My wife wants me to cut down a 5 year old maple tree

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: foghorn67
You sound angry to me. Are you okay?

The irony of your sig is astounding.

Yes, my signature is astounding by design.

 

[gsellis]

"Will the Fung Shui club please stop moving the tables on the lawn!"
"The Princess Diaries" school announcment.

Not as subtle as Freud's corndog in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", but up there.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: glutenberg
Like I said, the scientific approach to Qi has only just started. Did you expect people to make a breakthrough overnight?

I expect more than smoke and mirrors.

Wow, a 35-page report on supposed changes in water structure and the half-life of a radioactive isotope. Call me when you reach "Hadoken."

- M4H

The ignorance is truly strong in this one.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: glutenberg
Like I said, the scientific approach to Qi has only just started. Did you expect people to make a breakthrough overnight?

I expect more than smoke and mirrors.

Wow, a 35-page report on supposed changes in water structure and the half-life of a radioactive isotope. Call me when you reach "Hadoken."

- M4H

The ignorance is truly strong in this one.

Seriously. What's not to believe about a system flaunted by people who believe eating tiger penis boosts virility? You should know better M4 :|

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: Amused
If you reject myths and mysticism, you reject all of it. Not just some.

Yes, as a scientist I reject all forms of mysticism and religion, but that does not mean that those systems have not produced any useful knowledge in the past - just that we don't need them to produce any new knowledge in the future. We have better systems now.

Example - ancient people ate willow bark for headaches. They had no scientific evidence that it helped. Thousands of years later, asprin is derived form willow bark, and is taken for headaches.

Full of sh1t?

Feng Shui as a system is no less full of sh!t than any other religion or myth system.

I did not say I reject all ancient knowledge, only mysticism. Why do you have trouble separation the two?

 

[Gulzakar]

unless it's destroying your piping, leave it alone. Trees are beautiful. Tell her to Feng Shui the %ell up.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: Amused
I feel the same way about all myth systems, yes. Especially when modern day people blindly believe in them.

The bible contains many grains of truth. Why aren't you Christian or defending Christianity in threads?

OOPS!

If you reject myths and mysticism, you reject all of it. Not just some.

And here you are blindly rejecting it. Just because it's a pseudoscience doesn't mean you can't learn anything useful from it. And yes M4H, it *is* a pseudoscience. Anything that isn't based on the Scientific Method but claims to be scientific is pseudoscience. Whether or not it's pure bullshit isn't part of the definition.

I've read the Bible many times. I'm not a religious person and I can't call myself a Christian even though I was raised one. I just don't believe a lot of that stuff. That doesn't mean I didn't learn anything from reading it, or the Koran or any other "fairy in the sky" type books.

Just because I reject the why doesn't mean I reject the information.

Why do you assume I am rejecting it blindly?

 

[0]

20 feet tall is not 5 years old for this type of tree.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: CKent
Seriously. What's not to believe about a system flaunted by people who believe eating tiger penis boosts virility? You should know better M4 :|

How do you know eating tiger penis does not boost virility?

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Amused
Why do you assume I am rejecting it blindly?

I thought you were accusing me of accepting them blindly, but apparently I misread,

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: CKent
Cut it down if you want to be walked all over for the rest of your life. Such is the price of being a tool.

Fixed.

No pussy is worth losing your self respect. NEVER let a woman control your life. NEVER accept an ultimatum from a woman. Once you do, you will be walked all over for as long as the marriage lasts.

I'd love to agree, and if your woman has a healthy libido then :beer::thumbsup:. But I think she's in the minority on that and you're just lucky. <awaits the jokes about my small pecker and terrible performance> No, I'm not about to get trapped into marriage

You know what creates a healthy libido in a woman? Being a man.

You know what kills a healthy libido in a woman? Being a wishy washy little pussy.

Why the hell are you getting all worked up over this. THe OP hasn't even responded with his second post to the site let alone this thread.

