I have been working on my other one, and spending a frustrating day waiting for a tree guy to actually show up at my house today. He called saying he was on his way over, and he's been here before like four times, just as I was about to leave for my Dawn Patrol game, so I did the responsible adult thing and canceled my Dawn Patrol game, so my wife wouldn't have to try and negotiate with this guy by herself.
He, of course, never showed up. I am really beginning to hate this guy. He treats logging my property like it's a tree removal service job, and it's not really. We have some valuable wood here, but he's always trying to treat it like we want some useless dead or damaged trees taken down and figuring out the cost to himself for equipment and crew. The Cherry trees alone are worth more than enough to finance the rest of the operation, a few years ago I'd have made a few thousand dollars on the deal and he'd have been happy to do it. The problem I have is that my lot is too small for big time loggers to waste time on and the small time guys are all the same, tree removal service guys.
I am supposed to run a D20 Star Wars game tomorrow and I was just going to convert the introductory adventure from the WEG D6 system to run. I have to say, I have had two weeks to prepare for this game and reading through the WotC Star Wars D20 revised has been absolute hell. I remember things from D20 D&D that I ultimately grew to hate and I am feeling under prepared, despite my extra week off due to Mona's birthday and Mother's Day.
I have actually found my attention wandering to both my Garnia campaign, hence the slight burst of activity on the other blog, and my Oriental Adventures project which has drawn my attention to both the Asian flavored potion of Garnia and all the fixes I still need to make and playtest for 1st edition AD&D's Oriental Adventures book, which I guess means that I'll have something "inspired by" that book, eventually. I also kind of want to play my B/X Vikings setting, but I am having a hard time coming up with a quorum of players, that whole drop-in, drop-out thing hasn't worked in practice; which is why we decided to go with Star Wars in the first place, more powerful PCs.
I also got this in the mail, two copies-
Lastly, bonus points if you can pick out which of these ancient Celt miniatures most resembles my fighting style in SCA battles. Click to embiggen.
pretty sure I'd tell this tree guy to fuck off at this point
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty much where I was at with him last Fall when he came out three or four times, once with the owner of the sawmill he brings his logs to, and said he'd get back to us with an estimate within "a week or so" and then never did. He clearly wants to make a lot of money off this job and I am driving too hard a bargain, despite the fact that I have been checking the price of Cherry, and he gets too keep everything else as firewood to sell. There is also some logging worthy Maple and White Pine, so I know he'd be making out on the deal, and other, real loggers, have said so too; they just don't want the job because it's too small.
Deleteyou've got a teenaged boy - find some of his friends (and get them to sign liability waivers) and voila - instant logging crew...
DeleteSome of these trees are huge, and some I need to be marketable afterwards, I'd rather leave it in the hands of professionals that won't take down the powerlines or crush my house accidentally, or at least if they do, they are insured for it. Plus there is still the matter of the Winnebago, also in the way.
Deletewe need to come look at that
DeleteC btw is my vote...even though he has a spear and you'd be using a long sword
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