TheBanyanTree: Nightmare on Rose St

[Pam Lawley]

a six thousand pound root system - holy cow!!!!

how about a little friggin respect?!!?  it's grown THAT big, leave it
the fuck alone!!!!

On 4/24/13, Woofess <Woofess at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> I like your philosophy Tom Smith:)
>
> And I am gonna copy it:)
>
> And for a bit of of a giggle in all the gloom, they had to get in the
> heavy duty dudes and their heavy duty machines to dig out the stumps on
> a number of trees... one root system was over 3 tons in weight! It took
> them the best part of the day. HAH!!
>
> The heavy duty dudes are nice dudes and they hate killing trees. The
> senior heavy duty dude who was just driving the heavy duty truck,  said
> he has planted over 2.5 million trees, because his main business is as a
> tree nurseryman in a place called Marble Bar where he plants trees for
> mine companies.
>
> Folks who want to destroy trees just make him shake his head, unbelievably.
>
> W:)
>
>   to On 24/04/2013 8:19 AM, Tom Smith wrote:
>> A poem with a punch, Woof.  It hurt.
>>
>> Seems like one of the first orders of business when a house
>> is sold in my area, is for a big tree on the property to get cut
>> down.  Breaks my heart.
>>
>> So far, the best cure I've found is to plant one.  This spring,
>> I planted THREE, an apricot, sweet lime and a loquat.
>>
>>
>>>             Nightmare on Rose St
>>>
>>>             No sound of bird song
>>>             Punctuates the air
>>>             Instead the futile screams
>>>             Of trees' death throes,
>>>             And the howl of chainsaws
>>>             Rend the canvas of the day.
>>>             Mute bare earth now remains.
>>>             And the birds have gone.
>
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Woofie
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