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To: nihil who wrote (74955)	2/22/2000 1:52:00 PM
From: pezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

My dad started his own tree business in the early fifties after leaving the lumber business where he had a sawmill in NH.I started working with him when I was twelve after school I would split logs that he sold for fire wood. If I do say so myself I could swing an ax at the age of 14 better than most grown men in the business. Even at a young age I would challenge the strapping big collage men that worked for him in the summers to log lifting contests and never lose. I soon became his main climber [as they were called in those days] and grew to love the lime light of toppng those big elms in metropolitan areas. Roping off huge tops to keep them from damaging buildings below was fun and it always drew a crowd. In those early years the chain saws were large and unwieldy [Homlits as I recall] and Dad wouldn't allow me to use them in the trees. So I would cut those huge tops off with a hand saw! ....Developed quite a pair of arms doin that. <<Trees, even big wild trees, need to be fed, cared for, pruned, >> Well this is where Dad eventually made most of his money in the wealthy suburbs of Bergen County NJ It was a fine life for a young buck like myself in those days...But time moves on...Just between you and me every now and again while in some fishing spot I will spot a likely tree and up I go.