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theshogun02 t1_iy1542c wrote

This is genius, way to turn a bad situation around.

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Salty_Alternative683 t1_iy159wk wrote

It looks like that he's been caught taking a shit on someone's lawn

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rhinocerosjockey OP t1_iy18bn9 wrote

Not sure if I have any pictures, but at our old house I curled up the extension cords a way behind him so at the right angle his shadow on the house looked like he was taking a shit.

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punkwalrus t1_iy1mqtz wrote

I had a huge old pine tree in my front yard that was naturally split into two straight trunks from a single trunk. During a huge ice storm, one half of the tree fell over and pounded my neighbor's tiny Japanese maple into the ground like a tent peg, and the other half, no longer counter-balanced, gently leaned against my house. When they started cutting it up with chain saws, sparks started shooting, so they had to finish it up with an axe. They assumed lots of nails were in the tree.

Turned out some time in the ancient past, someone put up Christmas lights in it and never took them down, so now all the wires had grown *into* the tree. Like you could cut disks of it from the trunk, and see the old wires and bulb sockets among the rings.

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rhinocerosjockey OP t1_iy1r1hb wrote

Holy crap, that entire story is insane! Glad everyone was safe, besides the Japanese Maple

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punkwalrus t1_iy1sdkz wrote

My neighbor was pissed, since she had just planted it that past summer, and it was only 2-3' high.

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rhinocerosjockey OP t1_iy6342j wrote

Dang, wow. I can see that it sucks, but it could have been so much worse for here. Falling trees are terrifying.

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adcollier t1_iy5gcpf wrote

No matter when you put it up way to make lemonade out of lemons and put a smile on your neighbors faces too!!! Sorry it happened and the stress I am sure it has caused you but thanks for seeing the brighter side along the way!!

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rhinocerosjockey OP t1_iy639pk wrote

Thanks for the kind words. Just trying to make the best of whatever the situation is lol. One day that will be a picture will look back on fondly but glad it passed.

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adcollier t1_iy64lou wrote

Well I think you made the best of a shitty situation and for that you rock! May all the luck be in your future you deserve it 😁

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Phoenix_of_Anarchy t1_iy1chpe wrote

It is November.

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rhinocerosjockey OP t1_iy1qmy0 wrote

You are astute. Not that it matters but

  1. this was my long weekend and the only opportunity I get to have daylight. I don’t see daylight during the week at home.

  2. the tree incident was/is pretty traumatizing to my family, so trying to move past this and kick starting Christmas early after thanksgiving but before Dec 1 makes everyone happy, so be it.

I’m not going to downvote you, you are welcome to your opinion.

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Inuyasha-rules t1_iy2mjay wrote

Pretty sure many people decorate after doing the black Friday shopping. For me it was get er done before it's -20 and snowing

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