101 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Seems a pretty massive treat for a teenager to have cut down. Surely a regular chainsaw wouldn't have been able to hack through it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I cut a load of branches off a tree in the garden. I started off with just cutting the grass every so often, then got into a bit of pruning. I think i can keep a lid on it but it's easy to see how the search for an ever increasing buzz can get out of hand and lead to this sort of thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: What is it with teenagers nowadays? First the fire at Ayr Station now this tree. Whatever happened to drinking cheap cider and climbing on top of the local Primary School roof or throwing stones at windows? I blame the parents/SNP It's the thought of the proposed 65p per unit for booze that's driving them to tree surgery... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jamamafegan Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: “We welcome thousands of people each year who look forward to seeing the famous tree. A very sad day.” Thousands of people. Trees are living monuments. How would you feel if a 200 - 300 year old landmark monument / building in your town or city was mindlessly torn down overnight? You would be rightly angry, perhaps devastated. At least a building can somewhat be rebuilt / replaced in a relatively short space of time. However once a mature tree is cut down, it is gone forever. We will not see a mature tree there again in our lifetime. And all of the life that the tree sustained and could continue to sustain for the years to come has vanished. Matures trees will forever hold more value than famous buildings. The forests they form contain irreplaceable ecosystems that have grown over hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. People sent "thoughts and prayers", changed their facebook banners etc when the Notre-Dame went up in flames. Yet we don't see the same level of public outrage or sadness as logging and wildfires continue to destroy ancient forests worldwide. If people viewed our ancient trees and forests as living monuments with the same fondness as they do for pieces of human architecture then the world would be a better place. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Trees are living monuments. How would you feel if a 200 - 300 year old landmark monument / building in your town or city was mindlessly torn down overnight? You would be rightly angry, perhaps devastated. At least a building can somewhat be rebuilt / replaced in a relatively short space of time. However once a mature tree is cut down, it is gone forever. We will not see a mature tree there again in our lifetime. And all of the life that the tree sustained and could continue to sustain for the years to come has vanished. Matures trees will forever hold more value than famous buildings. The forests they form contain irreplaceable ecosystems that have grown over hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. People sent "thoughts and prayers", changed their facebook banners etc when the Notre-Dame went up in flames. Yet we don't see the same level of public outrage or sadness as logging and wildfires continue to destroy ancient forests worldwide. If people viewed our ancient trees and forests as living monuments with the same fondness as they do for pieces of human architecture then the world would be a better place. The trees urnae gonna shag you, mate. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" Bookmarked for when the Eden project in Dundee inevitably gets destroyed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 44 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Trees are living monuments. How would you feel if a 200 - 300 year old landmark monument / building in your town or city was mindlessly torn down overnight? You would be rightly angry, perhaps devastated. At least a building can somewhat be rebuilt / replaced in a relatively short space of time. However once a mature tree is cut down, it is gone forever. We will not see a mature tree there again in our lifetime. And all of the life that the tree sustained and could continue to sustain for the years to come has vanished. Matures trees will forever hold more value than famous buildings. The forests they form contain irreplaceable ecosystems that have grown over hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. People sent "thoughts and prayers", changed their facebook banners etc when the Notre-Dame went up in flames. Yet we don't see the same level of public outrage or sadness as logging and wildfires continue to destroy ancient forests worldwide. If people viewed our ancient trees and forests as living monuments with the same fondness as they do for pieces of human architecture then the world would be a better place. Am I the only one that read this in Neil from The Young Ones voice? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, BTFD said: Quite poignant that the post following this was from Granny Danger. Is that because he's a moron as well? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, 101 said: Seems a pretty massive treat for a teenager to have cut down. Maybe he'd been a good boy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: The trees urnae gonna shag you, mate. Wood Wid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Is that because he's a moron as well? Ooft. Cutting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 6 hours ago, jamamafegan said: How would you feel if a 200 - 300 year old landmark monument / building in your town or city was mindlessly torn down overnight? You would be rightly angry, perhaps devastated. Mostly like this : 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 This reminds me that they are a shockingly high number of people in the UK who believe that Hadrian's Wall is the border between Scotland and England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 My PTTGOYN is the fact that there’s a wrestling thread under ‘other sports’. Fair enough having a thread, we’ve got threads on all sorts of things, but surely wrestling shouldn’t be classed as a sport. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 16 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: My PTTGOYN is the fact that there’s a wrestling thread under ‘other sports’. Fair enough having a thread, we’ve got threads on all sorts of things, but surely wrestling shouldn’t be classed as a sport. Real wrestling: yes. That soap opera they call wrestling: no. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Granny showing his heel qualities yet again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 The TV & FIlm and Gaming forums could be subforums of a general 'Entertainment' section, along with the Last Book You Read thread and Wrestling subforum. I've nothing against people watching big greasy men fondling each other, and they certainly work hard/die young for their money, but it's not sport. Stick the Celtgers threads in there too; many's the time I've seen posts from those folk and thought, "you're no real". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Anyway, back to PTTGOYN - automated buildings. I'm sitting in one employing the tactics taught to me by @Melanius Mullarkay (avoiding work with P&B), and half of the windows open/close automatically when CO2 sensors are triggered in the rooms. It's been blowing a fucking gale today, and was raining earlier - prime weather to suddenly find yourself next to an open window that you can't close 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, BTFD said: Anyway, back to PTTGOYN - automated buildings. I'm sitting in one employing the tactics taught to me by @Melanius Mullarkay (avoiding work with P&B), and half of the windows open/close automatically when CO2 sensors are triggered in the rooms. It's been blowing a fucking gale today, and was raining earlier - prime weather to suddenly find yourself next to an open window that you can't close Just stop producing CO2. Problem solved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, BTFD said: Anyway, back to PTTGOYN - automated buildings. I'm sitting in one employing the tactics taught to me by @Melanius Mullarkay (avoiding work with P&B), and half of the windows open/close automatically when CO2 sensors are triggered in the rooms. It's been blowing a fucking gale today, and was raining earlier - prime weather to suddenly find yourself next to an open window that you can't close Sure it's not CH4 it's controlling? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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