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  1. DruidCarol

    Website feedback

    Okay, I've had a bit of a look at this site and here are some thoughts: 1. Informative Links page- real formatting problem here because the first letters of ever sentence on the left side has been chopped off, including the first portion of your links to other sites. They won't work and will...
  2. DruidCarol

    What not to do - two videos

    First up is why you don't use a ladder, or if you do, think it through: The second is all about cheap stump removal... or not:
  3. DruidCarol

    Website feedback

    I just had a quick look at your site on my smartphone (Android) and found that it is a little short of the mark in navigating, especially in the photo galleries. I do like the gallery of Before and After pics. That is precisely one of the ways I think a top arborist can show how they solve a...
  4. DruidCarol

    Update on website technology | big problem with Wix web design

    I would go with this viewpoint. Boilerplate is really a tool for people who like to design templates to be used on platforms like Wordpress, Joomla, etc... Same thing with Twitter Bootstrap packages do give complete control over your website, but only if you do your own coding. Curious about...
  5. DruidCarol

    When your crew are all down with the flu...

    These guys are in Finland, close but not quite Russian!
  6. DruidCarol

    What's this scam?

    I have gotten these about doing websites for them and it is the same kind of scam. The person often says they're hearing impaired, as if that has anything to do with the price of bananas. The twist that I and other website development folks get is that they want you to charge them several...
  7. DruidCarol

    When your crew are all down with the flu...

    ...you can tell your customers, "No problem! I'll send the Drone over!" What could possibly go wrong?
  8. DruidCarol

    #Manintree Seattle story

    I wonder if he's a tree climber who went off his chump! LOL! But I was thinking the same thing, if he can be a stable person mentally and emotionally, and not lose his ability to master heights, he might be a candidate.
  9. DruidCarol

    #Manintree Seattle story

    This has been viral in the news, and this particular newspaper report has a lot of interesting aspects to it regarding the impact on the tree itself. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/man-spends-night-in-80-foot-tree-in-downtown-seattle-builds-makeshift-nest/
  10. DruidCarol

    Need a bosses advice

    I think "Cerviar" has a good point, and maybe you can just document the things that concern you about safety issues and/or poor quality work. Think of it as a sort of "get out of jail free" card in the event someone flirts seriously with trouble and you find OSHA or whomever in your face. One...
  11. DruidCarol

    Need a bosses advice

    I might try bringing your observations to the owner who is on the hook for any liability for what happens to the employees, or maybe approach it with a question about any upcoming safety training time that you assume is routinely done (play the naive questioner as a newbie). I think the...
  12. DruidCarol

    Update on website technology | big problem with Wix web design

    You had me stumped (no pun intended) on that one because I have never heard of it until you just brought it up. So I did a little digging. Page Cloud is very, very new from what I read, offered for a lower price last fall during their pre-release phase, and I gather they are now officially in...
  13. DruidCarol

    Update on website technology | big problem with Wix web design

    Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal are very similar platforms and I haven't had an opportunity to work on the two latter (I learn hands-on because it is more effective for me to "get it"). Joomla is less user-friendly and likely to require someone who does special custom coding; I've met freelance...
  14. DruidCarol

    Update on website technology | big problem with Wix web design

    I think I was pretty firm some time ago about advising those looking at doing a website for their business to run away, very fast, from the website builder software known as Wix. Ideally you are better off with Weebly or Wordpress. I hope people did. I missed this information from last...
  15. DruidCarol

    Exciting new law proposed in Rhode Island

    I've heard of some tree butchering done in a small Massachusetts town because a friend of the (now former) tree warden didn't like his neighbor's beautiful shade tree being close to his car. Town saw nothing wrong with the tree warden massacring a private tree. It is likely to start a sort of...
  16. DruidCarol

    Exciting new law proposed in Rhode Island

    Well, this takes the cake in my mind. A Rhode Island legislator proposes fining people for not keeping trees clipped to avoid dropping pine needles and leaves... http://bit.ly/providencetreelaw (yeah, I know it covers more than Providence). Gee, maybe a gravy train for tree companies as...
  17. DruidCarol

    Grassroots for Bernie Sanders 2016

    This map and the conclusions drawn about "happiness factor" in the current countries of Europe is a good example of manipulating a batch of facts to draw a false argument. Today's countries are nothing like the pre-WWII conditions. Many of these countries were very unstable and dominated by...
  18. DruidCarol

    Grassroots for Bernie Sanders 2016

    Hey, you must have heard about Cape Breton inviting Americans to move there in the event of The Donald becomes Dictator, er, President--http://cbiftrumpwins.com/ Count me in!
  19. DruidCarol

    Saving Cocoa Crop in Ecuador via Good Old Tree Pruning

    I spotted this in my Facebook feed and thought some of you might find it interesting, how essentially a vital crop (well, vital to me--I am woman, gimme chocolate!) was saved by understanding how trees flourish with careful crown thinning for light and air: http://bit.ly/arboristscocoatrees I...
  20. DruidCarol

    A tree pruner's revenge on a bad customer (NSFW)

    From the U.K. -- I guess someone was annoyed at not being paid or something. I thought about putting it in the section on tree ID but decided some folks might get REALLY silly! I hope it was good for a laugh!

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