It's all good, and thank you for the apology. Give it time we all had to earn a reputation. This thread is woven of a tight knit group of friend's who hang out regular. Like a small family, and I am proud to know, and share time, and storie'd with em, and call them friend's. Awesome pic's my friend's. I wasn't close with my dad, wish I was he is around somewhere, but was not much of a father. I haven't seen or talke'd with him in about 6-7 year's. When I first started working for the county I was using a pole saw to trim behind a roadside mower. A real nice guy about 70 something came out, and long story short, wanted to hire me to trim his road, with pole saw, and chainsaw. I did many job's for him, and that was the only one he paid me for. We got real close quick, and I can't take money from my friend's. He, and his wife had no children, and took to me like a son. We lost him last year at about 84. We had a wonderfull relationship, and cut togehter alot. Share'd many storie's, and looke'd through the high climber timber faller's book, together over, and over. It was a real hard loss, he passe'd on alot of wonderfull memorie's, a couple saw's, and most important, love. He was alway's proud of me, and at the end I was emotional, and couldn't speak I left him a heartfelt letter, at his hspital bed, and told him to read it later. In it I told him what he meant in my life, and I was proud he was my friend, and would have been proud if he was my father, and thank's for caring for me like a son. That was our last time together, he died 2 day's later. We talke'd of saw's, and cutting when he got home, and of course my dog's, and boar hunting.
