learned my lesson, going back to firewood...

[prentice110]

the most important question is... How did she look?

dude!!! He said she was an old lady!!!

 

[prentice110]

Lets just say that I have had some bizarre experiences in this trade. I have been offered everything from pets to drugs to "massages" for payment. I have learned that nothing beats cash on the barrel head!

I had a guy once try to convince me that 10 vicodens were worth the $600. in drop and leaves that he wanted done. That was 4 years ago. Job was off of a major highway I drive down all the time. Trees are still there. Guess he couldnt find any druggies dumb enough.

 

[tree md]

I had a guy once try to convince me that 10 vicodens were worth the $600. in drop and leaves that he wanted done. That was 4 years ago. Job was off of a major highway I drive down all the time. Trees are still there. Guess he couldnt find any druggies dumb enough.

I am amazed at how bold some people are to offer you stuff like that. I had one offer me coke to deadwood a tree that was enclosed by her deck onetime, rich lady in a nice neighborhood. I just told her no thanks. She ended up paying me the $500 I asked for the job. I don't know, I guess they just assume all tree guys are druggies or something...

 

[prentice110]

Also did a job for a guy who owned a local steak house chain onetime. He paid some cash and $500 in gift certificates for his restaurants. Ate steak all winter... Well almost, I blew some of them on Long Island iced teas too.

My ex-biz partner hooked me up with one of the top guys at crazy horse in chi-town and we use to get V.I.P. cards when we did his trims. Anyone here whos been to crazy horse can tell you that it was well worth lowballing those jobs.

 

[Tree Pig]

dude!!! He said she was an old lady!!!

old is a matter of perspective, plus she could still be hot.

Like 48 year old Nigella

 

[TimberMcPherson]

We did a job a while back for an old guy, about 3 hours. He made us cups of tea when we were finished and we got to talking. Turned out he had done 4 years in europe and africa fighting the germans. Had some neat pics to. He got out his chequebook and I said we were happy to do the job in exchange for cups of tea and a few great stories. I told him he worked harder to attain and share those stories than I had doing the job.

I felt like I got a good deal.


But I have another client that doesnt stop talking, never. Hours. So I do charge up jobs only for her and she talks about 4 manhours labours worth over a full day.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I told him he worked harder to attain and share those stories than I had doing the job.

Good for you!

But I have another client that doesnt stop talking, never. Hours. So I do charge up jobs only for her and she talks about 4 manhours labours worth over a full day.

When I ran a pruning department for a local LawnCare chain I had built a portfolio of small shrub jobs that were a lot of geriatric ladies who wanted someone to talk to as much as have the work done. Some of them were 2-3 times a year for $100-150 where half of the allotted time was for a crew member to walk around the yard with the Mrs. on his (my) arm and let her chat about whatever. I flet bad about doing it, but we had to cover the time. I never had any complaints about gouging, and had a few nice letters from my clients children.

 

[mic687]

A guy from work asked if I would consider cutting a tree on his moms farm in WV in trade for a old backhoe on the property. Well last week the wife and I load up and headed south. Removed some large limbs over the house and a barn got the backhoe loaded and proceeded to the hotel. About a mile from the hotel the truck blows a raidiator hose and over heats. Next day replace the hose refill fluids an 10 minutes out of town the truck blows the top out of the coolant flush cap. By the time we can get the truck off the road its cooked. Long story short I am sending the title for my 1992 super duty to WV this week and I left the backhoe with a guy that helped us. That barter cost me around 2 grand. There comes a time when you just stop throwing good money after bad. All in all as bad as it went we still had a good time and met some nice people. Well time to go cut some trees and look for another truck.

 

[canopyboy]

old is a matter of perspective, plus she could still be hot.

Like 48 year old Nigella

Point well made...

 

[tree MDS]

dude!!! He said she was an old lady!!!

I caught that too, lol. FN tree guys, it dont take much to get our minds in the gutter.

 

[outofmytree]

old is a matter of perspective, plus she could still be hot.

Like 48 year old Nigella

Mmmmm, muffin. :jawdrop:

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

old is a matter of perspective, plus she could still be hot.

Like 48 year old Nigella

Yeah, and she is 5 years older then you and I, so is she really all that old?

 

[outofmytree]

Oh dear, now I have an video of Nigella, muffins and melting butter running through my head. If I don't post for a few days you know my wife was reading this.

Coming dearest......

 

[Tree Pig]

Yeah, and she is 5 years older then you and I, so is she really all that old?

thats why I said old is a matter of perspective. From where we stand 48 isnt that old. Naturally we both would most likely prefer a woman whos body parts still point in the original direction they were intended to point. But satisfying the needs or wants of an older woman of our age group would not be out of the question. On the other hand when I was 25 I would have been like " oh hell no, you go take care of that, leave me out of it".

 

[joecool85]

thats why I said old is a matter of perspective. From where we stand 48 isnt that old. Naturally we both would most likely prefer a woman whos body parts still point in the original direction they were intended to point. But satisfying the needs or wants of an older woman of our age group would not be out of the question. On the other hand when I was 25 I would have been like " oh hell no, you go take care of that, leave me out of it".

I'm 24 and if I was single I'd hit it.

 

[Tree Pig]

I'm 24 and if I was single I'd hit it.

Well when I was 25 I would have hit that too, but the average 48 year old I would not have gone near.

 

[tree md]

I'm 40 and I'd be all over that!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

One reason I looked for my wife online is that I am more interested in the mind then the looks. Ditsy chicks just turn me off. All I saw were a few glamor shots of Diane before I met her, which i had learned to take with a generous pinch of salt. I had started to fall for her by reading her and the sound of her voice, the first meeting was a pleasant surprise.

When i was a twenty-something Jarhead in the Mediterranean Riviera, I tried to do the gigolo thing, like so many other servicemen do. It went aginst mah raisins. I knew Guys who would leave ConUS with a light bag and return with an extended wardrobe and jewelry collection. Knew a couple who had older women in honest to God yachts follow them around the Med.