Reply #39: I like my neighbors

[LostinVA]

He and his crazy Bosnian friends cut down a 100-foot white oak for me last year. It would ave cost me at least $1,200 to have it done by a professional. He and his friends drank beer, hooked up the tree to a pickup truck, and used a chainsaw to bring it down. They even cut the tress up in manageable sections for me. They refused to take a dime, so I gave my neighbor a gift certificate to a nice restaurant for him and his family, who don't really have alot of extra money.

It was tres exciting -- the tree almost smashed his storage building, and the tree twisted at the last second and almost killed his friend.

However, in the past, I have had neighbors whom I hated.