whadja do today?

[DR. P. Proteus]

I don't go very many places without a trusty fire exstinguisher.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Well at least a climber's job isn't the most dangerous anymore. I can breath a little easier now.

As for the microphones? I wouldn't give them to just anybody to abuse but seem decent.

 

[ducaticorse]

First day out with the new headsets today. Pretty much exactly what I figured was going to be the case is. How we worked all these years without them is beyond me. We worked today on a job site with several other contractors, and it made everything so much easier, efficient and more safe. You don't notice the extra weight over a reg helmet and muffs. My only complaint would be that I may have received a defective unit, as my right ear doesn't produce sound. I talked to treestuff and they told me to check a cpl things, either try a factory reset, or the unit itself is attached too tight to the helmet effecting a connection. If it's not either, it gets sent back. I will be ordering a 3rd and 4th for the other two members of the crew after today. No brainer.

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[DR. P. Proteus]

Let me start by saying I knew better:

So stoner surfer dude talked me into doing a job for one of his clients. It was immediately apparent that he wanted his hands on much of the loot but has no real skill, knowledge or even insurance to do it. I wrote the proposal, he gave it to the client and brings me back a 1k deposit which I had put in there mainly for him because he was dead broke, about to go to jail for child support ( just found that out) and needed money bad so he could move into an apartment. I gave him 500 and made a deal that he would work for me to pay it off and I would also give 5% of the 3500 dollar job.

We had gone over there 2 weeks ago and started to clean up what had fallen and was going to but I had other jobs that needed attention so I had to go. During that time stoner surfer dude got upset over the fact that he was going to have to work for me to pay me back and quit because he doesn't like to be told what to do however he really has no idea what to do.

So today the client calls me all upset I haven't been over to finish. Hell lady, there has been a major freaking storm and I have been stabilizing emergencies and trying to get stoner surfer dude to actually work and not break my rakes. He breaks the rakes because he is mad that he has to work. I am sure you have seen the type.

Anyway I tell the client the reason why I hadn't been back yet and that stoner surfer dude was really not the person to talk to about my business which he had been doing. He obviously had been telling her things and to give the guy a check and never even talk to me? At the end of the conversation I tell her I will either finish the job or she can let me out. She tells me that there are guys over there now and have dropped the trees already. These were trees that I thought could be dropped but the risk would be foolish. One was split and could have come apart while felling , the other could have sent debris flying into the house. These were both hail mary shots done by some other kid who has a fledgling business. I met the kid once, the first thing he said to me with a great big smile on his face was, " I want to use you!" He must think he is arborist of the year, at least trying for it.

I am trying to get this lady to sign off on me at this point so I can forget the whole thing but she still hasn't got back to me. I drove by to see the illegal aliens cleaning up the mess while the arborist of the year and stoner surfer dude were gone. I did see them at one point and noticed they were using my road safety equipment. Mr Arborist of the year has a pick-up and little trailer. All lettered up like a good bitness man. Stoner surfer dude has an even more worthless rig and argues that he is worth more. Kinda turns my stomach.

I just want the lady to sign off on me so I can forget about it. I doubt she can have a case against me. Just because I haven't been back to finish is not illegal, I made no promises to time frame. I hope she don't try to mess with me based on what these turds have told her, I don't have the time or patience.

This truly is my fault for working with the guy but he did actually steal this job and the client helped.

 

[Pelorus]

Sounds like this has become a botched and convoluted operation, Dr.
I suspect possible malpractice and malfeasance due to neglect (wilful or otherwise) of the patient's condition.
Is the surfer guy now hooked up with The Kid?
No good is gonna come of this.
Soulful contrition and a heartfelt apology to the patient (client) is paramount.

 

[BC WetCoast]

First day out with the new headsets today. Pretty much exactly what I figured was going to be the case is. How we worked all these years without them is beyond me. We worked today on a job site with several other contractors, and it made everything so much easier, efficient and more safe. You don't notice the extra weight over a reg helmet and muffs. My only complaint would be that I may have received a defective unit, as my right ear doesn't produce sound. I talked to treestuff and they told me to check a cpl things, either try a factory reset, or the unit itself is attached too tight to the helmet effecting a connection. If it's not either, it gets sent back. I will be ordering a 3rd and 4th for the other two members of the crew after today. No brainer.

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How will those units work in the rain?

 

[ducaticorse]

How will those units work in the rain?

Supposedly weather proof. Its easy to achieve these days, I dont see why they would have trouble. The brain and wiring is completely sealed. Only place water could get in is if you were utilizing an external jack for music rather than syncing your media player via bluetooth (which would make zero sense).

