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zkx14 said

I saw someone getting free wood yesterday. Huge tree that took down wires and at least one pole last month. Power company cut it into big sections, but left a lot of it on the shoulder of the road. No doubt the log out furthest was a few hundred pounds alone. I was wondering if it would stay there till a plow hit it. Looked like a couple cords worth, but not a good place to pull over and work, so it has been sitting. Of course, anyone who cuts and splits there own knows there is nothing free about it. Especially if hand splitting. :eek: I bought wood this year. One load so far, but probably get another before much more snow flies.

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We had a good “blow” this past summer that took out a few trees in the neighborhood, and about a 1/4 mile away one fell across the road. Tree “belonged” to Neighbor X, as it was rooted on his property, but they weren’t home when it fell on the road, so Neighbor Y (the next door neighbor) cut it up and got it out of the road.

And then the Free For All started…..

About a week later when Neighbor X finally got home they were all pissed-off that someone cut-up and disposed of “their” tree. Instead of saying, “Thanks!” they got all pissy about “the value of the tree “, and they threatened to sue anyone who took “their” wood.

And they don’t even heat with wood, nor do they have a fireplace.

Thought when we moved out here we left all the “Karen’s” behind, in the ‘burbs……