Craigslist laughs

[Cheesecutter]

Damn, that's a BIG notch
http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/grd/4372520474.html

 

[TC262]

Damn, that's a BIG notch
http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/grd/4372520474.html

After looking at his add he has some really nice saws but lacks in the knowledge department.

 

[BillNole]

After looking at his add he has some really nice saws but lacks in the knowledge department.

No doubt! Dude's really "dressed" for the job isn't he?

 

[Philbert]

Damn, that's a BIG notch

Yiiikes!

Philbert

 

[Steve NW WI]

Whole lotta bar for a 576 too...

 

[Dirtboy]

Damn, that's a BIG notch
http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/grd/4372520474.html

Maybe he is trying to save a little time on a back cut...

 

[bigblue0827]

Maybe he is trying to save a little time on a back cut...

That tree must have been pretty straight.. He certainly keeps things interesting. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near him.

 

[BillNole]

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/wan/4395798306.html

I want...
cut...
bucked...
split...
seasoned firewood...
FREE!!!

I guess it doesn't hurt to ask, but do these people ever get what they ask for?!

 

[OnTheRoad]

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/for/4356749075.html

How do you guys post the ad on here?
Fire Wood from large trees - $1500 (kcmo)
I have a large tree we have just taken down it is ready to make over 5000lbs of fire wood for someone w/a very large truck, chainsaw & splitter. The tree is over 14ft round at the base & I will have 5-7 more smaller trees also. Contact me James at 816-921-6988 for further details.THANKS FOR LOOKING !!!!!!! YOU WILL BE GIVEN EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO MY LOT.

 

[OnTheRoad]

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/wan/4395798306.html

I want...
cut...
bucked...
split...
seasoned firewood...
FREE!!!

I guess it doesn't hurt to ask, but do these people ever get what they ask for?!

He's a disabled vet, possibly a former POW. All proceeds go to a shelter for battered women and children.

Anything helps.

Wanna super huge pixie stix to go with your guilt?

 

[msvold]

Is that cottonwood? Too hard for me to tell from the pic.

 

[Deleted member 83629]

what? http://bgky.craigslist.org/for/4358360390.html

 

[Deleted member 83629]

All you can cut and haul 25.00 http://bgky.craigslist.org/grd/4342805383.html

 

[Jakers]

i still think itd be fun to show up with a log truck and clean house. then take it down the road and sell it for 50 bucks a cord

 

[Deleted member 83629]

that wouldn't work here people don't buy cords they buy ricks.

 

[windthrown]

No doubt! Dude's really "dressed" for the job isn't he?

Full PPE = gloves, right?

 

[Cheesecutter]

Free Tree (Urbandale)

Need great Oak lumber or firewood? We have a huge Burr Oak Tree that you may remove for free. It is 45+" diameter, over 150 yrs old. (tree is the tree on the right side of the picture.)

Available to qualified tree removal professionals, only.
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/zip/4388238839.html This ad got this reply.
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/zip/4388776441.html
RE: Free Tree
Are you serious? You want your huge tree removed/hauled away,dont want to pay anyone yet expect them to be ''professional'',have insurance & experienced crew.

Sure I can always use more Bur Oak lumber or firewood.But that's a $2000 removal job minimum.

Idiots.Too damn cheap to hire a qualified tree service.No proper tree service with liability insurance,experienced crew & the right equipment would do that for free.

 

[BillNole]

He's a disabled vet, possibly a former POW. All proceeds go to a shelter for battered women and children.

Anything helps.

Wanna super huge pixie stix to go with your guilt?

Nah, just give him the pixie stix with your wood load. No guilt here.

Had he stated he was disabled and a vet, I'd have likely contacted him myself to see if I might know him and determine if help was indeed needed. Being a disabled vet myself, I'm familiar with the difficulties some face and am very pleased to be able to gather my own wood and help others when I can. Which I do.

As I said, no guilt on my part and I assume there isn't any on your's either. Now go share those pixie stix big fella...

 

[OnTheRoad]

Nah, just give him the pixie stix with your wood load. No guilt here.

Had he stated he was disabled and a vet, I'd have likely contacted him myself to see if I might know him and determine if help was indeed needed. Being a disabled vet myself, I'm familiar with the difficulties some face and am very pleased to be able to gather my own wood and help others when I can. Which I do.

As I said, no guilt on my part and I assume there isn't any on your's either. Now go share those pixie stix big fella...

I hope my post came across as humorous, as intended. At several highway ramps in the KC metro, groups of beggars gather, all of which pick one or more of the themes in my original post, including the guilt trip.

The "battered women shelter" is actually a quasi-church group that pushes it's members to collect money by selling large pixy stix. For the most part, the rest of them just want a bottle of vodka and some crack/meth.

The most memorable beggar I saw was a young woman begging for money at the Wal Mart in Minot, ND during the 2011 flood cleanup. Literally every business on Broadway (main n/s street) had signs offering jobs: inexperienced dish washer $18/hr. At the time Wal Mart was desperate to hire new employees, she could have walked 200' into the door and had a job on the spot....

 

[BillNole]

I hope my post came across as humorous, as intended. At several highway ramps in the KC metro, groups of beggars gather, all of which pick one or more of the themes in my original post, including the guilt trip.

The "battered women shelter" is actually a quasi-church group that pushes it's members to collect money by selling large pixy stix. For the most part, the rest of them just want a bottle of vodka and some crack/meth.

The most memorable beggar I saw was a young woman begging for money at the Wal Mart in Minot, ND during the 2011 flood cleanup. Literally every business on Broadway (main n/s street) had signs offering jobs: inexperienced dish washer $18/hr. At the time Wal Mart was desperate to hire new employees, she could have walked 200' into the door and had a job on the spot....

I missed the sarcasm font on that one. I was wondering how you may have known whether this one was disabled or not from your location. My bad!

It's tough sometimes to know who really needs help and who is just scamming. CL is full of those for sure!

Be well and do good OTR!