13 thoughts on “September 15, 2020: An Ángel From Below”

1. Haven't slept well the past couple nights; during my team video call this morning, I mentioned that and requested that any IMs or emails be saved until this afternoon.

2. My employer will be ringing the NYSE today in honor of 150 years on the exchange -- 5^th longest to be listed there.

3. The story of a tree falling in Houston
   Dont know if you saw the video yesterday of the dude cutting down a tree and falling on a house, but there is the story behind it. (video is in the link if you missed it)

   1. The one dude lower right of the frame trying, I'm guessing, to guide the tree down. smdh

      1. right! like, not with a chain attached to heavy equipment! I watched that clip about 20 times yesterday and everything I chuckled and shook my head

         1. that tether is totally slack -- it must have gotten away from him right away when it started falling. there'd have been bonus points if it fell and took off a pickup bumper as well.

         2. I have no idea where he was trying to lay that down. It was way too tall to fell in one go.

            1. he MIGHT have been trying to run it down between the street and the house, but that's still fool's folly

            2. There is a great tutorial video on how to drop a tree between two houses on YouTube. Someone may have linked to it in the twitters threads on that video. It’s amazing.

               1. it think i know the video you're talking about. if so, is there a full tutorial out there?

               2. On the lake growing up, we used to do odd jobs like taking out trees between cabins, etc.

                  To do this, we used an H-tractor, nylon webbing, and a ComeAlong jack. After attaching the tackle, we used spades/axes to cut the roots, but slowly pull the tree where you want it to go. Need a fulcrum at the end to pop the roots out. Voila.

   2. i couldn't stop laughing at that whole thread yesterday.

      dude walked up to a sixty-foot loblolly pine in a residential neighborhood with no plan I admire him so much

      — BUM CHILLUPS, NPR CLASS PUNDIT (@edsbs) September 14, 2020

      like he thought this was a sure bet and only when it started falling the wrong way did he even consider it might go wrong, this is our most American

      — BUM CHILLUPS, NPR CLASS PUNDIT (@edsbs) September 14, 2020

4. Hmmm

   We had it minny smh

   — Jeff Teague (@Teague0) September 16, 2020

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