This may come as a surprise but some consider sycamores to be a pest tree. I don't, and have no sympathy for it, but I can see where the motivation can come from to girdle these trees. Every year they shed tens of thousands of tough winged seeds that invariably sprout in some pretty unlikely soils. Gardeners, in the wind shade of a sycamore, will do an annual pluck of the fledgling trees. But basically, it is invariably their territory that we've encroached upon and then we get annoyed about it. So, vandals they may have been. But I don't think it was done without knowledge, Or was done 'just for a laugh'. Basically, they are a big park/forest tree that sheds a lot of bark, seeds and leaves, and people get pissed off with them. It comes to something when people get angry with a public tree though, doesn't it? I mean, an adult deciduous tree was almost certainly there before they were.
Just read up on sycamores, been here since the 16th century. Bit late to try and get rid of them now! Obviously not just random vandals. If the police want a clue to who did it - the bloke who lives just behind them!
Do you like cringe-worthy? This is almost cringe-worthy. At least to me, because my BS detector is extremely well tuned:
My wife and I spent a few minutes watching a free mini air show this morning, on Torrevieja seafront. Amazing to see a plane scooping water up, before releasing it. Not sure if it was pilot training or checking out the mechanism to ensure all was well ahead of fire fighting duties. It got us wondering how many fish get scooped up and the fishy tails they can relate to their friends, about being abducted by aliens. There was a video to go with this, but it has been withdrawn
Lol . Posted that gene wilder had passed away , saw it on the BBC. Mrs J said he's been dead for quite a while...
16th century? You do realise that makes them immigrants. Then again, even the English Oak is ultimately non-native too. I refer to the Stewart Lee joke: These Sycamores, coming over 'ere, taking up our land. I'm Nigel Farage from Brexit, and I say that the brightest and best Sycamores should stick to their own central European and western Asian soils, and not take up space here and provide shade for people as they walk along, soaking up pollutants while making the city landscape a more pleasant space to be in. Get back to mainland Europe you.... sycamores, before we girdle you. Actually, it would be funny if there wasn't a ring of truth in it.
you've cracked! mind you, I never knew girdle was a verb. I can think of a few politicians that need girdling!
Just had a phone call, from my eldest son who is on holiday on the Costa del Sol. His boss has sent him a text message to make him “redundant, just short of the qualifying time for redundancy pay. Seriously. What a piece of excrement to do this when someone is on holiday, having given absolutely no warning that it might happen. His employer has history of dismissing staff on a whim so it was only a matter of time before my son found himself in the firing line because, unfortunately, he tells things as they are and won’t compromise his own high standard of work in order to bodge a job, something he was being asked to do.
Disgusting . says a lot about his so called employer that he didn't . A- Have the decency to tell your son that redundancy was a possibility . But ( IMHO ) Just as important . B- He didn't have the guts to tell him to his face ! C- When he is on Holiday , that just smacks of a total and utter disregard of his staff . I honestly hope your son learns from this and gets a decent employer .
Bastard! The only thing I think of in this sort of situation is that the prat of a boss will eventually get his comeuppance - karma if you like. Also, your son can do much better than work for a total arse like that. What appalling management. Hopefully your son will find something better in the future and work for someone who appreciates him!
I find it hard to believe in karma. There's some proper nobheads on some massive Yachts laughing at us mugs. Hi Phillip Green. Yes you.
I picked up a hitch-hiker today, and after a few miles he thanked me again for picking him up and asked if I wasn't worried that he might be a serial killer. I told him it'd never crossed my mind as the chances of there being 2 serial killers in the same car was highly unlikely...
