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July 04, 2013

The French got their own snooping scandal
— Purple Avenger

France's foreign intelligence service intercepts computer and telephone data on a vast scale, like the controversial US Prism programme, according to the French daily Le Monde.

Enjoy your holiday. I'm doing yard work laying waste to stuff with a chain saw...its a good way to vent frustrations. Noisy, stuff being rended violently, and crashing down. Good times baby.

Anger management therapy

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 07:37 AM | Comments (156)
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1 The Massacre of the Shrubs

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 04, 2013 07:39 AM (8avI0)

2 Le Prisme

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 04, 2013 07:39 AM (ZshNr)

3 There's nothing wrong with the SuperState that can't be fixed with our hands..

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 04, 2013 07:39 AM (LRFds)

Damn, is the entire world watching everything I do?

Am I that interesting?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 04, 2013 07:40 AM (0HooB)

5 I lust after a good chain saw.

The last big storms dropped all sorts of large carbon storage vessels across our roads. One of these days the intrepid and hard-working municipal workers won't get to road clearing in their customary several days after a tree comes down, so I think a chain saw is a wise purchase.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 07:40 AM (WW8xK)

6 It's prolly pretty tame since there won't be washing or bathing intercepted.

Posted by: ontherocks at July 04, 2013 07:40 AM (tzW97)

7 Must be a new house. It's been my experience that men always mark a new territory by cutting down a tree.

Posted by: ALH at July 04, 2013 07:41 AM (4IFx8)

8 5 CBD,

If you're in the mood for a nice exercise in circular reasoning ask a leftoid what happens to the carbon stored in rotting wood...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 04, 2013 07:41 AM (LRFds)

le dicpic

Posted by: garrett at July 04, 2013 07:42 AM (G/l9o)

10 Okay I'm off the watch Johnny Depp act the ass, and the Americans to act the thug.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 04, 2013 07:43 AM (LRFds)

11 Have fun, sven.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 04, 2013 07:44 AM (0HooB)

12 Timberjack tree-felling mecha-spider:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2V8GFqk_Y&NR=1

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 04, 2013 07:45 AM (Kppp9)

13 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 11:40 AM (WW8xK)

When Hugo came through the only people who made it to work were the people with chain saws and the ones following them.

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 07:45 AM (lZvxr)

14 I think a chain saw is a wise purchase.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 11:40 AM (WW8xK)

I recommend both an electric for small work close to the house, and a larger one (at least 18") for "field" work. I have been very happy with my 16" Husqvarna which I use for light duty in the rose garden!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 07:45 AM (Cnqmv)

15 Didn't a guy in FL just get killed clearing brush from his yard? I think he was impaled by a tree.

Posted by: waldo at July 04, 2013 07:45 AM (yCCOr)

16 .

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 07:46 AM (/gHaE)

17 Nice chainsaw.

Posted by: garrett at July 04, 2013 07:47 AM (G/l9o)

18 Didn't a guy in FL just get killed clearing brush from his yard? I think he was impaled by a tree.

Posted by: waldo at July 04, 2013 11:45 AM (yCCOr)

Death is always just around the corner!

My Dad used to say that his chain saw had an automatic cut-off. It would automatically cut off your hand if you didn't know what you were doing!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 07:48 AM (Cnqmv)

19 "... laying waste to stuff with a chain saw"

Sounds like what Obama's been doing to the Republic.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 04, 2013 07:48 AM (+XVQe)

20 Trees? No, no, no. That is the Locust Horde! Go to it!

Posted by: RWC at July 04, 2013 07:48 AM (iwYc8)

21 I had a chain saw for about 2 weeks. I was cutting down a pine tree which was about 20" in diameter. As it started to fall it pinched the saw so that I couldn't pull it out. When the tree was about horizontal the saw fell out on the ground and the tree fell on it and squashed it.

The last time I needed trees cut I called a professional.

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 07:48 AM (lZvxr)

22 Weirdflunky linked this in #469 on the last thread: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/03/59061.htm Yeah, I'm now pretty certain that I will die in a police raid on my home.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 07:49 AM (sdi6R)

The only thing better than owning a chainsaw is having the log splitter to go along with it.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at July 04, 2013 07:49 AM (n8LUb)

24 The French probably won't care so much about this as long as it's framed as being positive for France's security. They don't get hung up on "diversity", which has its positive and negative features for them.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 04, 2013 07:50 AM (sEChY)

20. Vic

That is a great story. I feel that way about painting the house. And roofing.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at July 04, 2013 07:50 AM (n8LUb)

26 I bought a new and cheap 18" Homelite at HD. I also have a McCulloch that's been nothing but problems.

The cheapie Homelite actually starts without you starting to think you bought an exercise device rather than a tool. Getting the frigging McC to start was an hour long proposition

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 07:51 AM (/gHaE)

27 Alas, all I have is my trusty bow saw.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 04, 2013 07:52 AM (0HooB)

28 The cheapie Homelite actually starts without you starting to think you bought an exercise device rather than a tool. Getting the frigging McC to start was an hour long proposition

Posted by: Purp at July 04, 2013 11:51 AM (/gHaE)

You aren't using E-10 in it are you?

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 07:53 AM (lZvxr)

29 Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 11:45 AM (lZvxr)

The trees around here are quite large, so it might be tough to move the trunks off the road. But the smaller stuff that comes down? Easy to clear with a chain saw.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 07:54 AM (WW8xK)

30 I have decided to postpone paying my income tax and property tax until after the election. (Now that is brilliantly devious!)

