must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.

gf.

"JG" wrote in message
...
This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up. A
friend was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While she was
doing that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine
needles on the floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it another
thought and went out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of laughter,
I told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:48:11 -0500, "gonefishiing" wrote
this crap:

must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.


I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Wha? *You* didn't put up a Christmas tree?? Oh, Scrooge!

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my
daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge
plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I
take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Not this year, I didn't...has been too crazy around here what with my
granddaughter's accident and all...she still wasn't negotiating steps at the
time so we decided to have Christmas at their house instead, since there is
no way into my house without having to climb steps inside or out...only
problem was that their Rotty, Mas, kept picking all the ornaments off the
tree and stashing them in secret hiding places...by the time Christmas Day
came along, only the ornaments on top were left...he's one strange
dog...terrifying to look at but would lick you to death...I put a piece of
tinsel on my poinsettia...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Wha? *You* didn't put up a Christmas tree?? Oh, Scrooge!

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my
daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge
plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December, I
take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

OK, that's a good reason. How's she doing now?

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Not this year, I didn't...has been too crazy around here what with
my
granddaughter's accident and all...she still wasn't negotiating
steps at the
time so we decided to have Christmas at their house instead, since
there is
no way into my house without having to climb steps inside or
out...only
problem was that their Rotty, Mas, kept picking all the ornaments
off the
tree and stashing them in secret hiding places...by the time
Christmas Day
came along, only the ornaments on top were left...he's one strange
dog...terrifying to look at but would lick you to death...I put a
piece of
tinsel on my poinsettia...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Wha? *You* didn't put up a Christmas tree?? Oh, Scrooge!

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Got you both beat...didn't put up a tree or lights but went to my
daughter's
and looked at hers...

"gonefishiing" wrote in message
...
got me beat.
this year i did without the tree
just hung the lights.

gf.


"Horvath" wrote in message
...
I keep mine up until the end of March. Then I throw a huge
plastic
bag over it, and put it down in the basement. Next December,
I
take
off the bag, and set it up in the living room. No mess, no
pine
needles.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

gonefishiing wrote:
must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes
along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose
the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the
landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of
his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.

gf.


Here they bring them to the beach, stake them down in rows, and 6 mo.
later you have a new row of sanddunes to be whiped out in hurricane
season. Works great.

Joe












"JG" wrote in message
...
This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up.
A
friend was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While
she was
doing that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine

needles on the floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it
another
thought and went out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the
garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally
denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of
laughter,
I told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who
stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

But then don't all those old pine trunks fly all over as shrapnel? We just
put ours (except for this year) out back and hang old fruit and suet from it
for the birds...then it goes in the burn pile in the spring...not worth the
trouble of chopping up the trunk for fireplace wood because of teh creosote
content...

"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...

gonefishiing wrote:
must be a CA thing.
the NY version
here you just throw the tree out the 5th floor window, someone comes
along
in the night and burns it for you. the fire trucks show up and hose
the
thing down, the police come by and write up a silly report, the
landlord
sends his guys over the next day to scrub the soot and ashes off of
his
building. big production every year. keeps lots of people employeed.

gf.


Here they bring them to the beach, stake them down in rows, and 6 mo.
later you have a new row of sanddunes to be whiped out in hurricane
season. Works great.

Joe












"JG" wrote in message
...
This is just too funny (or maybe you had to be there)....

It's just about time to put the dead tree on the curb for pick up.
A
friend was over and she volunteered to remove the ornaments. While
she was
doing that, I mentioned that it would probably dump 10 zillion pine

needles on the floor, but that's what happens. I didn't give it
another
thought and went out to do some errands, while she stayed around.

When I got back, I saw she had discovered the shop vac in the
garage.
Amazingly, she shop vac'd the tree! It was just about totally
denuded. She
was sort of embarrassed by the whole thing, but between fits of
laughter,
I told her it was fine by me.

At least it wasn't as dangerous as my ex-roomate in college who
stuff the
entire 7-foot dead tree into the fireplace and then lit the tree...

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

They usually get well covered by sand in a few mo.

If they are flying like shrapnel, they are nothing compared to all the
beach house roofs flying about.

Joe