tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post1061096625683821691..comments2024-02-01T07:25:17.015-05:00Comments on rapunzel jumped : stump in the airAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246669291440115585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post-79523678097311923882020-03-23T13:07:46.600-04:002020-03-23T13:07:46.600-04:00Ahem. But yeah, what you describe would seem to be...Ahem. But yeah, what you describe would seem to be the wiser way to proceed and what one sees usually. Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02246669291440115585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7918809780977867389.post-51846177526473557772020-03-23T10:07:11.340-04:002020-03-23T10:07:11.340-04:00This must have been one of the lessons learned bef...This must have been one of the lessons learned before they (ahem) twigged onto the idea of cutting branches that get too close to wires before they get too close and thereby avoid cutting down the whole tree. Here we see whole sections of a roadside tree lopped and pruned so that the shape of the tree is odd, but the tree remains and the wire float happily stumpless. (Also interesting is that the stump doesn't affect the performance of the wires.)carinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163960574578116352noreply@blogger.com