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at July 04, 2013 07:54 AM (6W8+8)

31 As it started to fall it pinched the saw so that I couldn't pull it out.

Eyeball the tree and figure which way it wants to fall. Cut deep notch on THAT side. Then undermine the integrity of the remaining wood keeping it up from the OTHER side. Then, as it falls, it won't pinch the blade.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 07:55 AM (/gHaE)

32 The last time I needed trees cut I called a professional.

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 11:48 AM (lZvxr)

Vic, I thought you understood physics better than that!

Posted by: Purp at July 04, 2013 11:51 AM (/gHaE)

My 18" Homelite is a cutting machine. Easy to start. I am having a problem with the speed control trigger, so I have been using the Husqvarna,

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 07:55 AM (Cnqmv)

33 The trees around here are quite large, so it might be tough to move the trunks off the road. But the smaller stuff that comes down? Easy to clear with a chain saw.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 11:54 AM (WW8xK)

We had a bunch of trucks and chains. After cutting the trees we would drag them out of the way.

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 07:55 AM (lZvxr)

34 24 20. Vic That is a great story. I feel that way about painting the house. And roofing. Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at July 04, 2013 11:50 AM (n8LUb) family friend decided to repair his roof about 20 yrs ago....fell through it...quadriplegic....24 hour a day care....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl, Happy Independence Day at July 04, 2013 07:55 AM (8JJ6O)

35 21 rickl, that is exactly what I was thinking after reading it. You just know if that happens the ever so helpful news media will report the homeowner was barricaded in his home with an arsenal and the noble popo had to kill him.

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 04, 2013 07:55 AM (tlhtD)

36 Had a tree struck by lightning two years ago and got the professionals. Dudes were topping it like monkeys with chainsaws. Pretty entertaining.

Posted by: RWC at July 04, 2013 07:55 AM (8FeS+)

Acquiring power tools is kind of like choosing a spouse:

------

Patience.

Read instructions.

Listen to the wisdom of others.

Buy good equipment.

Lube frequently.

Perform regular maintenance.

Learn from others' mistakes.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at July 04, 2013 07:56 AM (n8LUb)

38 Time to go fire up the grill folks.

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 07:57 AM (lZvxr)

39 You aren't using E-10 in it are you?

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 11:53 AM (lZvxr)

I can't find real gas anywhere near me. But so far everything seems to be doing OK on E-10.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 07:57 AM (Cnqmv)

40 You aren't using E-10 in it are you?

Haven't use the McC in over 10 years. Probably. The Homelite works fine with E-10. I mixed up the first jug of fuel kinda fat on the oil 35-1 for break-in and it burbles a bit on that. Next jug I probably do 50-1

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 07:58 AM (/gHaE)

41 34 21 rickl, that is exactly what I was thinking after reading it. You just know if that happens the ever so helpful news media will report the homeowner was barricaded in his home with an arsenal and the noble popo had to kill him. Posted by: weirdflunky at July 04, 2013 11:55 AM (tlhtD) Does anybody still wonder why I'm flying my flag upside down today?

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 07:58 AM (sdi6R)

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 11:57 AM (Cnqmv)

Luckily there are snowmobiles everywhere up here, so there's always E-Free Fuel available.

Posted by: garrett at July 04, 2013 07:59 AM (G/l9o)

37 Vic

Let it burn.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at July 04, 2013 08:00 AM (n8LUb)

44 33 family friend decided to repair his roof about 20 yrs ago....fell through it...quadriplegic....24 hour a day care.... Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl, Happy Independence Day at July 04, 2013 11:55 AM (8JJ6O) That's why I don't clean my own gutters. I can easily see myself ending up in a wheelchair.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 08:00 AM (sdi6R)

45 Posted by: garrett at July 04, 2013 11:59 AM (G/l9o)

A lot of marinas stock real gas, but alas, I am far too far from water!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 08:00 AM (Cnqmv)

46 Well espn2 has the hotdog eating contest on now so all is not lost.

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 04, 2013 08:01 AM (tlhtD)

47 I got a mahogany about 2.5' around thats too damned close to the house, and it drops these freaking leaves all over that get into everything.

That's coming down in the next few weeks too. I'm gonna harvest some of the longer lengths, rough slab them with the chainsaw and get some nice wood out of it.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 08:01 AM (/gHaE)

48 le tronÃ§onneuse

Mettre @Purp sur la liste de merde

Posted by: DGSE at July 04, 2013 08:01 AM (ccXZP)

The trees around here are quite large, so it might be tough to move the trunks off the road. But the smaller stuff that comes down? Easy to clear with a chain saw.

When we had our rash of hurricanes down here back in '03 and '04, most folks cleared their trees on their own, depending on the size. There are lots of really big trees around here (3-4 ft dia.) that don't lend themselves to that, tho'.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 04, 2013 08:02 AM (0HooB)

50 Isn't the past tense of rend rent?? Like rent asunder? Just asking.

Posted by: Steff McKee at July 04, 2013 08:03 AM (ZEP/o)

51 Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 12:00 PM (sdi6R)

I have felled a number of trees and feel comfortable doing so, but I must admit, the last few trees I had taken out I used a tree service. It was worth every penny to have them do the clean up.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 08:03 AM (Cnqmv)

52 Please tell me I am not the only one who read the 3rd amendment link in the sidebar and went "what the fuck?" I am now pretty much officially terrified to live in this country.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at July 04, 2013 08:03 AM (RZ8pf)

53 Gutters suck ass...hard. I'm looking at ripping them off in favor of rain diffusers

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 08:04 AM (/gHaE)

54 38 You aren't using E-10 in it are you? Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2013 11:53 AM (lZvxr) I can't find real gas anywhere near me. But so far everything seems to be doing OK on E-10. Posted by: Hrothgar Try a marina or airport. That's where the guy who used to be my yardman in more affluent times gets his. He says this gasahol stuff the gas stations sell ruins his small engines.

