Comments on: Tree Surgery http://chrismerriman.com/tree-surgery/ Something To Do... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ChrisM http://chrismerriman.com/tree-surgery/#comment-13160 ChrisM Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:34:08 +0000 http://chrismerriman.com/tree-surgery/#comment-13160 Possum piss. There's a phrase I didn't think I'd see on this blog :) Possum piss. There’s a phrase I didn’t think I’d see on this blog :)

]]> By: Alex C http://chrismerriman.com/tree-surgery/#comment-13158 Alex C Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:22:06 +0000 http://chrismerriman.com/tree-surgery/#comment-13158 Doh, I must have missed this one. Hilarious! And it looks like it's a nasty evil Phoenix Palm that they are pulling over - not something I would want landing on me though they seem to have got rid of most of the fronds. Phoenix Palms are fairly common here in Australia and a tree surgeons nightmare. The base of the fronds are lined with very long, very sharp, very easy to prick yourself on spines! When you do get caught on one the spine normally snaps leaving an embedded section in your skin which you generally don't realise is there until maybe a month later when it works it way out in a pussy blob and suddenly the pain you were getting in that area disappears! They are supposed to be poisonous as well so can lead to nasty infections, that's due to the possum piss apparently as possums like to live in them! All in all, delightful trees :) Doh, I must have missed this one. Hilarious! And it looks like it’s a nasty evil Phoenix Palm that they are pulling over - not something I would want landing on me though they seem to have got rid of most of the fronds.
Phoenix Palms are fairly common here in Australia and a tree surgeons nightmare. The base of the fronds are lined with very long, very sharp, very easy to prick yourself on spines! When you do get caught on one the spine normally snaps leaving an embedded section in your skin which you generally don’t realise is there until maybe a month later when it works it way out in a pussy blob and suddenly the pain you were getting in that area disappears! They are supposed to be poisonous as well so can lead to nasty infections, that’s due to the possum piss apparently as possums like to live in them!
All in all, delightful trees :)

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