Re: De-Lurk Plus Why Bother with DTT?

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:15:01 -0000, "Jolly Roger"
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Cardman wrote:
>>>trees and the like.
>> Trees are a known problem. Nothing that a chainsaw cannot cure.
>
>Many mature trees are the subject of a Tree Preservation Order,
>and any damage to a TPO tree can attract a £20,000 penalty.

Yes, but I am not sure how people know if it is a TPO tree or not,
when most people cannot even identify the type. Oh, this also reminds
me. Don't cut down oak trees, when the council don't like that.

Anyway, from what I have seen then even TPO trees are not that much of
a problem, when the council will authorise you to cut it down with the
right excuse.

Like my now deceased grandfather got authorisation to cut down an oak
tree in the forest, when quite correctly it was in the way of him
moving the tractor up and down the road.

My mother has also had a protected tree in her garden removed. This
was following that great storm incident. Nothing wrong with the tree
mind you, when it is just that my mother is very tabloid sensitive. As
during that time there were many stories of falling trees, where she
now suspects the one in her garden will sudden jump out of the
darkness and go "boo".

Not to mention that ever since my mother moved in to her house then
she has slowly worked through cutting down every bush, shrub and
anything else growing in her garden that is taller than she is. So
this large tree has always its days numbered, where my mother took up
this "great storm" opportunity to have the council approve its
removal.

I guess that a huge tree in a small garden is not best idea, but then
that tree was there before the house was. That tree sure is not there
any more when my mother got very anti-tree on it. Once the council
have given their approval (they never come and take a look...), then
so did my uncle let it taste chain saw.

>The penalty was set at that level to discourage dodgy 'developers'.

Hopefully it is somewhat lower for the plain stupid then.

>Anyway, I rather like trees.

You should love a forest then.

In fact I spent much of my childhood holidays in forests and orchards,
when my grandfather was a woodsman. I now wonder if this explains why
I now only see two types of plants. The first type you can eat, where
the second type I term as "weeds".

Well my grandfather used to cut down trees by the hundreds, with
turning them into pailings and logs. Then on the other side a young
boy in an orchard can find many delights. Like I recall one very tasty
plumb tree. Row after row of red and black cherry trees. Not to forget
multiple types of apples.

Now I think this makes my family sound rather screwed.

Cardman
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