Is Arboristsite Going Down the Tubes?

[Fish]

While Glen is still stuck in his 70s Who, Moon, Townsend trip,
let me add this:......



I forgot....



Reading this whole thread, maybe the original topic is accurate.
Have we all deteriorated into a bunch of pussies?

It is a given that everyone that posts here is a pompous
d#@khead, so sore feelings should happen daily. As far as
the moderator/censorship thing, every bar worth a crap has
a bouncer, so look at it in that light.

Democracy has never worked in real life, and it won't here.

It is starting to sound like a fight between sorority sisters.
Which is OK, as long as I can watch

 

[bwalker]

Another case is the way that many of the members of this site have been all over a certain other member because he is believed to be an imposter

Jokers, I disagree with you on this point. IMO if you can sling BS you better be prepeared for incomeing also. The person in question could have avoided the whole situation by coming clean and appologizing. Instead he tried to come up with phony/elementry proofs that he was indeed not a liar. Of course everyone saw through this and hence the jam pile. Live by the sword, die by the sword me thinks.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Hi Mike, I too havent learned much from Doug either, except how to drink brandy and take pictures.
Please dont tell the boys about how I laughed so hard at your place that I craped my pants.
John

 

[Rotax Robert]

Rotax is the Alpha Male?

Well then just who in the heck do you think is under the sleeping bag at 7:30 am?

 

[Tony Snyder]

Gypo is the biggest troublemaker, Fish has the best sense of meanness, and I think Russ's 5:27 the 26th post is the longest single paragraph in AS history.

No insults intended.

 

[Jwoods]

Last week I met z4lunch while I was on a business trip. AS site got us introduced. He's a great guy, (just ask Angie) and a lot of fun. We were at his place for the evening, and did cut some wood. I think he and I are now a "gang". We should call it the "saws not jaws" gang.

He's done some business with Gypo, and I have not. Does this make us an understudy of Doug's gang? Maybe a social Fraternity? Maybe we're the understory group. Kinda like forestry terms right?

I have thought for some time that AS should have a listing of all the logging shows/events around the country. It would offer a place for AS members to meet each other on neutral ground, and meet each other face-to-face.

 

[Crofter]

There is nothing wrong with there being circles of friends, thats what life is about. It does make you a target though because it is also a fact of life that any PERCEIVED favouritism is very strongly resented by people who are not in the identified group. That is just the way it is, but it sure does make the moderators job harder.

I find the public displays of affection and the dropping of certain phrases to identify with a group kind of silly (but why wouldn,t it be). I wonder if I found out the secret handshake if I could sneak my way in. I guess it is all part of what keeps the site interesting though. Lots of laughs and a bit of controversy once in a while is good too.

I dont think the site is going down the tubes but you can see that it takes a little bit of guidande from the top at times and a bit of give and take by us. When you got a spanking coming to you take your lickin' and keep on tickin'


Frank

 

[jokers]

Hi Doug, I think that I may have mentioned that I have a couple of saws a time or two so here`s a pic of most of them. Sorry but they are all crowded together, maybe I`ll feel like doing cameos of the individuals some other time but for now I`ll just tell you that the Greffardized 385 is the first one from the left, the 353 that is going to Dennis is next, the 357 Greffard is third, Walkerized 346 fourth, B@stardized 345 behind it, MS260 Pro Greffardized is next to the W346, and last but certainly not the least in the front row is the Ken Dunn 372. Behind that is a Solo 647 and a Stihl 019T in the far left. There are a few more saws lurking in the shed but I didn`t see a need to pile them in. As you will note, several of those saws have no bars attached, but I`m hoping that since I just bought Dennis a Professional model Bar Shop machine, that maybe he will hook me up with something, LOL. Hope I pass this eval.

 

[Weatherby]

Heres the newest member of my family, I guess it will soon be on its way to Ken. I guess this one will be lonely among my Husky's, but im sure hes big enough to hold his own.

 

[Weatherby]

The rest of the gang.

 

[dbabcock]

Russ,
You pass (not that you had to). Nice saws and I particularly like the fact that you have chosen to display your saws in the loader of your tractor. I can relate to this. I use the loader on my Kubota mostly for display purposes rather than getting it dirty and dinged up by actually hauling dirt and rocks around. It's an obsessive/compulsive thing.

Weatherby,
Nice brandy new 088! Zypitty-do-da has a few of those still in boxes.

Speaking of Mr. Poopy Pants, let's see... what has he taught me since I've known him...ah...um...eh...hm...

"Hahaha"
That's about it.

 

[Rotax Robert]

Hi Russ, I believe that you meant to say you bought Rotax a bar machine. And by the way, thank you

I will probably pick it up on my way to a race this weekend.

 

[dbabcock]

Rotax Robert...Dennis Greffard. What's the difference.

 

[jokers]

Rotax, you know what they say about possession, so you are welcome.

Thanks Doug


Yes Weatherby, that is a fine looking addition, hope to have one myself sometime soon.
Russ

 

[rupedoggy]

Crofter, Nice post. You can consider yourself an associate member of Dougs/Roberts club. We do not have a secret handshake but do have secret underwear. If you need a pair please contact Gypo as he is ordering new ones and could possibly include your order with his. Oh, and one other membership requirement. You must furnish existing members with a new saw of their choice as part of the new member acceptance rites. Send your dues to me ($1500.00/yr) and I will send you a list of saws you will need to bring to your first meeting. Mike

 

[dbabcock]

Not so fast, Roop! Where do you get off calling the shots in regard toward gang dues, when you are over 1 year in arrears yourself! Gypo agreed to waive the $250,000 initiation fee (which you conveniently neglected to mention) for you, your brother Jon, Art, Ken and Paul the Husky guy, because of all of your great hospitality out there, but don't push it.

For anyone interested, the membership initiation fee goes to Gypo and the yearly dues go to Dennis. Robert and I administer the only other membership requirement from our respective coasts and that's the mandatory pickle race. Here, a candidate has to negotiate a 1/4 mile forest obstacle course on his or her hands and knees with a pickle held firmly between their cheeks. If the pickle is dropped, the candidate must either eat it, wear Poopie's burn barrel panties (which I spotted Mike taking out of the barrel and hiding behind his saw shed) for a week straight, or be disqualified from membership. Pictures of the losers, taken during the run, will be posted on AS, disguised with "chainsaw related" file names.

 

[rupedoggy]

See guys, I told you so. The minute we elected Doug "sargent-of-shortarms" he thought he could run the whole thing! Now it's up to you who voted for him (and you know who you are) to attempt to tone him down without sending him to the shrink again. Remember last time it took 74 sessions with the Doctor? If it happens again I am not voting to take it out of the treasury again. Our dues are high enough already and that hit it took when Dennis said he had that sure investment (KY jelly just when Johnson & Johnson came out with the non-greasy formula) hurt us bad. Mike

 

[dbabcock]

Hahaha (with leg lifted)

 

[WOLF_RIVER_MIKE]

ya'll quit talking about this, good grief, get up and go do something. are we men or merely beverage guzzling typists? jeeezzz. get a job
chainsawgreffardizedpowerportedwalkerizedsquaretoothcurlyfrieschainspeedgoingdownthetubesbuttnakedloggersandstuffgangsofsawchains

 

[dbabcock]

Why should I get a job when I can bilk unemployment for more than I could make if I worked. I like being a loafer.