A funny story

[treemandan]

Times are tough... well I guess that's always been true.
So yesterday, while I am jamming a new axle in my rig, one of my neighbors flys by on one of his motorcylces. I remembered that he had stopped along the road at a job I was on and asked me to look at the trees at his place.This was last year, I guess didn't really want to. That is not true, I din't have any cards in the truck, I was busy and I did knock on his door a couple times but he was out. Its no big deal.
Well anyway I hopped in the car and drove down the block to talk to him. I will refer to him as Triple Chin. Take a guess why.
So I walk up the drive and Triple Chin is in there working on a bike, Triple Chin has many. This is what Triple Chin said:
"Well, I lost my job so I can't have you do the job. It seems they put a GPS in my truck and found out I was coming home for hours on end instead of doing my job." ( Hell, I give the guy credit for being honest)
But it gets more involved, Triple Chin says,
" I didn't even get to collect unemployment, I guess I hired the wrong lawyer. Serves me right for picking the first guy I talked to. It don't really matter, my wife is the breadwinner anyway"
And then I left.

The song from Mr. Rogers comes to mind " These are the people in your neighborhood" WHat a freaking joke. Can you actually blame Bin Laden? I put this post up here in the commercial climbing forum for a reason. Keep working boys.

 

[treemandan]

What? Nobody thinks that's hysterical but me? AAWW, you guys are killing me!

 

[Grace Tree]

Well, at least he didn't try to blame someone else. That's refreshing.
Phil

 

[ckliff]

I think it is more SAD than hysterical.

 

[treemandan]

Its reminds me of Bob. He is a friend of my brother's. Bob is a big fat black guy. One day me and my brother went to see him, he had just cracked his fat skull open when he fell of his suped up dirt bike. He was ok at this point and we all decided to head down under I 95 by the airport and watch the dirt bikers. Bob was to ride with me ( I was so lucky)
Well, Big Fat Bob was telling me predicament. It seems when he busted his head open he was collecting worker's comp from Septa for a bad back. I told him the whole thing seemed odd to me and asked how he was able to ride such a monstrous beast of a bike if he had a bad back.
I could see that Big Fat Black Bob was getting irrate at my line of questioning.

 

[jefflovstrom]

What? Nobody thinks that's hysterical but me? AAWW, you guys are killing me!

Funny until you asked if anyone could blame bin laden! Dumb!
Jeff

 

[treeslayer]

funny as :censored: to me.........................

and I can't trust my GPS not to snitch, now. it knows too much......................

 

[treemandan]

Funny until you asked if anyone could blame bin laden! Dumb!
Jeff

Not haha funny but the other funny. right? right!

 

[treemandan]

Funny until you asked if anyone could blame bin laden! Dumb!
Jeff

And don't YOU start irritating me either.

 

[jefflovstrom]

And don't YOU start irritating me either.

Likewise.
Jeff

 

[treeslayer]

one of you needs to grow up.



don't matter who, just pick one.

 

[B-Edwards]

Dan I know of several guys who got in trouble for faking an injury and were drawing a check and got caught playing softball, doing tree work and many other physical activities. Thats what is wrong with the country, people lie to screw the insurance companies, lie for workers comp, lie to screw someones spouse. Just a bunch of selfish liars. They are starting to grow in numbers to the point that there is no stopping it. Most will work harder to cheat for money than it would take to earn it. Good thing that they are so stupid, or we'd have to compete with-em.

 

[treemandan]

one of you needs to grow up.



don't matter who, just pick one.

I just think Jeff is misunderstanding what I said.
Think about it Jeff; the story isn't very funny either is it? I do admit the Bin laden thing was not in good taste BUT can anyone tell me what is? Now don't go saying working hard for a living cause then i will know you are full of it. Ok, that was a joke but it also wasn't very funny either.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I just think Jeff is misunderstanding what I said.
Think about it Jeff; the story isn't very funny either is it? I do admit the Bin laden thing was not in good taste BUT can anyone tell me what is? Now don't go saying working hard for a living cause then i will know you are full of it. Ok, that was a joke but it also wasn't very funny either.

OK, I will grow up.
Jeff, happy?

 

[treemandan]

OK, I will grow up.
Jeff, happy?

I kinda liked you the way you are now personally and I am not so sure growing up means a dam thing.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I kinda liked you the way you are now personally and I am not so sure growing up means a dam thing.

Jeff

 

[tree MDS]

Word.

 

[treemandan]

I am also reminded of the time my wife got into a little accident with her car. And it was a little accident but since she was nose-ing out past a stop sign the worthless prick that hit her intentionaly got 15 grand.
I saw the damage to both cars, the plastic was scuffed, the guy was coming back from the body shop allready when he hit her.
A few years later I was driving through the same neighborhood and saw the guy, he was playing around again and tried to nail me. If I was not so freaking overcareful he might of had me.
I talked to my insurance company and asked for an investigation but they were not interested. They felt they could get the 15 grand back through my premium and just wanted the case closed quickly. I poked around and found the guy had 6 so called accidents in one year alone.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

You cant really sue people here, car insurance isnt compulosory. Lawyers dont have adds on TV and take up less yellow pages room than arborists. They cant ambulance chase so anyone in the medical field has lower costs which keeps medical costs low, so the state (a little nation with only 4 million people) can afford to provide (mostly) free health care, even to the million tourists we have a year.

Moral of the story

Get rid of most of the lawyers, they do more damage to the US than terrorists.

 

[outofmytree]

We have our fair share of bludgers here too. Compo bludgers are the worst. Sucking money out a system designed to help people with real injuries has to be close to the bottom of the pile. Right next to lawyers I guess.