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Post by Clipper on Nov 17, 2023 8:56:56 GMT -5
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Nov 17, 2023 11:21:30 GMT -5
Oh my! Only thing I buy is a poinsettia from Walmart. Small red one.
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Post by BHU on Nov 17, 2023 15:22:48 GMT -5
After our artificial tree fell apart 4-5 years ago we bought live trees from a tree farm in Marcy. This year we went back to an artificial. Live trees are nice but taking them down leaves real a mess with the needles all over the place & they have to be watered constantly.
The artificial we bought is pre- lit with LED's which cost pennies a day to operate.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Nov 17, 2023 17:14:24 GMT -5
A friend of mine in graduate school seminary had an artificial tree with lights on it which he kept in the original box when he bought the think way back to when he started college. Well after 4 years of college and the first two years of seminary that think was seriously dusty. I used to tell him to shake it upside down out his bedroom window but he never did. In graduate school our chapel had a 10 foot living tree that we decorated. And yes taking that thing down after Christmas break was one pain in the you know where. Several of us worked on that project then we headed out to Ryans Bar across form Kodac Corporation building for a beer!!!!!!
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Post by chris on Nov 17, 2023 19:14:32 GMT -5
I guess people still buy real trees 🌲 or they wouldnt be selling them. I love real trees but after finding needles still in June when vacuuming I decided to go the artificial route. That was back in the 70’s.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 17, 2023 23:24:08 GMT -5
When we still bought real trees we always bought a bag the served as a tree skirt and when the season was over all we had to do was pull the bag up over the branches and it caught all the needles ( well, most of them anyway). When the boys were young we always made a day of it when we went to cut our own tree at a tree farm. One advantage of cutting your own is that you know it wasn't cut in September and the needles won't fall fall off before Christmas.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 17, 2023 23:29:05 GMT -5
We have a 7 foot artificial tree and we have used it every year since 2015. We also have a pretty little 4 foot fiber optic lit tree that changes colors. When my dad lived with us we had that tree in his room on a small table next to his lift chair. We are now debating whether we want to bother with the big tree this year.
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Post by kit on Nov 18, 2023 7:02:23 GMT -5
You can tell how old your artificial tree is by counting the layers of duct tape on the box.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 18, 2023 8:25:08 GMT -5
LOL! actually I don't use any duct tape. I built a plywood box that looks like a coffin with wheels on it so I wheel it from the garage to the back door and take the tree out. I also have a similar coffin for the cover for the motorhome. I don't take any chances on mice getting into them in the garage. We have never had a mouse in the house but I occasionally catch one in the shop on the sticky paper traps. One of the hazards of living in the country I guess.
What you say is definitely true. The boxes with the ornaments have a few layers of tape and evidence that at some point someone tore off the layers and started over, lol.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Nov 18, 2023 9:50:37 GMT -5
You put your tree in a coffin!!!
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Post by Clipper on Nov 18, 2023 20:47:58 GMT -5
LOL. I looks like one. It is 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. It has a plywood lid that screws down with 8 wood screws. The one for the motorhome cover is smaller. It is 4 foot long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep. I can wheel it right to the motorhome before I have to start wrestling with the cover. It is heavier than hell. You can imagine what a heavy canvas that completely covers something that is 30 feet long, 8 feet wide, and over 10 feet tall. Since Asplundh cut down the monster maple that used to shed crap and leaves on the roof of the camper we don't really have to worry about putting the cover on it. The older I get the less I want to climb any ladders and walk around on a roof 10 or 12 feet off the ground.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Nov 19, 2023 15:01:06 GMT -5
Sounds like the perfect coffin I may just have you make me one.
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Post by artsyone on Nov 19, 2023 22:10:08 GMT -5
Haha! It's not the coughin' that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Nov 20, 2023 17:24:26 GMT -5
Haha! It's not the coughin' that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in. I learn from the time I was a Monastic Brother with the Franciscans that a simple funeral is the best. Plain plywood coffin that fits into a concrete waterproof box of simple design and a Mass for Christian burial. After that I would like a natural burial but the expense would not be ok to get to the place I have seen. |
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Post by clarencebunsen on Nov 20, 2023 20:05:28 GMT -5
I've often said I want a plain pine box under an apple tree. I looked into places which allow that but they were quite pricey.
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