No he isn't a star. I just blanked out his face ... to protect the innocent.
If that scene wasn't scary enough look what has just arrived by ParcelForce...
It is apparently a pole saw... a chainsaw on a pole.
A frightening prospect for someone who faints at the sight of blood.
I can't answer that. You know your husband and what kind of man he is in terms of risk assessment. If he has taken due consideration of risks involved, wears the necessary protecting clothing, including goggles and hard hat, and is in good health with good strength in his arms, you have the facts before you and can come to a balanced conclusion.
ReplyDeleteRachel, I cannot help feeling very nervous about it. He is always confident about his abilities but he still manages to have little accidents. I am told the saw has a dead-man's trigger so that is supposed to make me feel better about it.
DeleteClose your eyes and don't watch, JayCee! Hopefully, he knows what he is doing?!
ReplyDeleteWell, he has now successfully removed all the lower branches that were too close to our roof. I went out to help / watch. He got me chopping up the small pieces and putting them into a sack for disposal. At least I could keep an eye on him.
DeleteJust don't offer to hold the ladder:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/husband-accidentally-beheaded-wife-with-chainsaw-25983762.html
😳😳😳 Well, that would cut down on the cost of a divorce.
DeleteAre there no tree surgeons on The Isle of Man? I thought the star was just his designer specs reflecting the sun. Be careful Lord Peregrine!
ReplyDeleteBe Careful is his motto, YP.
DeleteI had an extra retort in mind but I know you are a cultured lady with refined sensibilities so I shall keep it to myself - discretion being the better part of valour.
DeleteThank goodness for that.
DeleteAlthough I know it's function, somehow the words "dead man's trigger" are not reassuring!
ReplyDeleteIt does have a certain ring to it doesn't it 😁
DeleteI would enrol on a First Aid course soonest . . .
ReplyDeleteI am stocking up on Elastoplast.
DeleteWay to go JayCee!
DeleteWhy doesn't Peregrine get a little man from the village to do the job JayCee? To the manor born.
ReplyDeleteThere are no little men where we live northsider. They are all big, strapping lads.
DeleteMen and their toys. I rather fancy a pole saw.
ReplyDeleteOh no. Not you too, Graham.
DeleteShould you be worried? Absolutely - for the tree. Men and chainsaws are a dangerous combination where potential firewood is concerned.
ReplyDeleteShame we no longer have a fire.
DeleteThat's on my list of to-do jobs but I won't be doing it myself!
ReplyDeleteVery sensible, Chris
DeleteDoes he clean gutters at all?
ReplyDeleteThe Golfer has been banned from even looking at our ladder - hopefully it doesn’t rain too much this winter.
Not like QLD and NSW then...
DeleteI last fell off a ladder whilst 'scoffing' Cherries. Too busy filling my face!!
ReplyDeleteDivine retribution.
DeleteOMG !!!!! Not wanting to be the prophet of doom but, the man who cuts all of our trees trained to be an arborist as did his brother-in-law. Said brother-in-law went out on an emergency call and didn’t wear all his safety equipment ….. he fell and I won’t tell you what happened to him !
ReplyDeleteJust tell P to keep chanting to himself ‘ be careful, be careful ‘ …. that’s what I do when I prune the roses that grow over the arch and I have to go up the ladder ! XXXX
Oh, now I feel so much better!
Delete😄 xxx
Dear God. I once saw my husband hanging from a low tree branch with a running chainsaw, lopping at another branch. There was a whole lot of screaming going on. No blood. Personally, I think that is due to all the screaming.
ReplyDeleteMen and chainsaws can be a deadly combination.
He was out there again this afternoon, ladder propped against the adjacent tree, perched right on the topmost rung and reaching right out across the gap to lop off the top branches with the chainsaw.
DeleteSheesh!!!