Posted by: backhoe at July 04, 2013 08:05 AM (ULH4o)

55 Isn't the past tense of rend rent?? Like rent asunder? Just asking.

Posted by: Steff McKee at July 04, 2013 12:03 PM (ZEP/o)

Yes.

http://tinyurl.com/pmhhw3s

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 08:05 AM (Cnqmv)

56 51 No PinS you are not alone. When it comes it will be beyond ugly. I plan on finding sven.heh

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 04, 2013 08:06 AM (tlhtD)

57 It's a balmy 74 degrees here in scenic Indiana. Wife and boy exerted their veto power and it seems I will be seeing big blue returns again.

Posted by: sven10077 at July 04, 2013 08:07 AM (xcAHk)

58 hey suck my dick, seeing if ip changed, typing with one hand still sucks.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 04, 2013 08:08 AM (wR+pz)

59 Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at July 04, 2013 12:03 PM (RZ8pf)

Those first ten amendment thingies died as part of the Living Constitution transformation!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 08:08 AM (Cnqmv)

60 "Enjoy your holiday. I'm doing yard work laying waste to stuff with a chain saw...its a good way to vent frustrations. Noisy, stuff being rended violently, and crashing down. Good times baby." Renting one of these from Home Depot for an afternoon is also fun... This fucker will eat through anything and mulch it up.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 04, 2013 08:08 AM (HDgX3)

61 My ex husband got a chainsaw from his new wife for Christmas and it had some sort of something on it that prevented him from using it until he went back to the store and took the safety class. No I do not remember what. I just remember he was pissed since he has been using chainsaws for 30 years. Then the wife didn't even provide him with something good to chainsaw. I had him come to my place and cut a couple dead trees up.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at July 04, 2013 08:08 AM (RZ8pf)

62 51 Please tell me I am not the only one who read the 3rd amendment link in the sidebar and went "what the fuck?" I am now pretty much officially terrified to live in this country.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at July 04, 2013 12:03 PM (RZ8pf)

My reactions was, "where do they get the balls?"

But close enough.

Posted by: real joe at July 04, 2013 08:08 AM (51qWk)

We should just assume that NOTHING we do is private anymore. NOTHING. Welcome to the new dependence on our governmental overlords. Let. It. Burn. At this point it cannot happen fast enough.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 04, 2013 08:09 AM (jucos)

64 This is why I don't get worked up about the "Snowden is telling our secrets to our enemies" thesis.

They all know. They all do it already, and we aren't doing it any better than anyone else. We're probably worse at it, and years behind on the technology, because our government has NEVER been good at spying.

That's a good thing, by the way.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2013 08:12 AM (BeSEI)

65 The definition of insanity... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ikO6LMxF4&feature=youtube_gdata_player ...is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. Authoritarian government is the norm of all human history, and countless governments have put down countless rebellions for "freedom". Why should 21st century Americans think they are immune from this fact--Leviathan is the norm, less you determine it not be so? Because it is needed so a milquetoast can win a midterm? Then you deserve that which you get. Incidentalky, there are no U.D. Navy ships currently named after Yorktown or Valley Forge because Americans simply don't care enough. Simply don't care enough.

Posted by: "James Otis" at July 04, 2013 08:13 AM (y/M/p)

66 Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 04, 2013 12:09 PM (jucos)

There is no right to privacy in the Constitution, unless you want to murder babies in the womb, or give ultra high dose hormone abortifacients to under age girls. Then, the emanation of a penumbra of a shadow of a suggestion of a hint covers you quite nicely!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 04, 2013 08:13 AM (Cnqmv)

67 The definition of insanity... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ikO6LMxF4&feature=youtube_gdata_player ...is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. Authoritarian government is the norm of all human history, and countless governments have put down countless rebellions for "freedom". Why should 21st century Americans think they are immune from this fact--Leviathan is the norm, less you determine it not be so? Because it is needed so a milquetoast can win a midterm? Then you deserve that which you get. Incidentalky, there are no U.S. Navy ships currently named after Yorktown or Valley Forge because Americans simply don't care enough. Simply don't care enough.

Posted by: "James Otis" at July 04, 2013 08:13 AM (y/M/p)

68 Evidently, my powers of persuasion allowed a rare veto override.... Reports pending

Posted by: sven10077 at July 04, 2013 08:16 AM (xcAHk)

69 "family friend decided to repair his roof about 20 yrs ago....fell through it...quadriplegic....24 hour a day care...."

I was pruning my pear tree a few years ago, and while standing on the top step of a six-foot stepladder, I lost my balance. The ladder flew out from under me, and before I could think, I was falling backwards. The ladder landed sideways, and I fell across it, back first. If it had been aluminium, I might have broken my back; however, it was wood and it shattered, breaking my fall. I walked away without even a bruise. My mother would have said that my guardian angel was looking after me; I have no better explanation. And yes, I am *much* more careful on ladders these days.

