Comments on: I mean, it costs money to do that, right? http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/ In the land of the ham, the Bacon Man is king Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jason C http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3795 Jason C Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:19:32 +0000 http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3795 BP-haters, all of you! I like 'em. I'm sorry they stink in C'Ville this year but the one in our yard makes me smile every time I walk outside. Our tree most definitely does <em>not</em> smell like pee, garbage, rotting animal carcass, or any combination of those things. The problem with them, from a tree standpoint, is all the limbs come out of one point, kind of like a crab-tree (get it? That's a name joke for you Tennesseans). This is a weak point in the even of a storm (such as what happened to ours a few years ago) or when they get old and the limbs break up all at the same point. BP-haters, all of you! I like ‘em. I’m sorry they stink in C’Ville this year but the one in our yard makes me smile every time I walk outside. Our tree most definitely does not smell like pee, garbage, rotting animal carcass, or any combination of those things.

The problem with them, from a tree standpoint, is all the limbs come out of one point, kind of like a crab-tree (get it? That’s a name joke for you Tennesseans). This is a weak point in the even of a storm (such as what happened to ours a few years ago) or when they get old and the limbs break up all at the same point.

]]> By: Maig http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3731 Maig Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:42:20 +0000 http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3731 They smell like CAT PEE. It used to drive blooty crazy- he had to spray all the time. They smell like CAT PEE. It used to drive blooty crazy- he had to spray all the time.

]]> By: Rebecca http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3442 Rebecca Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:02:42 +0000 http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3442 Aha! This explains why, on my walk yesterday, as I passed by the first row of my apartment complex (flanked by white-blossomed trees), I kept thinking that either someone had trash sitting out with old fish in it, or there was some type of dead animal hiding somewhere--a starkly unappealing odor. I looked all around and saw no old trash and no aminal remains. Now, I know...it was the trees. Aha! This explains why, on my walk yesterday, as I passed by the first row of my apartment complex (flanked by white-blossomed trees), I kept thinking that either someone had trash sitting out with old fish in it, or there was some type of dead animal hiding somewhere–a starkly unappealing odor. I looked all around and saw no old trash and no aminal remains. Now, I know…it was the trees.

]]> By: Kevin O'Mara http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3431 Kevin O'Mara Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:38:01 +0000 http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3431 That was absolutely the most polite way of saying, "THOSE AREN'T DOGWOODS" that I've ever seen. You're right, the stinky ones here are Bradford pears, same as there. That was absolutely the most polite way of saying, “THOSE AREN’T DOGWOODS” that I’ve ever seen. You’re right, the stinky ones here are Bradford pears, same as there.

]]> By: JTJ http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3409 JTJ Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:55:50 +0000 http://kevinomara.com/2007/03/23/i-mean-it-costs-money-to-do-that-right/#comment-3409 I don't know about the dogwoods (I haven't seen any of those in full bloom yet this year), but the bradford pears smell awful this year! I remember a week or so ago, I thought something very large (like maybe a small dinosaur or a large yeti) had died near our house. After discussing w/Stacie, we determined the smell to be coming from the white blossoms of the bradford pear trees across the street. There are lots of them all the way down Dixie. I've decided that even though the white trees of spring are rather pleasing to the eye, I am now anti-BP. Not only do they smell like sewage-stewed entrail-rot, but I recently read that after about 20 years, they start falling to pieces – literally dropping large portions of themselves onto the ground until they are completely dead. I don’t know about the dogwoods (I haven’t seen any of those in full bloom yet this year), but the bradford pears smell awful this year! I remember a week or so ago, I thought something very large (like maybe a small dinosaur or a large yeti) had died near our house. After discussing w/Stacie, we determined the smell to be coming from the white blossoms of the bradford pear trees across the street. There are lots of them all the way down Dixie. I’ve decided that even though the white trees of spring are rather pleasing to the eye, I am now anti-BP. Not only do they smell like sewage-stewed entrail-rot, but I recently read that after about 20 years, they start falling to pieces – literally dropping large portions of themselves onto the ground until they are completely dead.

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