! Even though the little last tree on Earth reluctantly finally dies, MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED!.......The entire Earth is covered with mulch at last!!!

27th July 2008, 02:53 PM	#47
aphid Sappling Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: united states Posts: 46	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... my money is on the last tree in fifteen years left to chip would be a ginko and the ginko will have the last laugh just like it has in the past 120 million years without changing a whit.

27th July 2008, 02:59 PM	#48
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... Wouldn't own a property without at least one Gingko. Been on this one for 6 and a half years and not coincidentally we have a gingko that has been in the ground for 6 and a half years.

27th July 2008, 04:07 PM	#49
aphid Sappling Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: united states Posts: 46	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... scientists compare ginko leaves gathered recently with fossils from 58 to 53 million years ago (a major extinction event) . the comparision was counting the leave stomas to measure the co2 of the atmosphere verses todays atmosphere. you know your an Arborist when you find that interesting .

27th July 2008, 05:30 PM	#51
treevet Backflipper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 2,131	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... ya know your an arborist when you can stand the stink of a female Gingko tho

1st August 2008, 07:37 PM	#52
Bernard Keays Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Glasshouse Posts: 193	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... You know your an arborist when you wake up in the morning with sound wood! __________________ Bernie

6th August 2008, 01:40 PM	#54
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... Hey Daryl,haven't seen you on here for awhile,how've you been man? __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

6th August 2008, 01:48 PM	#55
DBS Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CT USA Posts: 182	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... Doing ok...Super busy!! Aside from business I am just about completed with a project at my place. Its a split level deck, lower one 24’ x 24' and upper one 12' x 16'...so decent size project as you could imagine. I get an opportunity now and then to hop on and "lurk" if you will. I happen to catch something about you not in FL anymore? Or "home" I don’t recall it was something I read quickly. What’s new with you? -Daryl __________________ Stihl MS 200T Stihl MS 361

6th August 2008, 01:53 PM	#56
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 4,977	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... the past 5 weeks i've been going back and forth to alabama to help my dad and his boss out stretching fence and converting a 10 x 16 lean to into a kitchen and bathroom.That lean to was of center,unsquare, and there was a 4 inch difference from one end of the roof to the other,the fence was a pita too.i'm definatly glad to be home. __________________ Have your say join us today. old schooler

8th August 2008, 12:11 AM	#57
Q.Q. Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia Posts: 282	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... You know your an arborist when you open your eye's of a morning and remove sawdust from the corners. You know your an arborist when you stay out in the shed it till 9 everynight washing down your chainsaws and checking every tooth is just right. __________________ Q,Q's Tree & Garden Maintenance FAMILARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

8th August 2008, 08:32 PM	#60
Q.Q. Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western QLD. Australia Posts: 282	Re: You know you're an Arborist when... This one happened just recently. You know your an arborist when you try and spike up and down your miss's leg while your asleep in bed. Some probly call that foreplay I suppose __________________ Q,Q's Tree & Garden Maintenance FAMILARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

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