Hello, I am Cody

Hello all,

Thanks for your warm welcome. I will try not to offend any of you staunch conservatives with my liberal ways!
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Cody
 
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just try not to piss me off with your liberal ways
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Those who live in socialist houses...........

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Should be the first ones to espouse the virtues of communism? Or is it Marxism?


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Hopefully have an open door policy to ideas that break out of the meaninglessly labelled boxes others seem to prefer.
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PS COOL avatar JF
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Personally, if I want to read about people taking politics, I'll go to that other site where it seems they like to talk more politics than trees.
 
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Hello all,

Thanks for your warm welcome. I will try not to offend any of you staunch conservatives with my liberal ways!
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Cody

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OK well I'm gonna take my "welcome cody" back.
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Easy guys! I was joking around; which I thought you were all doing with me
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Somebody calls me a liberal...that's funny!
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As far as not talking politics because this is an arborist forum...you are bang on.
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Let us talk about trees; but we should be able to rib each other a little bit...at least that is how I have always been when it came to those that I work with...so, can't we all just get along?
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Hey Cody, real nice shots.
I would love to know where you are for the bulk of those pics. That is some prime, what looks to me to be first growth timber ? There is not a lot of that wood left in the world and those are some beautiful stands, I presume you guys are selectively cutting, doesn't look like your clearing big blocks ?
Put some safety shades on those eyes man, hard to fall trees blind. Just my opinion, tho. Thats all Ill say about it.
Great work shots bro, welcome to the 'Buzz'.
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All of the Redwood pics were taken in Humboldt County CA. The rest were in Southeast Alaska, Prince of Wales Island. Never cut any old growth Redwood, only residual old growth(all units that we worked in had already been logged at least once, and the old timers left the trees that were too tough for them to utilize, but we were helicopter logging). As far as selective logging in Humboldt...usually we clearcut; sometimes overstory removal; never huge "blocks"...took an act of congress just to harvest the small units that we did, as the thp regulations in that area were, by far the most stringent I had ever worked under, and I have been around(Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and A brief stint in Florida and Alabama). Now, for the safety glasses...I have worn them off and on my whole career(bug eyes, every different type of safety glasses, and the george jetson hats, you know with the ear muffs and screen). Longest stint I ever wore the glasses was for about a year, until one day I almost got killed by a huge widow-maker that I did not see(my knees still knock when I have something in front of my eyes when I am falling a tree), because my glasses were dirty(even tried cleaning them every few minutes, but to no avail, as that does not work too well when you are busheling). The bug eyes...did not like how much they obstructed my vision. The best luck I ever had was with the george jetson hats, as I could flip the screen up when clarity of vision was crucial(mostly when falling a tree), and kept it down when brushing, and limbing. I would wear the george jetson hat when the company was really trying to push eye protection, but eventually would end up back in the pickup after multiple hangups in the brush, among other mis-haps. I am posting a cool picture, and there is a very funny story behind it, about safety glasses, but I will post another thread as I have already ranted for too long with this one.
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Okay, so the guy on the left was the lead Bullbuck/safety guy for Columbia Helicopters Inc., the guy in the middle is my Brother-in-Law Pat (notice the safety glasses in his hand...that dog! he always had the same opinion of safety glasses as myself), and the guy on the right was the Bullbuck on that job. We were working on Dall Island in Southeast Alaska and I was informed that this tree was above me in my strip...Yayeah! The day that I was supposed to cut it (had my 088 with 54" bar and a couple of laser chains primed and ready), and the Bullbuck, and Lead Bullbuck/safety man come out to watch me fall it...dang! Columbia's policy always was to have eye protection on your person; you did not have to wear them unless you were told, so I always kept a pair tucked in my hardhat to comply. Well, when the safety guy sees me not wearing them he tells me I have to...sigh, so I put them on, but they had been tucked away in my hat and were quite caked with dirt; I tried to clean them, not to mention it was rainy(as it is most days in Southeast); put them on and it was like trying see my work while looking through a murky fish tank. Now, the ground on Dall Island is quite treacherous...sometimes deadly, one wrong step and it is a broken bone, or death! I wore them for a few minutes while clearing out all the snags around this glorious tree, and I tell him about the problem I am having with my glasses. He tells me "You are a young guy and I would hate to see you blinded", which I retort "I would rather be blind, than dead or broken", which he retorts that "you have to wear them anyway", which I retort "can't I just not wear them today because they are really hindering me, and quite frankly I am scared, and tommorrow I will gladly bring my george jetson hat to appease" he retorts "you either have to wear them or you are out of here", so I smile, throw my saw on my shoulder, and hike out...TRAMPED! The little devil in me still wishes I would have just complied right up to the point that the tree was toppling over, then I would have thrown those dirty glasses in the undercut, and then tramped. So...next day my brother-in-law brings me this picture with a nice little thank you card(he always was a funny guy). Now, I am not saying that you should not wear safety glasses, as everybody should, they just did not work for me at that time, and that scenario. I still try to make myself wear them on occasion, but more often than not, I don't; Is that good? No; Bad? Maybe, but that is why I love being a free man!
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Easy guys! I was joking around; which I thought you were all doing with me
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Somebody calls me a liberal...that's funny!
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As far as not talking politics because this is an arborist forum...you are bang on.
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Let us talk about trees; but we should be able to rib each other a little bit...at least that is how I have always been when it came to those that I work with...so, can't we all just get along?
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Cody

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This little fella
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tends to mean we're just jokin' around Cody.
 
Hey Cody...you've mad e quite a splash in your first thread! Wove in trees, logging, politics, trees, safety and beer. Not a bad start!

Keep it up! You gotta get past the 'Buzz Newborn' title
 
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