He said his wife wants to cut down the tree, nothing about an ultimatum or anything like that. In this case, maybe the op is a pvssy and is going to do something against his wishes but sometimes letting the other person get there way might involve compromise. Always standing up and being a "man" is more like being a baby in my mind.

I am responding to this:

Cut it down if you ever want to get some nookie again. Such is the price of being married.

Thanks for playing, but you missed the point entirely.

Do you ever get tired of being such a tool? Yes, if he cuts down the tree he will be walked all over for the rest of his life and if he doesn't he will never get any sex from her again. Sh1t isn't black and white and stop being such an asshole about what other people decide to believe in their own life.

 

[Panthro]

You need to get rid of it. It hasn't fully matured yet since you say it's just 20 feet tall. When the silver maple gets bigger with time, the roots will get larger and strong enough to push on your house foundation since you say it's 20 feet away from your house. Who cares about the feng shui! Think about your house foundation!

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: CKent
Cut it down if you want to be walked all over for the rest of your life. Such is the price of being a tool.

Fixed.

No pussy is worth losing your self respect. NEVER let a woman control your life. NEVER accept an ultimatum from a woman. Once you do, you will be walked all over for as long as the marriage lasts.

I'd love to agree, and if your woman has a healthy libido then :beer::thumbsup:. But I think she's in the minority on that and you're just lucky. <awaits the jokes about my small pecker and terrible performance> No, I'm not about to get trapped into marriage

You know what creates a healthy libido in a woman? Being a man.

You know what kills a healthy libido in a woman? Being a wishy washy little pussy.

Why the hell are you getting all worked up over this. THe OP hasn't even responded with his second post to the site let alone this thread.

He said his wife wants to cut down the tree, nothing about an ultimatum or anything like that. In this case, maybe the op is a pvssy and is going to do something against his wishes but sometimes letting the other person get there way might involve compromise. Always standing up and being a "man" is more like being a baby in my mind.

I am responding to this:

Cut it down if you ever want to get some nookie again. Such is the price of being married.

Thanks for playing, but you missed the point entirely.

Do you ever get tired of being such a tool? Yes, if he cuts down the tree he will be walked all over for the rest of his life and if he doesn't he will never get any sex from her again. Sh1t isn't black and white and stop being such an asshole about what other people decide to believe in their own life.

Again, you missed the point entirely.

Hint: I was speaking to CKent, not the OP.

Thanks for playing again. Keep trying and you just may get it right one day.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: CKent
Cut it down if you want to be walked all over for the rest of your life. Such is the price of being a tool.

Fixed.

No pussy is worth losing your self respect. NEVER let a woman control your life. NEVER accept an ultimatum from a woman. Once you do, you will be walked all over for as long as the marriage lasts.

I'd love to agree, and if your woman has a healthy libido then :beer::thumbsup:. But I think she's in the minority on that and you're just lucky. <awaits the jokes about my small pecker and terrible performance> No, I'm not about to get trapped into marriage

You know what creates a healthy libido in a woman? Being a man.

You know what kills a healthy libido in a woman? Being a wishy washy little pussy.

Why the hell are you getting all worked up over this. THe OP hasn't even responded with his second post to the site let alone this thread.

He said his wife wants to cut down the tree, nothing about an ultimatum or anything like that. In this case, maybe the op is a pvssy and is going to do something against his wishes but sometimes letting the other person get there way might involve compromise. Always standing up and being a "man" is more like being a baby in my mind.

I am responding to this:

Cut it down if you ever want to get some nookie again. Such is the price of being married.

Thanks for playing, but you missed the point entirely.

Do you ever get tired of being such a tool? Yes, if he cuts down the tree he will be walked all over for the rest of his life and if he doesn't he will never get any sex from her again. Sh1t isn't black and white and stop being such an asshole about what other people decide to believe in their own life.

Again, you missed the point entirely.

Hint: I was speaking to CKent, not the OP.

Thanks for playing again. Keep trying and you just may get it right one day.

