That would make a great Satellite Guys T-shirt or bumper sticker!
Was thinking exactly the same thing. Even a small laser pointer is a no-no.
Actually there is very little air traffic in this area. There is a small Puddle Jumper that flies in/out once or twice a day, and occasionally small planes fly pipeline inspections. It’s pretty open around here so you hear them a long way off and they rarely come overhead here. It would be easy to avoid any problems, especially if the angle were right. But alas, no worries, it’s far beyond my abilities to make a laser that would do the job and I’ve looked at prices of laser that you can buy ready made and they are beyond my budget. But, it was fun to think about for oh, 30 minutes…
I talked to my dad about taking the trees down here because the number one reason is that I am afraid of a hurricane blowing an oak tree down on my house, that would be total destruction. It might survive the wind but a tree would do it in for sure. And they interfere with my dishes and harbor these filthy rodent vermin called squirrels. Oh, and they block my OTA antenna too.
my dad is going to have some people come here next week to bid on taking the oak trees down. I’m also going to ask them to take down that garbage Chinese Tallow tree that is in the way of 129 and is also actually laying on my power line and internet line. It has knocked my power line down twice in past hurricanes so it needs to go too. So I’m hoping to get three oaks taken out and that one pain in my butt tallow tree.
What really grinds my nerves is that birds eat seeds then sit on fences and poop them out. Trees sprout along the fences and lazy people never, ever keep them from growing. Then in a few years there’s a tree problem and it’s usually on the neighbors side of the fence so you can’t do anything about it. Well, this one tree is on their side of the fence but it’s a hazard to my power line so it has to go..
I wish I could get ALL the trees along the fences taken down, they are all a pain in my butt. There’s a guy on the other side that has a bunch of pecan trees that hang waaaaaay over into my yard and block me from seeing anything beyond 83w.
A few years ago I was able, during the winter only, to see through a small tunnel in his trees the Cuban satellite, 30w I think? But he makes zero effort to keep anything in his yard trimmed neatly and in the summer that tunnel greens up and closes. It’s useless to keep a dish aimed that way. I hate those pecan trees because they also harbor vermin squirrels and interfere with my dishes. They also hang over my dishes and pecan trees are weak and break easily in hurricanes. They could easily fall and destroy my dishes. They are far enough away from my house to not be a serious threat but my fence and dishes, yes.. I wish I could get those cut too, I legally can cut limbs that hang over my fence but I doubt my dad would spring for cutting them too, it would be a major undertaking to cut them. It’s not possible for the tree people to drive machines into my back yard so they will have to climb, cut and lower the limbs with ropes. The pecan trees, they would have to go into his yard and climb his trees.
I swear, if I ever get the chance to build my own house there will NOT be any trees within 100 yards of my house. 10 square acres ought to do it.
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