Posted by: Brown Line at July 04, 2013 08:16 AM (a5bF3)

70 You call that a chainsaw?

Posted by: Leatherface at July 04, 2013 08:17 AM (V1ZIU)

71 Brief word of warning : Pines are more difficult to determine direction of fall than hardwoods as they tend to grow straighter and have a more even distribution of branches . Take your time and be safe or if you can afford it hire mercenaries for the job . I would if i could , instead I'm a two chain saw man with more cutting tools than I can find most days . Sucks to be a former land surveyor and semi retired carpenter .

Posted by: awkward davies at July 04, 2013 08:17 AM (WK8VM)

72 66 James Otis, Too many on "our" side can't be bothered to venerate WW2 let alone the founding. There's no Wasp, Hornet, and soon "Enterprise."

Posted by: sven10077 at July 04, 2013 08:18 AM (xcAHk)

73 Same IP and you fuckers have a great 4th. 100% every flight I took this week they lost one of our luggage, with first class tags on them. Guess that was a waste of money.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 04, 2013 08:19 AM (wR+pz)

74 something on it that prevented him from using it

"Chain brake" probably popped forward and disengaged the chain. The engine runs, but no cutty.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 08:19 AM (/gHaE)

75 51 -

Ummmm.... it's a tax?

Posted by: Dred Justice Roberts at July 04, 2013 08:19 AM (BeSEI)

76 45 werdflunky, Mine eyes of seen the gloaming of the coming of the bored....

Posted by: sven10077 at July 04, 2013 08:20 AM (xcAHk)

77 I just saw a great comment on the Market Ticker forum: The most troubling aspect of this whole thing is it seems the bureaucracy is out of control. NSA is finding people who wire 15k to Al Qaeda who then use the money to probably purchase weapons from the CIA. Meanwhile the OCC lets banks launder drug money while the FBI conducts a multibillion dollar war on drugs. The ATF helps out the drug war by selling weapons to the drug cartels. The FDA doesn't allow reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada for safety reasons but allows active ingredients for generics to be manufactured and imported from corrupt third world countries with well known safety problems without oversight. Lets not even get into the SEC or green energy or the white elephant in the middle of the room, Medicare. We have a space agency, NASA incapable of putting a man back into orbit for the next decade without outsourcing to Russia. An IRS with targeted audits of groups with specific political viewpoints. Seemingly every weather event is now FEMA eligible and a disaster. Its too easy to kick the fucking Postal Service while its becoming irrelevant, I'll skip them but go ahead and keep raising stamp prices and see how that works out for you.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 08:24 AM (sdi6R)

78 >> Please tell me I am not the only one who read the 3rd amendment link in the sidebar and went "what the fuck?" I am now pretty much officially terrified to live in this country.

PGiS, I heartily agree. We now live in a police state. And since the Repubs are gung-ho on 'reducing crime' with the Dems following the same playbook so as to not look 'soft', there we are.

I know a lot of people here ain't real keen on libertarians, but they are just about the only ones raising a ruckus over the encroaching police state.

For years Radley Balko has been doing reporting on this issue. He now writes for HuffPo (yuk) and used to write for Reason, but has his own website:

http://www.theagitator.com/

His older stuff prior to 2013 is there......and there's a lot of it.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 04, 2013 08:25 AM (ccXZP)

79 When I bought this place, deep in the forest, the trees grew right up to, and were in danger of falling on, the house. They don't anymore.

Unfortunately, they have overgrown the power line, so every time the wind blows, the electricity goes off for the day. I've looked at cutting them down, but they all lean into the power line, so that's where they will fall when cut.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 04, 2013 08:27 AM (BKXAt)

80 The whole is greater than the sum of its parts!

Posted by: Chainsaw Barry at July 04, 2013 08:28 AM (0It32)

81 Chain saws... a subject dear to my heart, I cut (kill) trees for a living in western Washington. I use a Husqvarna 385, 36" bar most of the time, up to 60" bar on huge timber, some of the Sitka Spruce can be 100 years old or less and still 7 or 8 feet in diameter, huge growth rings. For years cutting trees killed far more workers than even Alaskan crab fishing. Witnessed more than a few, things happen so quick if you mis-calculate and pretty unforgiving.

Amazes me that most people have no idea of one of the most important factors, a razor sharp chain . A poor cutting chain wears you out and is dangerous to boot. We use chisel bit chains, they're razor sharp and have to be specially ground. I doubt you can even find them in most parts of the country, they seem to be a West Coast only thing. If you have to push on the saw to get it to cut, it ain't sharp, and long "spaghetti strings" should be what the chips resemble, not "bug dust". A crappy chain will also bind and not cut straight.

Posted by: JHW at July 04, 2013 08:28 AM (B38OD)

82 77 GnuBreed, The problem with the capital L libertarians is they are interested in liberty for their pipe and seem quite content with the hyperregulatory state otherwise... Perhaps if enough of us join we can make them put on big boy pants.... And now...the soon to be classic "Derp Loan Ranger"

Posted by: sven10077 at July 04, 2013 08:28 AM (xcAHk)

83 http://pure-gas.org/

http://www.buyrealgas.com/

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 08:31 AM (WW8xK)

84 Posted by: JHW at July 04, 2013 12:28 PM (B38OD)

Any recommendations for smaller saws for home use?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 08:33 AM (WW8xK)

85 http://tinyurl.com/qa8fks5

Military Fireworks Show Cut, Even Though Local Company Volunteered To Do It For Free

Fireworks in the comments.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at July 04, 2013 08:34 AM (0It32)

86 Anger management therapy?

May I suggest a splitter maul. Gawd I love breaking the everlovinshit out of a nice section of tree trunk with a single strike.

