Home 19 Jan 2005 01:38 pm
City Light tree trimmers: giddy men with chainsaws
A crack team of City Light tree trimmers is here at last. They have to take out a good half of each conifer that was planted under the powerlines just on our neighbor’s side of the property line. (Only an idiot would have planted those trees there.) I’m delighted to see them; we’ve lost telephone service a few times because of those stupid trees. They’ve been growing right into the telephone boxes. If they were my trees, they would have gotten the chainsaw cure a long time ago and been replaced by trees of reasonable size.
The tree guys are charming. They are fans of Señor Wences. I keep hearing, “S’aright?” “S’aright!” They also enjoy talking like pirates. Yarr! Ahoy, there! Aye, me matey, arrrrrrr. It isn’t Talk Like A Pirate Day already, is it? Or is every day Talk Like A Pirate Day? Or does it mean they’ve found a crows’ nest?
They’ve certainly got a nice day for it. No wonder they’re giddy. It’s sunny and 62 degrees Fahrenheit, which is plain bizarre. I have all the windows open so the house can air out.
on 19 Jan 2005 at 2:47 pm 1.Ted said …
Again, my head’s in a weird place: my first thought was, “Man, they’re late! What are they coming out now? And why do they need chainsaws?”
Makes me think twice about having turkey with all the trimmings…
on 19 Jan 2005 at 4:12 pm 2.Cam said …
Heh!
on 20 Jan 2005 at 12:12 am 3.Cam said …
Later they all started quacking loudly. Go figure.