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August 30, 2005
Speaking of Trees
Part of the mess in our new back yard is the remnants of a large walnut tree which had gotten blown down in a thunderstorm earlier this year....and I get the giggles every time I look at it. During one of our pre-sale visits to the house, the seller's sister saw me inspecting the piles of large branches and told me what had happened. After the storm, she said, a 'very good friend' of theirs had volunteered to 'help them out' by getting rid of the tree for them because he heated with wood.
*ahem*
Now that may very well be true, but I couldn't help but notice that the trunk appeared to be the only thing he'd taken....even though most of the remaining branches were plenty big enough to use as firewood. And I also know that good walnut is in very high demand right now. I'm not sure what the current market rate is, but as my dad puts it, it's higher than a cat's back. In other words, very expensive.....as in practically worth its weight in gold. So either he was a complete idiot & burned some high dollar firewood, or he took advantage of a couple of women who didn't know any better.
And when this poor girl kept going on & on about what a 'nice guy' their friend was to help them out like that, I got just plumb tickled thinking ummm, yeah. I've had 'friends' like that before too.
But not for long.
Posted by Rita at August 30, 2005 04:35 AM