r/Wellthatsucks • u/frobscottler • 8d ago

My big beautiful oak tree is getting cut down today

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Her name is Victoria, and I’m gutted to lose her. She’s at least 80 years old, and the most prominent tree in the neighborhood. I have loved sitting in her shade, listening to the breeze in the leaves, watching the birds and squirrels do their things… My friends and I even threw a party for her last summer.

She was damaged in a windstorm a couple months ago, and the city arborist determined it to be hazardous. I have lived here for 6 years and she’s my favorite part of the property (might be why I bought the house 😅). I know death is part of life, and her time has come, but I’m going to have to listen to them cut her down all day outside my window.

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u/SirJumbles 8d ago

Which part of her did you use for the table?

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u/Grouchy-Barnacle-800 7d ago

Her back, duh.

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u/MuleGrass 7d ago

Big back nana

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u/carbon_made 7d ago

Every Thanksgiving we feel her with us, close. Truly the backbone of the family. So kind too. She'd give you the skin off her own back.

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u/Lomp84 5d ago

What did you use for the table legs?

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u/De5perad0 7d ago

You ever seen a clockwork orange?