 

[treevet]

not much dif between a rain downpour and how much I sweat in the summer heat. Time will tell.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Lots of storm damage. 2"-3" of snow coming tonight


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[luckydad]

You guys gotta be sick of the white stuff this year !!

 

[KenJax Tree]

Yeah 2" will break a record for the snowiest winter....it was 77 yesterday


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[luckydad]

Man don't know what to say bout that one !!


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[DR. P. Proteus]

Sounds like this has become a botched and convoluted operation, Dr.
I suspect possible malpractice and malfeasance due to neglect (wilful or otherwise) of the patient's condition.
Is the surfer guy now hooked up with The Kid?
No good is gonna come of this.
Soulful contrition and a heartfelt apology to the patient (client) is paramount.

Ahh, thanks for listening. Yes, I wonder how the board of directors is gonna take this, might lose my license!

Sure I made an apology for being so late in finishing and being incommunicado , no one DR can treat all these people. I didn't want to take the job on but would have had no problem finishing without a gripe. Its not like I took the money and ran. Once I got the check I rearranged my schedule to get down there and get the stuff off the lawn and remove a broken tree over the street.

I took the job because the kid was begging me, I felt sorry for him. I had explained how it was gonna to have to be if my name was one the proposal. I mean he is not able to put his name on something like this. Last time I was at this client's property he had called me to save him from two little Austrian pine removals. " Oh, I will just put them on my trailer" he goes. Well I guess he realized what they charge to dump a trailer of brush, how hard it can be to even get Austrian pine on a trailer and that he really had no clue which end of the saw was sharp. The last was a trick question because neither end of his saw is sharp.

Well he had better figure it out now cause he is gonna cut all that crappy elm up right there on the lawn and have the illegals load it. That's what I told him, that he was the equivalent of an illegal alien at 10 bucks an hour and not to admit that would be lying to one's self. Actually , the illegals are better, worth more. This guy should be deported... or at least give up and join Obamacare.

But its me who is to blame. In a perfect world it would have worked... possibly. I was taking on work not out of greed but because I cared to try to help. I should have just stayed in my own yard and said I couldn't do it. I don't really think the client can come after me. No signature on the proposal though the 1k deposit is enough that I should get some work done on the job. No time constraints were ever listed. But maybe that 1k deposit means that Item 5 on the back of the proposal which states that any changes are to be confirmed with me personally is valid and I have a case. But I don't need or want a case.

Its been a very tough winter. I have been doing OK though at times some clients have forgotten that it was me at 2am in a straight up ice storm pulling trees off of their houses, draining house water pipes, and keeping their driveways open nonstop. My god I want to crawl into a hole just remembering!

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Lots of storm damage. 2"-3" of snow coming tonight


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I gotta wonder how you in harsher climates keep up. I don't get it.

 

[Pelorus]

Ahh, thanks for listening. Yes, I wonder how the board of directors is gonna take this, might lose my license!
Sure I made an apology for being so late in finishing and being incommunicado , no one DR can treat all these people. I didn't want to take the job on but would have had no problem finishing without a gripe. Its not like I took the money and ran. Once I got the check I rearranged my schedule to get down there and get the stuff off the lawn and remove a broken tree over the street.
Its been a very tough winter. I have been doing OK though at times some clients have forgotten that it was me at 2am in a straight up ice storm pulling trees off of their houses, draining house water pipes, and keeping their driveways open nonstop. My god I want to crawl into a hole just remembering!

Once the Ice Age began last December, a bunch of work that I had lined up never got started.
I feel embarrassed (mortified) to even call them now to see if they still want me to do the work, 5 - 6 months late.
One person I did call this week said "no problem" Turns out the snow in their backyard is still deep enough to be a PITA, and they want to wait a few more weeks.

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Once the Ice Age began last December, a bunch of work that I had lined up never got started.
I feel embarrassed (mortified) to even call them now to see if they still want me to do the work, 5 - 6 months late.
One person I did call this week said "no problem" Turns out the snow in their backyard is still deep enough to be a PITA, and they want to wait a few more weeks.

See?

First of all I gotta say I don't know how any tree work gets done up there, something I can't fathom though have seen. People have to expect being snowed in up there. Down here people get indignant because they can't drive their rear wheel drive BMW with Perellis. Their expectations are quite different. Once I hear crap I start to take offense. No, we do not always get so much snow and ice BUT we do have storms regularly enough that they should expect the inconvenience. Hell, I have been telling people they are lucky to be alive in a heated area, they think I am joking! They say to me with astonishment, " Can you believe this!?" I am like, " Yes, though you seem to be having a problem with it." Oh these people who need AC, regular meal times and are petrified of mother nature all the sudden have to get the flowers in and the mulch down so they can go inside and look at it.

