***June is a top tier month LC Thread***
06-18-2017
, 04:23 PM
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I drove by the old place a few weeks ago. The bastard covers about half the front yard and hangs about 6 feet over the street. It was planted circa 1960.
I have a tree chopping story too!
I was in Jr High School (13 years old?). We had an evergreen in the middle of the back yard, some sort of cypress I think. It was huge as well, maybe 30 feet high. My dad contracted with me for 15 bucks to chop it down. Although I knew absolutely nothing about being a lumberjack, I think my dad was the dumber party involved.
We had lots of crap in our yard around the tree to be destroyed. By the clock:
2 o'clock-4 o'clock: power and telephone lines
4 o'clock-7 o'clock: house
7 o'clock-10 o'clock: couple old cars
10 o'clock-12 o'clock: some smaller trees
You read it right, the tree has to fall between 12 and 2 o'clock not to destroy something that will piss off my dad. This was long before reality logging shows, so I figured that when I hear it start to crack, I will just push it towards where I want it to land. That much tree probably weighed 2 or 3 tons, lol.
My dad didn't have a chainsaw or axe (thank God) but he lent me his hatchet.
It took me a week of hacking away at the lower branches before I could even chop on the trunk. At first I tried making a cut that would aim it where I wanted, but after awhile the blade was so small I couldn't even chop chips. So I started chopping all the way round. After another couple weeks of chopping I heard a crack as it started to go. At that moment I realized how stupid it was to try to push it. It was like pushing on a building, and it moved too fast. And it fell.... exactly at 1 o'clock. In the exact perfect spot. One of the events in my life that convinced me there is a God watching over idiots with hatchets.
I have a tree chopping story too!
I was in Jr High School (13 years old?). We had an evergreen in the middle of the back yard, some sort of cypress I think. It was huge as well, maybe 30 feet high. My dad contracted with me for 15 bucks to chop it down. Although I knew absolutely nothing about being a lumberjack, I think my dad was the dumber party involved.
We had lots of crap in our yard around the tree to be destroyed. By the clock:
2 o'clock-4 o'clock: power and telephone lines
4 o'clock-7 o'clock: house
7 o'clock-10 o'clock: couple old cars
10 o'clock-12 o'clock: some smaller trees
You read it right, the tree has to fall between 12 and 2 o'clock not to destroy something that will piss off my dad. This was long before reality logging shows, so I figured that when I hear it start to crack, I will just push it towards where I want it to land. That much tree probably weighed 2 or 3 tons, lol.
My dad didn't have a chainsaw or axe (thank God) but he lent me his hatchet.
It took me a week of hacking away at the lower branches before I could even chop on the trunk. At first I tried making a cut that would aim it where I wanted, but after awhile the blade was so small I couldn't even chop chips. So I started chopping all the way round. After another couple weeks of chopping I heard a crack as it started to go. At that moment I realized how stupid it was to try to push it. It was like pushing on a building, and it moved too fast. And it fell.... exactly at 1 o'clock. In the exact perfect spot. One of the events in my life that convinced me there is a God watching over idiots with hatchets.
More like a fell spirit imo
06-19-2017
, 07:54 PM
06-19-2017
, 08:36 PM
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Going to a soul food place in Vegas for dinner tonight. Can choose three of these sides to go with my fried chicken:
Collard Greens, Macaroni & Cheese, Yams, Black Eyed Peas, Red Beans and Rice, Potato Salad, Cornbread Dressing, Cabbage, String Beans, Fried Okra, Mash Potatoes, Rice, Gravy & Succotash
Plan right now is greens, mac & cheese, fried okra. Not sure if mac & cheese over black eyed peas is an unforced error or not.
Collard Greens, Macaroni & Cheese, Yams, Black Eyed Peas, Red Beans and Rice, Potato Salad, Cornbread Dressing, Cabbage, String Beans, Fried Okra, Mash Potatoes, Rice, Gravy & Succotash
Plan right now is greens, mac & cheese, fried okra. Not sure if mac & cheese over black eyed peas is an unforced error or not.
watAs for your question, that one is easy. mac n cheese, corn bread dressing, black eyed peas. Then keep ordering additional sides until either:
A) you're full - at which point, man up and order a fewouple more anyway
B) the only one left that you haven't ordered is okra
06-19-2017
, 09:31 PM
06-19-2017
, 09:46 PM
06-19-2017
, 10:13 PM
06-19-2017
, 10:16 PM
06-19-2017
, 10:51 PM
They were out of okra! Sad times
Chicken was fantastic.
Greens were excellent.
Mac & cheese was par.
Yams were way too sweet. Didn't finish them.
When she said they were out of okra I asked her to choose the third one for me, that's how I got yammed.
Mac & cheese was a mistake, I should have known better.
Chicken was fantastic.
Greens were excellent.
Mac & cheese was par.
Yams were way too sweet. Didn't finish them.
When she said they were out of okra I asked her to choose the third one for me, that's how I got yammed.
Mac & cheese was a mistake, I should have known better.
06-19-2017
, 11:22 PM
06-19-2017
, 11:33 PM
