# Frucking neighbor's tree and ice **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185 "2008-03-05T15:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/1 "2008-03-05T15:13:18Z")
Yesterday through last night we got around an inch and a half of ice/sleet/wet snow. I woke up this morning to [this](http://picasaweb.google.com/paintcharge/TreeDown/photo#5174273273047030530) . That is not just a tree. It is a tree with some kind of mutant thorny vine completely intertwined throughout. It took an hour and a half to clear enough to get my truck out of the garage. **And** , it is not even my tree. It is on my neighbors property-an empty house. The house has been standing empty since I moved in, 3+ years ago. Some guy and his wife come during the summer and mow, but they don’t do anything with the trees. They also don’t do anything about the sump pump discharge that floods my garage. Now my pants are wet and I missed my appointment with the accountant. Fuck! ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/2 "2008-03-05T16:16:00Z")
If no one is there, chop that motherfucker down! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/3 "2008-03-05T16:18:27Z")
[QUOTE=miss elizabeth] If no one is there, chop that motherfucker down! [/QUOTE] What, _further_ down? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/4 "2008-03-05T16:33:02Z")
Yeah, I figure if it lands in my driveway, I can hack the fucker up and get rid of it. Hell, I had to hack it up just to get out of the driveway. Now-do I dump tree shrapnel in their yard, or be good rent a wood chipper? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/5 "2008-03-05T16:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] Yeah, I figure if it lands in my driveway, I can hack the fucker up and get rid of it. Hell, I had to hack it up just to get out of the driveway. Now-do I dump tree shrapnel in their yard, or be good rent a wood chipper? [/QUOTE] Rent the wood chipper, take lots of video, and sue the absent owner on _Judge Judy_ for the costs incurred getting out today. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/6 "2008-03-05T16:49:52Z")
Re your appointment, your pickup truck / SUV couldn’t get around the far end of the tree? Might be an optical illusion but it looks like you should have easily been able to drive over or around the top section. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/7 "2008-03-05T17:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=astro] Re your appointment, your pickup truck / SUV couldn’t get around the far end of the tree? Might be an optical illusion but it looks like you should have easily been able to drive over or around the top section. [/QUOTE] You can’t see it in the photo, but the fence for my back yard is about three feet from the top of the tree. Would have really sucked if the tree took out my fence. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/8 "2008-03-07T05:18:35Z")
Years ago my grandfather had a neighbor’s tree fall in his yard and cause some damage. The city told him that he now owned the tree, apparently in compensation :eek: Aren’t blue laws grand? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/9 "2008-03-07T14:20:21Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] Years ago my grandfather had a neighbor’s tree fall in his yard and cause some damage. The city told him that he now owned the tree, apparently in compensation :eek: Aren’t blue laws grand? [/QUOTE] I always understood “blue laws” to concern things like businesses closing and limited liquor sales on Sundays. Is there another use I was unaware of? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frucking-neighbors-tree-and-ice/440185/10 "2008-03-07T15:27:47Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] Yeah, I figure if it lands in my driveway, I can hack the fucker up and get rid of it. Hell, I had to hack it up just to get out of the driveway. Now-do I dump tree shrapnel in their yard, or be good rent a wood chipper? [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t spend a dime disposing of that tree. I’d toss that fucker right into their yard and be done with it.