Miscellaneous: Too little, too late

Too little, too late

By ragsy - 14/08/2009 16:54 - United States

Today, I finally went to Home Depot to buy a chainsaw to cut down the tree leaning dangerously over my garage. When I got home, I found the tree had fallen and taken out the roof while I was shopping. FML

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By 1ndustrytx - 04/09/2009 16:46 - United States

Today, I was awakened by the sound of chain-saws. Moments later a tree branch came through my roof. FML

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By shoutoutloud2him - 05/12/2009 08:48 - United States

Today, I was at Home Depot getting a Christmas tree with my family. While picking out a tree, a man thought it would be nice to help cut off the string that held the tree together. The branches hit me in the face and the guy managed to cut my hand. FML

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By Jopes - 10/05/2009 12:44 - United States

Today, I cut down a dead tree in my yard. The top hit the ground and the base seesawed up in the air and came down on my head. I hit the ground like a sack of flour. Fortunately, the wood was rotted and soft. Unfortunately, the chainsaw was still running. 28 stitches in my calf. FML

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By Username - 23/06/2011 04:47 - United States

Today, I got home to find my truck smashed by a fallen old tree. I was going to have the tree removed next week. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/07/2011 23:51 - United States

Today, my husband finally got round to cutting down a tree limb in our front yard after months of me begging him. It fell on me. FML

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By trees - 24/07/2013 16:44 - United States - Waupaca

Today, I watched one of my neighbor's trees fall into the electrical lines outside my house. This was after he took a chainsaw to the tree. He refuses to cover the damages. FML

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By Zinfandel - 07/08/2010 06:04 - United States

Today, I decided to clear up some storm damage. I carefully cut a tree that was threatening to fall on my house. It fell on my neighbor's house instead. He's taking me to court for damages. FML

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By SGreene - 06/05/2017 20:00

Today, a storm dropped a tree across my road. I would have moved it with my tractor, but there was a tree on that too. FML

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DIY

By Anonymous - 11/07/2010 05:15 - United States

Today, to save money, I wanted to fix my own leaky roof instead of hiring someone. When I got on the roof, the ladder fell. As it was falling, it broke three windows and snagged the siding of my house ripping over half of it off. FML

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Misunderstanding

By Anonymous - 11/11/2019 03:00

Today, my boss sent me to remove a tree from a client's home. So I went and cut down the tree, only for my boss to show up an hour later, speechless. I was supposed to remove a sapling that had sprouted through the driveway tarmac, not the 100-year-old prizewinning Japanese cherry tree. FML

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katheriinex0 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:09

guess its back to home depot for you ..

athiest_pope 0

Friday 14 August 2009 20:10

is the tree ok??

Comments

epicwinmaster 0

Saturday 15 August 2009 4:08

hey if someone was coming at you with a chainsaw youd fall over too

timeoffire45 8

Tuesday 22 December 2009 6:08

OMFG, this made me burst out laughing!

dudeface 1

Saturday 15 August 2009 4:59

On the plus side, now you own a chainsaw! C'mon, get creative!

Judge_Mental 0

Saturday 15 August 2009 5:18

Just a thought, but if it's leaning against the roof, and ur choppin it down. ISNT IT GONNA FALL ON THE ROOF ANYWAYS?

rsjones 0

Saturday 15 August 2009 18:36

No, it's a common practice to cut trees in trouble spots. You cut it down piece by piece so that 1 big chunk never falls that can cause great damage. This also relieves weight from a tree greatly reducing the weight put on the broken branch.

bonnieshadster 0

Saturday 15 August 2009 5:48

i agree with #55. after you cut it down were u gonna telepathically move it gently to the ground?

Jeffy172 0

Saturday 15 August 2009 6:23

Shouldn't your insurance pay for most of the damage and you can return the chainsaw because you didn't open it.

foryoublue94 0

Saturday 15 August 2009 6:46

At least it's the garage and not the house. (My garage isn't attached to my house, and even though OP's might be, for the sake of that statement I assumed it wasn't)