I kinda used to feel embarrassed about not getting to a job but am learning not to anymore. All of the clients I have had for years are still with me. Anybody that would get rid of me for some problem is bound to have that same problem with the next guy, probably even worse.

My feelings aren't even hurt by the fact that this kid that Stoner Surfer Dude got dropped these trees that I wouldn't have. I think everything is fine in doing so, nothing bad happened but it could have I think. A chance I am not willing to take and would have erred on the side of caution to limb them up first. I am mad at myself for letting these jerkoffs push me around when I knew better.

It was funny as all get out to see the illegals. They look so, uh, um, sickening, like little ****** slaves cleaning up after Whitey.

 

[capetrees]

hmm... wow

 

[ducaticorse]

Once the Ice Age began last December, a bunch of work that I had lined up never got started.
I feel embarrassed (mortified) to even call them now to see if they still want me to do the work, 5 - 6 months late.
One person I did call this week said "no problem" Turns out the snow in their backyard is still deep enough to be a PITA, and they want to wait a few more weeks.

Ice age lol...

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[sgreanbeans]

Let me start by saying I knew better:

So stoner surfer dude talked me into doing a job for one of his clients. It was immediately apparent that he wanted his hands on much of the loot but has no real skill, knowledge or even insurance to do it. I wrote the proposal, he gave it to the client and brings me back a 1k deposit which I had put in there mainly for him because he was dead broke, about to go to jail for child support ( just found that out) and needed money bad so he could move into an apartment. I gave him 500 and made a deal that he would work for me to pay it off and I would also give 5% of the 3500 dollar job.

We had gone over there 2 weeks ago and started to clean up what had fallen and was going to but I had other jobs that needed attention so I had to go. During that time stoner surfer dude got upset over the fact that he was going to have to work for me to pay me back and quit because he doesn't like to be told what to do however he really has no idea what to do.

So today the client calls me all upset I haven't been over to finish. Hell lady, there has been a major freaking storm and I have been stabilizing emergencies and trying to get stoner surfer dude to actually work and not break my rakes. He breaks the rakes because he is mad that he has to work. I am sure you have seen the type.

Anyway I tell the client the reason why I hadn't been back yet and that stoner surfer dude was really not the person to talk to about my business which he had been doing. He obviously had been telling her things and to give the guy a check and never even talk to me? At the end of the conversation I tell her I will either finish the job or she can let me out. She tells me that there are guys over there now and have dropped the trees already. These were trees that I thought could be dropped but the risk would be foolish. One was split and could have come apart while felling , the other could have sent debris flying into the house. These were both hail mary shots done by some other kid who has a fledgling business. I met the kid once, the first thing he said to me with a great big smile on his face was, " I want to use you!" He must think he is arborist of the year, at least trying for it.

I am trying to get this lady to sign off on me at this point so I can forget the whole thing but she still hasn't got back to me. I drove by to see the illegal aliens cleaning up the mess while the arborist of the year and stoner surfer dude were gone. I did see them at one point and noticed they were using my road safety equipment. Mr Arborist of the year has a pick-up and little trailer. All lettered up like a good bitness man. Stoner surfer dude has an even more worthless rig and argues that he is worth more. Kinda turns my stomach.

I just want the lady to sign off on me so I can forget about it. I doubt she can have a case against me. Just because I haven't been back to finish is not illegal, I made no promises to time frame. I hope she don't try to mess with me based on what these turds have told her, I don't have the time or patience.

This truly is my fault for working with the guy but he did actually steal this job and the client helped.

Sounds like this kid that keeps coming up to my son "We should team up" "I gotz a crane, yall can use it anytime, just call." "If yall ever need help, I will be there as back up" Kid is a total goof. I stood a couple people behind him at the store and he didnt notice me until after he opened his mouth about tree work to the cashier, telling her all kinds of Badaas BS about himself, turned around and seen me, he shrank a little. I lived across the street from him when he was a kid and remember thinking that he is the one that egged my 71 Boss 351. Little Fcker. His dad came over when I was packing up for cali and wanted to "buy" the business. He acted like a big shot and I had a little fuse at the time so I was pretty short with him. Told him that nothing was for sale...... to him. He asked why and I told him I would never sell to a hack, lol......he left. Now the kid has a bunch of pos trucks, lettered up with mailbox stickers. Sports 3 Mohawks on his head. Yes I said 3. Whenever I see him out and about, I try to avoid him, as not to give him any reason to come talk to me. I keep seeing trees around the hood all jacked up. He asked my son one day what we where doing, this was a couple months back. Son told him oak prunes, he replied "Really? I do those in the summer" Now, as I understand it, he is teamed up with the worst of the worst. So epic level F-ups are one the way.

 

[treeclimber101]

Why don't you just give her back the G and tell her good luck ?