++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[Red Squirrel]

So today I decide if I want to cut my big tree in the front. Will be kinda sad to see it go, but it's on the verge of snapping in half. I can't seem to figure out a way to make a hole through it so I can use threaded rod to brace it. It really shouldn't be hard but none of the drill bits I have seem to work. They either don't dig through at all, or get stuck.

Got one more thing I want to try, failing that, the tree is coming down. Seeing a shirtless ginger climbing a tree with a chainsaw will be a sight to behold for the neighbours.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Crazy hot out there, hence the shirtless part.

 

[zzuupp]

thunderstom just dropped the temp about 20 degreees nef

 

[Red Squirrel]

Done for today. Need to go out to take a pic of what's left but resting my feet for a bit. I think Tim Hortons is open today if yes I will go get timbits and a coffee or hot chocolate or something since I have the munchies and don't have chips here.

Most of what's left now is the more risky cuts, I think I will leave those to an arborist. Hopefully it won't cost too much since the bulk of the work is done, though I guess the risky parts are the hardest for them too. The Ryobi chainsaw chooched pretty well I have to say. I was rotating between 3 standard size batteries and with taking small breaks to cool off inside the house, I never found myself in a situation where I was waiting for a battery to charge. I had to pick a day where it's like +32 to do this lol.


Pic from when I first started:



Complete with my hair tied up like a mullet lol. Letting the back down protects neck from sun.

 

[Red Squirrel]

More pics:









I probably should be wearing more PPE but it was way too hot. I just hope we don't have any ticks in town, have not heard anything about any here yet this year but we had some last year.

There's a couple more sections that will be easy to do but called it quits, then lot of it is too sketchy to do myself so I will either get help or just hire it out. I'm leaning towards hiring it out. The straight section is too sketchy to do from a ladder, and there's one section I think that could end up in the street.

But ya was an ambitious task to take on myself lol. At least whatever is left should hopefully not cost too much to get done.

I do want to eventually buy an off grid property so I kinda have to take on tasks like this to remind me what kind of work I'll be getting myself into if I buy such property. At least most of the trees in the bush are just straight up single trunk that I can cut in one shot from the ground though, but if one gets binded up on another it can still create a tricky situation.

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[sdifox]

Waiting for soup to finish cooking nef

 

[Red Squirrel]

Bat soup?

 

[sdifox]

Bat soup?

Close enough.

 

[Red Squirrel]

A signed Muhammed Ali boxing glove in a glass case was stolen from someone in my city today. This feels like the start of an action movie plot.

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[shortylickens]

microsoft is doing a better job than most.
I'm downloading from them at 312mbit per second.
which is good cuz Comcast is selling me 300mb internet service.

 

[sdifox]

Narf

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[bigboxes]

Watch the sun rise on South Padre Island yesterday morning

 

[Cyco]

Nfe

 

[Red Squirrel]

Last day shift nef, then off for 4 days.

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[shortylickens]

thunder
lightning

no rain


god dammit

 

[shortylickens]

rained hard for 3 minutes.
the air is gonna be wet for days.

 

[sdifox]

rained hard for 3 minutes.
the air is gonna be wet for days.

Eh? Rain drops humidity in the air. That is what rain is.

 

[zzuupp]

so much for your major tstorm warning

rained hard for 3 minutes.
the air is gonna be wet for days.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Fun fun. I love nice thunderstorms, especially when I'm not at work.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued at 11:20 Monday 06 July 2020






Conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts and large hail.

Hazards:
- Damaging wind gusts of 90 to 110 km/h
- Nickel to Toonie sized hail

Locations:
Portions of Northeastern and Far-Northeastern Ontario.

Timing:
This afternoon and evening.

###

Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road.

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.

 

[zzuupp]

neffity nite