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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

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I got pretty good at notching and felling trees at one time, but I’d never try this. I’d have spent all day roping it down. I watched my brother do this with a 60’ Pin Oak, though. Walked out and laid his hat in the yard between the telephone pole and detached garage. He said that’s where the crown will hit. It was about 2 feet off! True story.
This video shows one way of aiming a tree. Start at 5:18 for the aiming part. Rest of the vid is pretty good too.
 
Blackberries in bloom and a cardinal can't wait

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We have hundreds of low bush blueberries in the woods here and some cultivated high bush in our little orchard. They are already coming out with some close to ripe! Birds get the vast majority but we have plenty to share.


And? Details, please
Well, the short version is that my department was placed under a different umbrella of administration. A dude in upper admin who is a classic F up/meddler tried to change some things that would upend all of the hard work done to make my department EXTREMELY successful and place the burden for another department’s lack of success on it.

I said simply “no”. (I said more, but no sense dwelling on it)

I knew I wouldn’t be fired. The facility director and CEO backed me so 🤷🏼‍♂️

A man has to decide what he will tolerate. When something goes over that line you either stand by your conviction or you cave like a bitch. I have a reputation for being incredibly friendly, funny but someone who takes care of business and gets shit done. A fixer who is personable, and it has given me juice beyond my title.

I don’t tolerate sneaky bullshit and the dildo of other people‘s circumstances won’t get anywhere near my butt.

It is the behavioral health business so the socialistic mindset is rampant.
 

Ok to fly off on another of my tangents.

Get yourself one of these super cheapies.

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There are "real" versions, but I bought a cheapo chinese Amazon and so far it has worked great. This gizmo falls into the "where have you been all my life" area of tools.

If you work on shit you will come across a stuck bolt, you get to each one of these steps and I personally have done all of them.
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Issue with the "blue wrench" is well fire, and that can be a bit of an issue in some places.

When I got the induction heater I was like this thing can't work, so I heated up just a loose bolt, WOW, smokin in no time. Ok lets see if this works for real. Rusted wheel nut on an 8n that likely has not been off in 80 years, sure enough right off.

One word of warning however, it is just like the blue wrench, so don't use it to take off rusted spring shackle bolts, that rubber shit will smoke like a mother fucker.....for fucking days if you are stupid like me.

You go from, Well duh you idiot, it gets hot naturally it will melt the rubber bushing, but it is not that bad.
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I think I need to move to another state to get away from this smoke.
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You know I can't do this, I will come back next weekend with the fuckin grinder and cut the stupid nut off like I should have done in the first place.