No, I get it that you were talking about the guy saying he's never goign to get poon if he doesn't cut down the damn tree. Then the thread turned into you bashing fen shui and whatever else religions and superstitions that people believe in and they're all idiots for not demanding proof before placing their trust in it. You just can't see where my arguments are coming from and so are moving to argue that I'm not even on the write topic.

He made an extreme comment and you responded in kind whereas his seems to be the usual ahole not to be taken seriously post on atot whereas you ran with it.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
No, I get it that you were talking about the guy saying he's never goign to get poon if he doesn't cut down the damn tree. Then the thread turned into you bashing fen shui and whatever else religions and superstitions that people believe in and they're all idiots for not demanding proof before placing their trust in it. You just can't see where my arguments are coming from and so are moving to argue that I'm not even on the write topic.

He made an extreme comment and you responded in kind whereas his seems to be the usual ahole not to be taken seriously post on atot whereas you ran with it.

Yeah, I was just flexing my rampant misogyny and cynicism, sorry

 

[Azraele]

I would not want to cut the tree down. Maybe look into skylights? Of more lighting in your home?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
No, I get it that you were talking about the guy saying he's never goign to get poon if he doesn't cut down the damn tree. Then the thread turned into you bashing fen shui and whatever else religions and superstitions that people believe in and they're all idiots for not demanding proof before placing their trust in it. You just can't see where my arguments are coming from and so are moving to argue that I'm not even on the write topic.

He made an extreme comment and you responded in kind whereas his seems to be the usual ahole not to be taken seriously post on atot whereas you ran with it.

Yeah, I was just flexing my rampant misogyny and cynicism, sorry

All in good forum posting. I enjoy participating in flame wars though, something to do during the day. If everyone got along, there'd be no drama in the office, flamewars to keep my mind occupied.

 

[DrPizza]

The show Bullsh!t with Penn & Teller had an episode on Feng Shui. In case you missed it, they invited several *experts* on Feng Shui. It was painfully obvious while watching the episode that the experts were just out to scam people out of their money. It's completely bogus.

Here's what you do: Get a fabricated horoscope that says that "someone close to you is going to ask you to do something which will improve your light and energy. Follow your gut instinct and ignore them because they're wrong." Hey, if it's in a horoscope, it also must be true.

If your wife asks for a 2nd opinion, consult a palm reader, crystal ball reader, or someone who tosses bones on the ground and makes up bullshit.

 

[BatmanNate]

I will do as I am told
I will keep away the cold

 

[AMDZen]

I nominate this as top wife/SO BS thread of the month

 

[Eeezee]

OP, your balls are in your wife's purse if you cut down that tree. You like it and the only reason she's given you is because the book said it is a good idea. Don't do it. Does she not like the tree or is it just the book telling her what to do?

 

[0roo0roo]

better to follow a renewable/energy saving book on homes than that garbage. only reason to take out a tree is possible property damage or if its an evergreen shading the south side of your house if you are intent on solar heating in the winter with plenty of the appropriate windows and such. if you want more light get light tubes, better than skylights. polished aluminum tube with a lense on top to gather and channel light without the heat transfer/loss.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: ProviaFan

Originally posted by: mugs
Anyone else see the episode of Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t where they had 3 Feng Shui "experts" all give conflicting advice on how to arrange the furniture in a house? Of course that doesn't disprove Feng Shui, it just proves those experts were frauds.

Still, I don't buy into that Feng Shui crap.

Penn and Teller didn't necessarily do the most exhaustive research, but they're still right, as are all of people in this thread who agree that Feng Shui is nonsense.

Unless the tree threatens sewer pipes or power lines, or is in the way of something else, there's no good or valid reason to cut it down.

apparently you havent met eucalyptus trees.

those things are the spawn of satan. they emit an oil that kills all other plants in the area, drop an acid that eats into car paint.. drop billions of leaves, and look ****** ugly.

but maple? hell naw, maple's a good tree... why would you get rid of it?

 

[Oceandevi]

Divorce her feng shui is stupid.

 

[bella ragazza]

Originally posted by: swtethan
put up new tree in diffrent location.

that is what I would do!