Bad Drivers?

MattyD

MattyD

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I get accused of being a bad driver everyday by my girlfriend. Pay attention!....what are you lookin at?! bla bla bla. Im sure you guys get the same flack by your wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, or just passengers. I think we all have this in common. I'm always lookin up at the trees canopies driving by thinking to myself...... where would I tie in to that tree?... If a removal, how would I piece that tree out? where would I set my block.etc.etc.. I just think its funny. Thanks for letting me share.

My name is Matty D, and I'm a buzzaholic
 
Hi MattyD You have jumped the biggest hurdle by admitting you have an addiction! You are soo right I day dream when iam driving or at a family gathering always looking up not paying attention to the conversation!
 
Haha ya I get the 'What are you looking at?', the trick is to wear sunglasses my friend. Oh wait you're talking about trees.
 
I do the same thing with the trees i drive by! Where would i tie in which lead would i work first what would be my last limb? Its so much fun. There are a few trees i drive by almost every day that i'm just going to have to stop and ask the homeowner if they would like their tree dead wooded so i can finally climb them. Good stuff
 
I Do it too there are some that I pass that I wish I could really help out. Such terrible condition. I do prefer the really nice trees. Just looking at the best plan of action.
 
You're not a bad driver just a very very good treeman.....

I take furtive glances and then point them out to my wife before she asks. Offense is the best defense...
 
I thought my first boss was a really bad driver too. He was always slowing down and turning his head around to look at trees and stuff. It drove me nuts. Now I too am a bad driving dedicated tree man. Texting can't hold a candle to the hazards tree men pose to the road.
 
I worked out a deal with a gal that I dated. If we were driving together I got one 'gimme'. If I touched a lane stripe or the shoulder my gawking was done! She got really nervous about driving on the shoulder...I guess that I would too. When I drive we other arbos its a normal way to drive!

One winter I was on a camping trip with friends. We were moving our camp and I had a heavy pulk to pull so I was just plodding along. While I was going across one portage I was looking up at some nice white pines. My friend Dave was behind me and said, 'Quit trimming the trees, this is a wilderness!" We both had to stop because we were laughing too hard!
 
haha this is funny stuff I do the exact same thing! My professor calls it the Tree Disease....have yet to know of a cure yet nor do i want to find one...

Tom your story is really funny got a chuckle out of that one
 
I wouldn't say I'm a bad driver, sometimes a little slower than normal. I haven't gotten stuck in the ditch, yet. Just kidding. Its easy to miss a turn now and again.

Wish customers would just say, turn left on Mulberry St, not turn left at the 5th street that goes to the left.

People, I'm too busy looking at the neighbors' trees in the subdivision to count left hand turns. Easier to say to myself, is this mulberry? no, look at that one, is this mulberry? no, look at that topping job, is this mulberry? yes, okay turn.

But seriously, be safe everyone.
 
The awakening's thread has two tree workers putting up traffic signs getting killed by a bad driver. I feel like a smuck now for joking about driving on the shoulder. I've been the highway's worker diving head first into the ditch.
 
Well that is too bad about the accident. But this is by far the funniest thread that I have seen yet! I read every post and was laughing the whole time! I was especially into Tom's post, he is so smart and technical when he posts that I couldn't wait to hear some humor.

I too am a tree gazer! Look for TIP, how to lower, were exactally the cuts would be if I trimmed it. There has even been a time or two, and I would do it again... Stop and talk to a homeowner about a tree being dangerous, esp if I see kids!

My wife tells me to quite looking at trees too. A little trick that I got to doing is asking what kind of tree it is. Now she always asks me, "the answer is it is a Sycamore" She even calls out hangers now, or "widow maker" Well that is what I got, cant wait to see some more posts!
 
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I read every post and was laughing the whole time! I was especially into Tom's post, he is so smart and technical when he posts that I couldn't wait to hear some humor.

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I read every post and was laughing the whole time! I was especially into Tom's post, he is so smart and technical when he posts that I couldn't wait to hear some humor.

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Whatever! I did like his story, and he does set a par.

Any way lets keep this thread alive!

I was glancing at some trees today. And got to thinking, it is better to do it when someone is with you to critisice. Have you ever got a mile down the road before you realized it? Did I stop at that stop sign? Was I swerving?

Over a period of time I have really had to work on that. It is not a good feeling knowing that you have lost all concentration on driving.

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<u>Come on this stuff is funny!</u>
 
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