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RE: Some Councils have waaaaay too much time on their hands
July 21, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Well actualy, I dont have a problem with this.
I actualy approve.
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RE: Some Councils have waaaaay too much time on their hands
July 21, 2013 at 3:44 pm
(July 21, 2013 at 3:30 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: I found this news story and I just had to share.
BBC NEWS Wrote:Reward to capture Windsor tree attacker
A council is offering a £1,000 reward to catch those responsible for attacking a tree at a Windsor park.
A large area of bark on the whitebeam tree, near the skate park in Vansittart recreation ground, has been cut off.
Council experts said the tree, which would cost £8,000 to replace, had no hope of survival and would have to be removed.
Councillor Dee Quick said: "It defies belief that anyone could just hack a tree almost literally to death."
Anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandal or vandals responsible has been asked to contact Thames Valley Police.
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Experts said the tree would die as the bark was so badly damaged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-23395282
There's lots of things I think is a bit weird about this, why does it cost £8000 to replace a tree? Why does it defy belief that someone would hack a tree down? People do it all the time, Yeh it looks like they have wayyyyy to much time on their hands to me, also I hope they're using their own personal money for that £1000 reward money.
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RE: Some Councils have waaaaay too much time on their hands
July 21, 2013 at 3:50 pm
But why has this made BBC News?
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RE: Some Councils have waaaaay too much time on their hands
July 21, 2013 at 3:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2013 at 4:05 pm by Walking Void.)
It is really funny because they plan to uproot another adult tree and ingrain its roots into the ground like some monumental but totally unnecessary surgery.
I do have a question though:
How long are the fucking roots of that tree anyway?!
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