Posted by: dogfish at July 04, 2013 08:37 AM (0p8Ds)

87 That 18" Homelite I bought is only about $130 and comes with a spare chain.

Use it once on any real tree and and it pays for itself compared to tree service prices.

For ordinary trimming of modest size branches I use a Sawzall with a demolition or pruning blade.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 08:38 AM (/gHaE)

88
Because the city council can't conceive that us plebes can use a hose if for some reason a blade of grass catches fire, I will be breaking the city ordinance with my kids with some sparklers and a few fountains.

Freedom Baby!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 04, 2013 08:41 AM (7yJVd)

89 #83, Not specifically, I don't know the numbers of the smaller models. I would go with either a Stihl or a Husqvarna because of the quality and ease of getting parts and the genera knowledgebility of the dealers, I think they could probably steer you right for an appropriate size for home use. They tend to be taught fairly thoroughly by factory representatives . These two makes are constantly being improved and are pretty durable. The quality is light years ahead of what it was even 20 years ago. It almost makes me cry remembering what I used in the '60s weight and quality wise alone.

Posted by: JHW at July 04, 2013 08:41 AM (B38OD)

90 Did Ace tell us he was taking the day off? Did he say goodbye? Or, did he just rush off to enjoy his filthy dirty carnal pleasures?

Posted by: waldo at July 04, 2013 08:43 AM (yCCOr)

91 Well said JHW ... To expand on his sharpness recomendation , all cutting tools need to be sharp , right down to your kitchen knives . Learn to sharpen your own shit , tis' a worthwhile skill .

Posted by: awkward davies at July 04, 2013 08:43 AM (WK8VM)

92 Stay in the designated zones, obey all orders, and celebrate our freedoms in an authorized manner;

U.S. enjoys July 4 parades, picnics under watchful eyes of police

http://tinyurl.com/nslb92z

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2013 08:44 AM (/9IC1)

93 Damn, is the entire world watching everything I do? Morning all. Happy Birthday America & God Bless our troops. If the world wants to watch me fap, put it on PPV. Oh, btw, I want 90% of the take.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2013 08:45 AM (0fji9)

94 Happy Independence Day, morons! I'm flying my flag upside down, and I'm wearing my t-shirt that says: ALCOHOL TOBACCO & FIREARMS should be a convenience store, not a government agency

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 08:46 AM (sdi6R)

95 ...I gotta sharpen the chainsaw's chain before my next session. Filing chain teeth - not a good time.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 08:47 AM (/gHaE)

96 Stay in the designated zones, obey all orders, and celebrate our freedoms in an authorized manner; U.S. enjoys July 4 parades, picnics under watchful eyes of police Screw that. I'm in Texas. I'm gonna blow something up.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2013 08:48 AM (0fji9)

97 And yet they missed Merah, or the La Defense butcher, they didn't even bother to give his name, Ironically the Times burned a much more narrow surveilance program, as one of their judges, Brugiere, admitted.

Posted by: President Clark at July 04, 2013 08:48 AM (Jsiw/)

98 ...I gotta sharpen the chainsaw's chain before my next session. Filing chain teeth - not a good time. Posted by: Purp at July 04, 2013 12:47 PM (/gHaE) It's all about attitude, it's manly. Crack a cold beer and get to filing.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 04, 2013 08:48 AM (XIxXP)

99 Another thing about chain saws, buy lots of fuel filters and spark plugs, they're cheap and easy to change, saves a lot of cussing from cranking and hard starting. Spark plugs are sometimes bad brand new, and fuel filters get bad from moisture and the tiniest bit of dust, they should be changed regularly, I hate cranking on saws.

Posted by: JHW at July 04, 2013 08:50 AM (B38OD)

100 >>>If the world wants to watch me fap, put it on PPV.
Oh, btw, I want 90% of the take.<<<

Fat chance, buddy. If the government gave a shit about you, they'd hook you up with a good woman so you wouldn't have to fap.

Posted by: Fritz at July 04, 2013 08:51 AM (G9Mmf)

101 Happy Fourth, all! I have the flag hanging vertically off my balcony railing, and it's a bit breezy, so I'm going outside to flip it back over the railing every half hour or so. Later tonight I'll sit in Virginia and watch the multiple fireworks shows from DC (the one that everyone can watch on TV and the many, many more put on by DC residents who amass arsenals of illegal fireworks and shoot them off without so much as a peep from the cops).

Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2013 08:51 AM (d+fT0)

102
I own a Mac 18" that my Dad bought new in 1956. We used to burn wood, so I learned to use it young.

Not gonna buy another, this one just cuts anything you point it at. Have replaced a few bars and some miles of chain in it's life, though. Long as it performs, it stays.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 04, 2013 08:51 AM (SAMxH)

103 Posted by: JHW at July 04, 2013 12:41 PM (B38OD)

Good advice.

Thank you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 08:52 AM (WW8xK)

104

I gotta sharpen the chainsaw's chain before my next session. Filing chain teeth - not a good time.

