KiwiScot 1,443 Posted June 24, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/24/cut-down-fir-tree-becomes-sheffield-attraction-after-neighbour-dispute Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,511 Posted June 24, 2021 This, my friend, rather feels like some kind of symbol for division in our society doesn't it? I mean it is literally divided.....The inability to compromise, a certain mean-minded spirit, spiteful. Quite sad. Reminded me of Brexit and a few other aspects of peoples' personalities. What is it with boundaries?!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted June 24, 2021 Makes you wonder if its more than an argument about a tree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,938 Posted June 24, 2021 Why couldn't the tree be moved away from the neighbour's drive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barbe bleu 823 Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, TheGunnShow said: Why couldn't the tree be moved away from the neighbour's drive? Tree should have moved itself. It didn't so it got what was coming to it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,754 Posted June 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Barbe bleu said: Tree should have moved itself. It didn't so it got what was coming to it All seriously, to move the tree you would need to dig a root ball the size of a car engine, which would have meant digging up a chunk of the neighbours driveway which he clearly wouldn't have liked either. Boring answer but there you go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,334 Posted June 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Herman said: All seriously, to move the tree you would need to dig a root ball the size of a car engine, which would have meant digging up a chunk of the neighbours driveway which he clearly wouldn't have liked either. Boring answer but there you go. Quite a large car engine too, Hermano. Wrong time of year as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,754 Posted June 25, 2021 Aye, I think the man has basically killed it. It's never going to grow back to any shape so they will be best to chop it down (accidentally onto his car) or leave it like that so the birds can still nest and do their business on his car and drive.😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted June 25, 2021 its a manicured Leylandi, which grows the size of a tree. This one was trimmed, as it seems, to allow cars on both sides to pass and park. Its root ball could be ignored if cut down as low as possible. stump ground and hey presto, another nesting habitat eradicated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted June 25, 2021 Anyone interested in amusingly shaped carrot photos? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,557 Posted June 25, 2021 It is plainly a metaphor for the NI protocol. The resident who planted the tree never thought their neighbour would take such a nit-picking and legalistic approach... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted June 25, 2021 No trouble with the birds if he parked the car behind the gate ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 3,297 Posted June 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Van wink said: Anyone interested in amusingly shaped carrot photos? I’m old school this just made me laugh……reminds me of that Esther Rantzen That’s Life show in the 70s where they always had a funny vegetable photo! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted June 25, 2021 On 24/06/2021 at 17:05, KiwiScot said: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/24/cut-down-fir-tree-becomes-sheffield-attraction-after-neighbour-dispute That is quite clearly a Mrs Bucket ostentatious gate that the pedantic neighbour put up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
