Woodworking?

[jfkbengals]

(05-12-2017, 07:45 AM)grampahol Wrote: Well, all of my projects, well most anyway are on hold for awhile because two days ago I was cutting down a bunch of Chinese sumac trees. They're those stink trees that grow everywhere you don't want them to grow, highly invasive species that grow fast..
Anyway, I have a really sharp hatchet I could probably shave with and it managed to glance off and plant itself in my right kneecap and this sucker hurts! 
I'm going to blame Marvin since he seems to be the easiest target on this board although it really is my own goddamned fault.. 
The VA patched me up then just prescribed motrin. They might as well just have given me a bullet to bite on and send me on my way. Not only that, but no antibiotics. This is a 4 inch gash about an inch deep..
Thanks VA. 
On the bright side my 88 year old dad has a ton of painkillers sitting around and I'm not shy about asking for them..
For some reason I'm heading back out to the VA again today. I can barely move my leg. It takes me around 20 minutes to get a cup of coffee.. This ain't cutting it.. 

Do you mean these?:



It's called Tree Of Heaven.  They are indeed considered an invasive species to the US, and they are damn near impossible to kill because the roots shoot out underground runners, while the trees themselves drop seeds everywhere.  Back when she and I were smokers, we had a flower pot on the porch that we used as an ashtray.  Somehow a seed got in there and it sprouted.  Despite putting cigarette out on it, repeatedly, every evening and regularly setting it on fire, and any water getting into the soil of the pot passing through a pound of cigarette butts, I never could get the thing to die...

One lot over from ours, the residents have a 30+ foot one in the back of the lot, so there is no way I will ever be rid of those damn things.