That's the only part about owning a chainsaw I actually like!

Posted by: garrett at July 04, 2013 08:52 AM (m8JoH)

105 Not gonna buy another, this one just cuts anything you point it at. Have replaced a few bars and some miles of chain in it's life, though. Long as it performs, it stays. Posted by: irongrampa at July 04, 2013 12:51 PM (SAMxH) That's because you understand maintenance is a verb.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 04, 2013 08:52 AM (XIxXP)

106 My BIL got into a road rage incident. Guy cut him off and blocked him, and hopped out of truck with a bat. My BIL had a chainsaw in the front floor of his work van that seldom started on the first try. He was so glad it did that day. You'd have to know him to fully appreciate. Today I have no doubt he's sending his kids ashore to tie up big rocks to use as an anchor.

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at July 04, 2013 08:53 AM (Sptt8)

107 >>>Guy cut him off and blocked him, and hopped out of truck with a bat. My BIL had a chainsaw in the front floor of his work van that seldom started on the first try. He was so glad it did that day. <<<

Damn. Were these guys dressed as Vikings?

Posted by: Fritz at July 04, 2013 08:56 AM (G9Mmf)

108 I used to always keep a bat in the car. Got out of the habit after I moved South.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 04, 2013 08:57 AM (ZshNr)

109 I used to always keep a bat in the car. Got out of the habit after I moved South. Posted by: Lincolntf at July 04, 2013 12:57 PM (ZshNr) Been carrying since I was seventeen, never showed it, never used it.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 04, 2013 08:59 AM (XIxXP)

110 I know I'm late today and it has probably been said, but I would like to express my sadness for the families at Camp Lejeune that get no fireworks today. If a company was willing to donate them, why? Was it lack of emergency responders or something?

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at July 04, 2013 08:59 AM (Sptt8)

111 Rain about to come back in here in Ga. I hated to do it but I had to go bring in the flag. Sad but most people don't have to worry about bringing their flags before the rain starts.

Posted by: weirdflunky at July 04, 2013 09:00 AM (tlhtD)

112 If a company was willing to donate them, why? Was it lack of emergency responders or something? Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at July 04, 2013 12:59 PM (Sptt

Nope, the beauracratic penis of BO telling out troops what he thinks about them. They need to start playing, "walk like an egyptian".........dicatator

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 04, 2013 09:01 AM (XIxXP)

113 I have a beautiful Betsy Ross flag that I cannot fly. The holders keep breaking off the brick. Bricks all messed up I've tried so many times.

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at July 04, 2013 09:03 AM (Sptt8)

114 What is the intelligence value of listening to French dudes arguing about cheese and the best way to surrender before noon?

Posted by: eman at July 04, 2013 09:03 AM (AO9UG)

115 Ooh, I like that "Walk like an Egyptian". All the way to house arrest.

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at July 04, 2013 09:04 AM (Sptt8)

116 20" bar on the Stihl but spring for a carbide tipped chain and stop with constant sharpening. I cut bois d'arc (furniture) and huisache (barbeque) with mine and it will go a year without sharpening. However... I have said for years: Motorcycles, chainsaws and redheads: Eventually all of them will try to kill you.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at July 04, 2013 09:08 AM (YSkup)

117 There's a story about some city in MINN having to cancel their celebrations because it attracts too many gangbangers. That's how it was in LA up to the mid 90s. They canceled fireworks on the beach because of all the gang violence. Instead, they would schedule them right before dawn thinking that most thugs were in bed by then. That's why it pisses me off when people moan about so many people in prison. Longer sentences made the difference between night and day in CA and reduced the murder rate by 75%.

Posted by: waldo at July 04, 2013 09:08 AM (yCCOr)

118 I'm doing yard work laying waste to stuff with a chain saw...its a good way to vent frustrations. Yeah, that's the way it always goes. First the rending and crashing, then the dragging and sweating.

Posted by: toby928© at July 04, 2013 09:11 AM (QupBk)

119 Celebrate freedom in the middle of it being openly ignored and even mocked? If and when some semblance of a republic returns to this land, I will celebrate. But it's rather silly to celebrate at this time.

Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at July 04, 2013 09:12 AM (Vr4Mo)

120 If a company was willing to donate them, why? Barry is punishing us for not giving him that blank check.

Posted by: toby928© at July 04, 2013 09:12 AM (QupBk)

121
   So pleased to live in this 2x4 town--especially on holidays. We have a Veteran's Appreciation Day at the Middle School, where all the kids come outside and the vets (current and retired) are formally honored with certificates.

   There are parades, fireworks and celebrations of important times in our history--and NO bloody mention of LGBT issues. And the turnout is superb.

