CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Page Scrawler]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

Wouldn't it be better to dream of him serving it to you.

Hey, Dugh and Thistle.     *scratches for the pup*

[Marty]

10 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

He declares a lot of things.  Doesn't make them true.    

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

 

$700 seems a lot to have to pay. But, if it's a mature tree, maple timber should be worth something.

But paying someone else to cut it certainly sounds like a better idea than you standing on a chair trying to cut the branches...  

I right-click on View all notifications and open them in a new tab. Then I open each one separately in its own tab. 

I sometimes find I have to to refresh after posting a reply to a comment, otherwise I cannot post a new reply, or like any existing comments.

Hey, Albert!  So Glad to hear that drinking water helped to reduce the severity of the night cramps. ❤️ 

And a big hi to the rest of yous all, as well!!  

It costs a LOT more to have them take away the tree after it's cut down. They are going to cut it into eighteen inch sections and pile them, and I will give them away for firewood. I'm sure someone will appreciate some free firewood. They will pile the brush for me to burn, but I will likely have them pile it and let it slowly decompose in my woods.  

[clochette]

2 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Could they salvage the lumber? Maybe you could have a carpenter make a table or something.   

Yeah Gary I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in your good quality wood  

[Headstall]

18 minutes ago, dughlas said:

It's a struggle. The extreme heat set off a series of intense but short-lived, 3-4 hrs in duration, migraines. I woke this morning thinking today would be more of the same. Sadly, it seems the weather change has triggered something nastier. I was able to complete a few chores this morning but by midday enough was enough. I am medicated with haldol and hoping for the best. Blessed be y'all.

  Take care, dugh. I hope you find relief soon.  

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, clochette said:

Yeah Gary I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in your good quality wood  

 

I wish...

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Could they salvage the lumber? Maybe you could have a carpenter make a table or something.   

 

2 minutes ago, clochette said:

Yeah Gary I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in your good quality wood  

 

I'm assuming lumber is what we would call timber over this side of the pond...

Hence my earlier comment:

2 hours ago, Marty said:

But, if it's a mature tree, maple timber should be worth something.

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, clochette said:

Yeah Gary I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in your good quality wood  

 

*Scratches head*

Spoiler

(And wonders just how tinkerbelle knows the quality of Gary's wood.) 

 

Edited July 23, 2019 by Marty

[Valkyrie]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

It's automatic for me. 

You use an automatic waterer?    I think for people it's called a 'drinking fountain'.   

[Valkyrie]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

So... $700 to have a gorgeous maple tree taken down. Better than some other quotes I had a while back. It has a split in it, and the guys I had out said it was definitely a danger to my house. Two guys will come next week and climb and cut.   Sad, but it will take a lot of worry off me... should have had it done long ago. 

That's a really good price.  Too bad it has to be taken down, but better safe than sorry.    

[Valkyrie]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Does anyone else still have issues with notifications and posting? I have to refresh after every post or 'like.' It's annoying. And Some of my notifications are in bold and some not, whether I've already clicked on them or not.  

  Myr said to clear your cache and sign back in and it should take care of the problem.  I need to do that, since it keeps happening to me too.  

[Headstall]

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

You use an automatic waterer?    I think for people it's called a 'drinking fountain'.   

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

  Myr said to clear your cache and sign back in and it should take care of the problem.  I need to do that, since it keeps happening to me too.  

I've done that many times. Just did it before I posted that.  

[Marty]

39 minutes ago, dughlas said:

It's a struggle. The extreme heat set off a series of intense but short-lived, 3-4 hrs in duration, migraines. I woke this morning thinking today would be more of the same. Sadly, it seems the weather change has triggered something nastier. I was able to complete a few chores this morning but by midday enough was enough. I am medicated with haldol and hoping for the best. Blessed be y'all.

 

20 minutes ago, Headstall said:

  Take care, dugh. I hope you find relief soon.  

What Gary said.

[clochette]

13 minutes ago, Marty said:

*Scratches head*

  Hide contents

(And wonders just how tinkerbelle knows the quality of Gary's wood.) 

 

Oh I know a lot of things 😏 

Spoiler

Drones

 

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, clochette said:

Oh I know a lot of things 😏 

  Hide contents

Drones

 

Low flying ones?

 

 

Edited July 23, 2019 by Marty
Tidying up

[Albert1434]

14 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Wow is that Beer?

[Albert1434]

If that is Beer I believe you have a drinking problem 

[Valkyrie]

36 minutes ago, Headstall said:

It costs a LOT more to have them take away the tree after it's cut down. They are going to cut it into eighteen inch sections and pile them, and I will give them away for firewood. I'm sure someone will appreciate some free firewood. They will pile the brush for me to burn, but I will likely have them pile it and let it slowly decompose in my woods.  

I paid 1k to have my tree taken down a couple of years ago.  Granted, it was in a tricky spot, but that's pretty much the going rate around here.  My friends on LI had a bunch taken down recently and they paid 2500 per tree.  

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

But, if it's a mature tree, maple timber should be worth something.

Some of the larger maple species have valuable timber, particularly Sugar maple in North America, and Sycamore maple in Europe. Sugar maple wood—often known as "hard maple"—is the wood of choice for bowling pins, bowling alley lanes, pool cue shafts, and butcher's blocks. Maple wood is also used for the manufacture of wooden baseball bats, though less often than ash or hickory due to the tendency of maple bats to shatter if they do break. The maple bat was introduced to Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1998 by Sam Bat founder Sam Holman. Today it is the standard maple bat most in use by professional baseball. Maple is also commonly used in archery as the core material in the limbs of a recurve bow due to its stiffness and strength.

Maple wood is often graded based on physical and aesthetic characteristics. The most common terminology includes the grading scale from common #2; which is unselected and often used for craft woods; common #1, used for commercial and residential buildings; clear; and select grade, which is sought for fine woodworking.

Some maple wood has a highly decorative wood grain, known as flame maple, quilt maple, birdseye maple and burl wood. This condition occurs randomly in individual trees of several species, and often cannot be detected until the wood has been sawn, though it is sometimes visible in the standing tree as a rippled pattern in the bark.

These select decorative wood pieces also have subcategories that further filter the aesthetic looks. Crotch Wood, Bees Wing, Cats Paw, Old Growth and Mottled are some terms used to describe the look of these decorative woods.

Maples have a long history of use for furniture production in the United States.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple#Timber

[Valkyrie]

19 minutes ago, Marty said:

Low flying ones?

 

 

Are you saying Gary has low-hanging.... automatic waterers?    

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie said:

Are you saying Gary has low-hanging.... automatic waterers?    

[Headstall]

17 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Are you saying Gary has low-hanging.... automatic waterers?    

 

[Albert1434]

This is crazy normally I would get a sound that someone had entered some thing in here now I am getting nothing 

[Albert1434]

Tonight I am serving

Apple Cider Chicken with zucchini and corn