Comment on Boy, 16, arrested over felling of iconic ‘Robin Hood tree’ next to Hadrian’s Wall

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• Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “scratter” new word filed away for future use.

  It seemed to me to be quite a good cut - he may have worked in the family tree surgery business or…

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  • SleepingInTraffic@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A north-eastern word for a north-eastern crime.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’ve never cut down a tree, but even with a chainsaw, that looks like a big tree for a 16 year old to cut down on his own.

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  • butterflyattack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve cut down (dead) trees. This is a job that could be done by one experienced person but I wouldn’t tackle it on my own - it’s an isolated area and if something goes wrong you are fucked. Trees are fuckin heavy and if one falls on you, you’ll know about it. I don’t know where the 16 year old would have got the experience to tackle this, the cuts look reasonably competent. It would also have taken a fairly long blade chainsaw, though it’s hard to judge the thickness of the stump. Also, what a wanker.

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