     Would not trade this place of bitter clingers for much of anything.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 04, 2013 09:13 AM (SAMxH)

122 21 Weirdflunky linked this in #469 on the last thread: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/03/59061.htm Yeah, I'm now pretty certain that I will die in a police raid on my home. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It's always been one of my running jokes that whenever I heard about the gummint trampling the constitution, I'd thank God that at least the 3rd ammendment was still considered sacred. Sue the fuckers for $50MM, but I'd settle for the Chief of Police and every officer involved resigning with the proviso that none of them work in law enforcement for the rest of their lives. Not even private investigations or mall security. We really need to scrap the concept of sovereign immunity. Cops, prosecutors, judges, other public officials should do prison time when they act like outlaws.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 04, 2013 09:13 AM (PwV7G)

123 105 My BIL got into a road rage incident. Guy cut him off and blocked him, and hopped out of truck with a bat. My BIL had a chainsaw in the front floor of his work van that seldom started on the first try. He was so glad it did that day. Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at July 04, 2013 12:53 PM (Sptt I forgot where I found this. It was probably here. http://tinyurl.com/7e7dwcc In other words, you should actually encourage other people to cut you off, and leave enough space for them to do so. It will actually benefit all of us in the long run.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 09:15 AM (sdi6R)

124 Barry is punishing us for not giving him that blank check. He needs to check with Morsi about that whole "punishing citizens" thingy and see how that worked out for him. It works great, until it doesn't.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2013 09:17 AM (0fji9)

125 I have 2 Stihls, both of which crank right up and cut like a hot knife.

Posted by: EROWMER at July 04, 2013 09:17 AM (OONaw)

126 http://i.minus.com/ifS5csl6SO6LE.gif

Posted by: The Dude at July 04, 2013 09:20 AM (vJdyz)

127 It's not really a scandal. (A scandal is when you trip and fall into an intern's vagina.) (But don't lie about it.) Later.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at July 04, 2013 09:20 AM (BKt+r)

128 125 http://i.minus.com/ifS5csl6SO6LE.gif Posted by: The Dude at July 04, 2013 01:20 PM (vJdyz) That's a police state I can live with.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 09:22 AM (sdi6R)

129 Sometimes the trees fall perfectly. Withing inches of where you want them to fall. And sometimes they go the opposite way and ruin something. I had the electric company come by and trim a tree back. Went out and told them take the whole thing down and you wont have to keep coming back. They already had it mangled from years of trimming. (I didn't plant the fucker). Long story short, I tried cutting it down and it fell into their telephone pole, leaning it approximately a foot. Neighbor calls electric company within 4 seconds because they were out in ten minutes with a bill for $1000 to straighten the poll. I said when you straighten that poll, I'll pay the bill. They never came back.

Posted by: UWP at July 04, 2013 09:22 AM (r98SZ)

130 "...2x4 town"

Posted by: irongrampa at July 04, 2013 01:13 PM (SAMxH)

What does that mean?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2013 09:24 AM (WW8xK)

131 107 I used to always keep a bat in the car.
I still do.

Posted by: Count Dracula at July 04, 2013 09:26 AM (OgQih)

132 Happy 4th all. I'm being a lazy slug today. At least till 5pm, then it's time to drag the kids out to the carnival and fireworks show tonight.

Posted by: Snail racing champion at July 04, 2013 09:27 AM (GmTxn)

133 Why would The Lone Ranger cost over $250 mil to make?

Posted by: waldo at July 04, 2013 09:29 AM (yCCOr)

134 Happy 4th everyone. Country broken or not, the ideal continues.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at July 04, 2013 09:30 AM (X4HxX)

135 I'll tell you why "The Lone Ranger" costs so much to make. So perks take the place of salary and little to no tax is owed.

Posted by: Justamom of the LiB camp at July 04, 2013 09:31 AM (Sptt8)

136 Do you know how hard it is to film a cowboy riding a horse? This is cutting edge stuff, we should be grateful. Signed, 1912

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 04, 2013 09:31 AM (ZshNr)

137 No real gas in the People's Republic Of NJ. Even if there was, you wouldn't be allowed to pump it yourself. I hate this freaking state.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 04, 2013 09:33 AM (TPimP)

138 130 107 I used to always keep a bat in the car. Let's see... In the truck there is a baseball bat, a big Laplander knife, a Hondurean machete, #4 buckshot and the buckshot igniter, possibly something else that didn't get lost in that tragic canoe capsize and a Mettalica CD for atmosphere.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at July 04, 2013 09:34 AM (YSkup)

139 @ 129

CBD, 2x4 refers to the fact that we are a small, rural town. Being Upstate, it is as though we are flyover country residents. Totally divorced from Downstate (NYC).

Seriously, it's a very different environment.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 04, 2013 09:34 AM (SAMxH)

140 Lincolntf --- Went to take a nap (following a late night early rise), so missed your post on previous thread re paddling down to Hatteras. Just read it. That sounds (a pun!) like a much more reasonable plan. Still, you need to check tide tables, and 35 miles is a bit of a toodle, so I expect you will have to start very early. At any rate, I thought the idea of paddling all the way around was...., well...., I figured I would read about you in the paper.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 04, 2013 09:41 AM (aDwsi)

141 Where I live, ethanol-free gas has been purged even from the boat marinas.

The last time I called a marina, the proprietor screamed back at me down the phone line, "NO GODDAMNIT WE DO NOT HAVE ETHANOL-FREE GAS!!!"

He then calmed down and apologized and said that he desperately wants to stock it, but simply can't get it any longer thanks to the state of Commiefornia's "green" mandates. Huge damage to small engines is being caused by gasoline with ethanol, he said. The overhaul shop at the marina is backlogged six months. Great way to spend the summer, staring at your boat which won't move.

One of those completely bipartisan policy disasters that we can't blame entirely on technically illiterate liberals. Plenty of corn-belt GOP Congressmen love them some ethanol mandate.

I've figured out the deal on converting generator engines to propane. None of the ethanol hassle and the advantage of easier storage. Using it in a chainsaw? Um, I would have to think about safely routing the hose. Plus lugging the tank around would be a bother.

