Disclaimer

[BlueRidgeMark]

can you do that... insert a signature on each of my posts? that's so wrong and unethical !!!

Yes, he can do that, and NO, it's not wrong or unethical. You are on private property - free speech rights don't apply.


It's fun sometimes, too:

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=33486

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=32095

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Just out of idle curiousity treeminator, Where do you get your saddles and hooks from?

Oh, DUMB question!


Saddles come from the tack store, and hooks come from the sporting goods section of WalMart, right next to those neato collapsible fishing rods!

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Definitely need to do something about him, if running your "mouth" is all it takes to be "senior member". A new person on the site might take that as credibility.

That bothers me, too. I'm an MVP, and I'm not even a professional tree guy!

 

[treeminator]

Just out of idle curiousity treeminator, Where do you get your saddles and hooks from?

if i can't find them at the flea market, i buy them from Vermeer. i scored a couple lanyards and a harness for $20 at the flea market last month.

 

[treeminator]

That bothers me, too. I'm an MVP, and I'm not even a professional tree guy!

i agree. it does give the wrong impression. i do what i do, but i don't think others should copy me. i do it because i trust my guys and equipment. everyone has variables that might change the way the info is used.

how about placing the following comment under my name:

"rogue innovator not to be immitated"

 

[treeminator]

i agree. it does give the wrong impression. i do what i do, but i don't think others should copy me. i do it because i trust my guys and equipment. everyone has variables that might change the way the info is used.

how about placing the following comment under my name:

"rogue innovator not to be immitated"

or maybe "pioneer in innovation, do not immitate"

 

[ddhlakebound]

or maybe "pioneer in innovation, do not immitate"

What you do is not innovation. It is reverse evolution, and in your case time will show that Darwin was right.

 

[treeminator]

What you do is not innovation. It is reverse evolution, and in your case time will show that Darwin was right.

i bet if you were living in the 1920's you'd be saying Ford's production line was reverse evolution as well. you'd say it because the cars were no longer being hand made where everything was personally built by a knowledgeable staffed mechanic/car builder. you;d be saying that the production line would jeapordize the safety factor because everything was done at a fast and efficient pace with cheap labor that had no mechanical background.

 

[beowulf343]

That bothers me, too. I'm an MVP, and I'm not even a professional tree guy!

Yeah, but at least you admit you are not a professional.

 

[beowulf343]

Should I insert a Disclaimer in Treeminator's Signature before someone takes his tips and gets killed?

Definitely yes!! I just read a post of his about still using his brown h/d rope even though its frayed, nicked, etc. I feel sorry for his crew who don't know better and who will probably end up getting hurt because of him. He should be ashamed to call himself a treeman!

 

[woodchux]

I don't think treeminater is really stupid enough to do all the things that he claims .
He's just tryin to stir yall up.(I hope)

 

[xtremetrees]

Man teaching unsafe things aint kool. Even if you may do them slightly keepum to yourself.

 

[Gologit]

Should I insert a Disclaimer in Treeminator's Signature before someone takes his tips and gets killed?

Of course you should. Anything dangerous is required to have a warning lable. I'm not an arborist but I admire the professionals represented on this forum. A person like Treeminator is a blight and a liability.

 

[RedlineIt]

Originally Posted by DDM
Should I insert a Disclaimer in Treeminator's Signature before someone takes his tips and gets killed?

Naw, anyone taking him seriously would have to believe the crap he spouts.

Like Ford's low skill production line concept. Discredited years ago.

Still exists in the third world, Treeminator wants to bring it back to the developed world, at least half a century late.

Let him go on, he's a laugh. Anyone with a brain should see it for themselves.

The dilema you will run into if you censure, but don't ban this treeminator idiot, is who else do you censure?

I don't think you can have rules against stupid.


RedlineIt

 

[spacemule]

I have to disagree redlineit. I don't think the main question is if anyone will take him seriously, but rather the main question is will the person unfamiliar with Asite take him as a representative example? A disclaimer will quickly and reliably point out that he is not a representative example, and might keep some good posters from passing up the forum on the basis of his nonsense.

 

[Newfie]

How about "resident chucklehead"?

 

[bendtrees]

I don't think treeminater is really stupid enough to do all the things that he claims .
He's just tryin to stir yall up.(I hope)

I have to support that Chux, the first post of treeminators I ever read I believed to be a spoof. I read all his posts as though they are satire.

As for "Of course you should. Anything dangerous is required to have a warning lable. I'm not an arborist but I admire the professionals represented on this forum. A person like Treeminator is a blight and a liability."

Ugh, cmon Bob, The Peoples Republic of California can't protect us all. Whats next? Possibly a label on our saws that say "do not throttle while chain touches skin"

 

[DDM]

"arboristsite Jester"

 

[RedlineIt]

Spacemule,

I don't disagree with your intent here, I'm just saying that censure is a wobbly position.

I wouldn't lose a seconds sleep if treeminator were banned outright. What would I lose, the opinions of a greedhead hack.

I'm just saying that putting a disclaimer on anything treeminator says doesn't stop there. What else and who else needs a disclaimer? And by whose say so?

I say don't ban anyone, don't censure anyone, let people with a brain figure it out.

Greedhead hacks are part of our business, we should allow them to expose themselves, and respond in a professional manner.

RedlineIt

 

[pbtree]

Yes... (Verbosity kept to a minimum...)