tipper wrote:GWW wrote:Footy Chick wrote:Being woken up by a chainsaw at 3am
Did you go out and abuse them? I know I would have.
at that time of the night id think it would be the ses, so i most certainly hope you wouldnt abuse them.
It was SA Power networks.
I didnt' abuse them - but I did use the F bomb a lot. THeres a massive tree about 20m away, if that. It's been there since Jesus was a boy, longer than any power lines would've been there anyway. The branches of said tree have been hanging over these power lines since I was a kid.
Any way, as it turns out, some good samaritan decided to ring SA Power networks last night because there were sparks from the tree touching the powerlines and it was decided that 3am was a good time to prune a tree with a chainsaw, rather than waiting 3 hours as any wind had well and truly stopped when I went outside so there was no danger.
Lets just say that the council will be getting an absolute bollocking from me (and probably about 2 dozen other people) today for not keeping the trees sufficiently pruned.
All this made worse as a fell over my laundry basket getting out of bed and faceplanted the floor