What I can't figure out is what these guys are using for fuel.

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4650552968940381&pid=1.7

Posted by: torquewrench at July 04, 2013 09:41 AM (gqT4g)

142 "What I can't figure out is what these guys are using for fuel."

Fingers outran brain. Into the barrel I go.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 04, 2013 09:42 AM (gqT4g)

143 Re: the third amendment violation story. Since peace officers are - by definition - members of the military police of the state (that's why they wear uniforms and have military style ranks) occupying a house for a stakeout is indeed a 3rd amendment violation.

I knew it was just a matter of time before a government somewhere in the USSA violated that one. The ninth and tenth have been ass raped by statists from day one - so the third was the only one that as far as I know had not been violated in modern times.

Posted by: [/i] [/b] [/u] [/s] An Observation at July 04, 2013 09:45 AM (ylhEn)

144 torque -- can't get that to load.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 04, 2013 09:45 AM (aDwsi)

145 Try this, which is what I should have posted originally.

http://tinyurl.com/pwj8x5n

Posted by: torquewrench at July 04, 2013 09:50 AM (gqT4g)

146 You probably would have, Mike Hammer. My original plan was based on a paper map using "mile markers", not actual distances, weirdly enough. Anyway, when I checked a satellite map I realized the plan was likely boned. I'm going to kayak pretty much every day, weather permitting, and one of those days I'll start bright and early, on the Sound side, with my light- tackle pole, my backpack cooler and a cellphone. See how far South I make it before turning around or pulling in and calling for a pickup ride.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 04, 2013 09:53 AM (ZshNr)

147 Be Safe out there. Don't work off a ladder w said chainsaw, ever. One individual here in town did that two yrs. ago. Fell off, which was bad enuf, but he managed to fall on an upright 5 ft. metal prybar, which was standing in the ground. Lucky him, he remained conscious throughout and his last comment to first responders was, "I'm not going to make it, am I?"I mean, just what do you say to that question? Needless to say, He didn't.

Posted by: Vn Redleg at July 04, 2013 09:55 AM (HUOW4)

148 "What I can't figure out is what these guys are using for fuel."

Seal blubber.

Posted by: [/i] [/b] [/u] [/s] An Observation at July 04, 2013 09:57 AM (ylhEn)

149 Been thinking about how to celebrate the 4th besides cleaning house and watching fireworks tonight. I think I'll order some .223 from Cheaper Than Dirt. Their prices have come down to something resembling reasonableness.

Posted by: Soona at July 04, 2013 09:59 AM (8wnbz)

150 New thread.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 04, 2013 10:01 AM (ZshNr)

151 In other words, you should actually encourage other people to cut you off, and leave enough space for them to do so. It will actually benefit all of us in the long run. ---- That was actually how they drove on the San Diego/LA freeways back in the day. Can't attest to how they do it now since its been 25 years since I drove there. People would see that you needed in and slow to let you in, or you just got over without drama. Moved back east and it was like they took offense if you got over, and if they noticed you wanted over, they'd speed up like you were trying to take something from them. The one thing I missed about driving in Cali. Didn't miss the 90 people at every 4 way stop sign, or the 4 second stop lights to get on the freeway.

Posted by: UWP at July 04, 2013 10:02 AM (r98SZ)

152 Happy Independence Day, everyone! Gadsden and U.S. flags flying in a nice wind here in Lower Slower Delaware. Got lost last night following some links following links from the Vox Day item on the ONT. Learned useful thing, though: vegans refer to meat eaters as "carnists". So all y'all carnists in Moronland proudly do your duty and grill some tasty animal parts this Independence Day. Gonna go start the grill immediately - later!!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at July 04, 2013 10:05 AM (XPZpj)

153 138 CBD, 2x4 refers to the fact that we are a small, rural town. Being Upstate, it is as though we are flyover country residents. Totally divorced from Downstate (NYC). Seriously, it's a very different environment. Posted by: irongrampa at July 04, 2013 01:34 PM (SAMxH) I learned that there are three geographical regions in New York State: The City, the Island, and Upstate.

Posted by: rickl at July 04, 2013 10:26 AM (sdi6R)

154 On cutting a large tree, especially pine: Cut a V notch in the tree in the direction you want it to fall (also taking into account any wind). Then, on the opposite side from the notch, cut in a downward direction towards the point of the notch. Worst case scenario is that the tree jumps in the direction you wanted it to fall, but normally it falls in the direction you want it.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 04, 2013 11:15 AM (/i3Yt)

155

A good saw is a must around here. Trees, tree limbs, damn tornadoes and a hungry wood stove that provides heat in the winter make it a primetime tool.

PS... not to put to fine a point on it but NY is an entire state, bumps, warts, ugly fkrs and politicians just like any other state. Ya'll just happen to have that cesspool, NY City filled with the best and worst with it appears the worst holding the upper hand.

I lived on LI back in the late 50's early 60's and have a crapton of fun memories, also a few bad ones, but hey, my parents had the good sense to bug the hell out to Tampa just in time for, you guessed it, The Cuban Missile Crisis, fun times, fun times...

Posted by: Gmac - Pondering the coming implosion at July 04, 2013 11:18 AM (IanLz)

156 not to put to fine a point on it but NY is an entire state

I grew up in a little rural NY town just as redneck as the rural south or Texas. Yea, the greater NYC area is a different planet...

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 04, 2013 11:41 AM (/gHaE)

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