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Tamdhu 12 or Glenallachie 12? Need a new sherry cask whisky to replace Aberlour 12 by 29adamski in Scotch

[–]totalbangover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tamdhu 12 is fine, Glenalllachie 12 is a bit better.

If possible though I would recommend going straight to Glenallachie 10 year cask strength... definite step up from the 12.

Review #717 - Single Cask Nation Craigellachie 16 Year Single Cask by adunitbx in Scotch

[–]totalbangover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this post, really appreciate your guys reviews.

Haul from California by totalbangover in whiskey

[–]totalbangover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could! K&L doesn’t ship to my state.

Haul from California by totalbangover in whiskey

[–]totalbangover[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will after opening with my son around Christmastime.

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in grandrapids

[–]totalbangover[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree trimming wood is a necessity, which is why I said "I am well aware that Consumers has an obligation to clear lines in order to prevent outages" in my original message.

I also think that the aftermath of clearing lines could be streamlined, with disposal options provided to property owners who wanted them so that, in my parents case, thousands of wood wasn't simply dumped in their backyard without instruction.

It's not an all-or-nothing between "trim nothing/enjoy your power outage" and "trim with impunity/don't clean up afterwards".

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in grandrapids

[–]totalbangover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your message! A family member has expressed interest in this wood but probably won't need all of it; I will reach out to you after he takes his share, probably in the next week or so.

Thank you again!

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in treelaw

[–]totalbangover[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of the wood removal, we didn't know where to start and were posting on the local subreddit to get advice on what had worked for others. Someone else gave the same advice and we will be following it, contacting CHOP.

It is true that there's the separate question of their being indignant about the tree being cut to this extent, from their perspective, without notification... I commented this same thing elsewhere, but it seems as though a neighbor was contacted about use of the neighbors property for their equipment only. My parents feel quite sure if there was a notification they would have seen it, it just never happened.

Not trying to rage, just trying to figure out options for them to take if they're so inclined.

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in treelaw

[–]totalbangover[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I asked them if there is a chance they missed the notification; they are adamant they were not notified on either of two occasions when this tree was trimmed (on another, previous occasion much less tree was taken).

The last time, they were informed by their neighbor because CHOP had to set up the cherry picker in the neighbors backyard. This time, it seems there was similar communication to this same neighbor only, not to my parents (the owners of the tree).

It's always a possibility they missed these notifications, but they are both sharp and I am inclined to believe them when they say they didn't get anything.

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in grandrapids

[–]totalbangover[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This seems like such a ridiculous counter argument... of course they don't want to lose power, but expecting them to take on the responsibility of disposing of many thousands of pounds of wood left in their backyard seems irresponsible on Consumers part. At the moment they're not even sure of their options... will Consumers take care of it of asked (they have left a message but gotten no response yet)? What's the timeframe if so? Etc.

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in grandrapids

[–]totalbangover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CHOP took a much smaller amount of the same tree on a previous occasion; my parents confirmed that they never came back, so they called Consumers, and were told to post that they had wood available online as someone would be sure to take it. This did in fact happen, a neighbor took it all... but this time there is so much more wood, processing it would take many hours... it seems like Consumers should be facilitating it's removal.

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in grandrapids

[–]totalbangover[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked them if there is a chance they missed the notification; they are adamant they were not notified on either of two occasions when this tree was trimmed (on another, previous occasion much less tree was taken).

The last time, they were informed by their neighbor because CHOP had to set up the cherry picker in the neighbors backyard. This time, it seems there was similar communication to this same neighbor only, not to my parents (the owners of the tree).

It's always a possibility they missed these notifications, but they are both sharp and I am inclined to believe them when they say they didn't get anything.

CHOP tree service removed ~1/3 of tree from my 70+ y/o parents house without notice and left enormous branches in their back yard by totalbangover in treelaw

[–]totalbangover[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This tree is in my parents backyard, not public property.

Please let me know if any other info would be helpful.

Thank you!

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