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  1. ladybird

    Women in trees, here's your enemy.

    Age based discrimination is also illegal. Spot on. Basically the EEOC makes it illegal to discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, and disability. Although I think the disability bit varies based on the requirements of the position.
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    Chronic Exposure

    Just to throw in another option: I get sweat induced eczema. It appears as tiny little blister like bumps that are filled with clear fluid and either super itchy or painful. It can happen on my hands or feet/ankles and migrates locations. Seems to be worse on one side vs the other at certain...
  3. ladybird

    Women in trees, here's your enemy.

    I believe if you looked at the historical record that discrimination against women would be the major factor in women gaining footholds in the workplace and most definitely in those fields that deal primarily with skilled manual labor. The Equal Opportunity Employment Act wasn't passed until...
  4. ladybird

    Women in trees, here's your enemy.

    Fair enough. Good to know.
  5. ladybird

    Grassroots for Bernie Sanders 2016

    http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-record-distinguished-by-consistency-504479811515 Seems like if you can keep your message consistent for 30+ years that you'd stick to it for a few more in a different office
  6. ladybird

    Women in trees, here's your enemy.

    Just curious, but is Riggs a real person? Or is the whole thing some kind of convoluted joke? Not to ruffle any feathers, but those posts read like a sad redneck version of The Onion written to a second grade reading level.
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    Stump Grinder Accident

    http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/12/11/inkster-man-caught-in-stump-grinder-critically-injured/ NKSTER (WWJ) – An Inkster man was critically injured Thursday when his leg got caught in a stump grinder. Fire officials said the horrific accident happened as the man in his 30s was working alone...
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    Pre-climb check sheets.

    Y'all should check out The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gwande. It is a fairly quick read and discusses the idea of pre-work checklists within both the aviation and medical fields; fields where mistakes result in grave injury or death. He goes into detail about how to make checklists that people...
  9. ladybird

    Decision Fatigue

    I was just thinking about the time when we had a rental stump grinder(the beast) with a rental air lift trailer. I had it out for about a 12 hour day. It was getting on to be 6 pm and it got stuck in a ditch and I had to haul it out with the 350. When I finally got it out, I went to load it on...
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    Decision Fatigue

    I found this super cool article that addresses the psychology of why we tend to make poor decisions late in the day. It's a bit long winded, but has some really awesome information about how scarcity of time and money(things we all feel the pinch of in this business), affect the decisions we...
  11. ladybird

    Tree worker beat by crowd

    When you look at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2010 concerning women's to men's earnings ratios within selected occupations, the numbers still read 80 cents on the dollar on average(http://bit.ly/1eFBgaC). And men do statistically demand higher pay and get it, but is it because of...
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    Tree worker beat by crowd

    Privilege is a tricky thing. If you have it, often you don't often know it. And if you don't know it, it is incredibly difficult to understand how it might affect those who do not. According to the US Bureau of Labor, in 2012 the median earnings of a white male were 879/week. Black men...
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    New England TCC - May 31st

    Right back atcha, Melissa! The NECTCC last year was such an incredible experience, there's no way I could stay away. You guys run an outstanding operation. The hard work and heart the judges and volunteers put in is unreal. Having a group of wildly talented climbers there not just to...
  14. ladybird

    2014 TCC Dates

    Does the Georgia TCC have a women's division or any women that compete?
  15. ladybird

    Caritool mishap

    Oceans inducted me into the school of tappers. Whenever I clip into my D's I tap my gates to make sure they've snapped into place. The physical habit of hitting the gates cues me to look for the green on my TM. Sometimes I find a physical motion can help cue a visual or mental check. I've...
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    partially removed white pine vs. nature

    Ropeshield, I would love to see more pines like that. They seem to get narly pretty quickly around here. KevinS, cold rope and warm hitch. I will have to give that a whirl. I think it was just one of those days when mother nature gets to have her say. I emailed the homeowner and discussed...
  17. ladybird

    Winter gloves

    Thanks for the bread bag tip, Tom. That is totally the bees knees. Saved my toes the other day when it dipped down in the single digits. An important tip when using bread bags: DO NOT USE sourdough bread bags. That may seem intuitive, but man, I almost passed out when I pulled those...
  18. ladybird

    partially removed white pine vs. nature

    Homeowner's can definitely be tricky. I'm operating on a very small scale, so I tend not to have to deal with too many headaches. As for the pine, it is in good shape considering it's a multi-stemmed white. There are several feet of included bark about twenty feet up the base where the stems...
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    partially removed white pine vs. nature

    Hello all, I scheduled the removal of a multi stemmed white pine about 20 feet from the northern side of the house. The home owner requested to be present during the removal. We rescheduled multiple times and finally got started. I limbed up one stem that sits away from the house leaving a...
  20. ladybird

    8mm armor prus on Braided safety blue

    Thanks! I've shortened it to the length that matches my i2i, but might try shoring it up a bit more with a twist and see how that runs. I'll have to email Luke at Treestuff and see if there's anything different about the ArmorPrus if it keeps acting up. . .

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