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  1. 04-01-2010, 11:01 AM #1
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    Default News Story - Tree Falls on woman while hanging laundry

    Trying to save money costs this lady more money. I am sure her trip to the hospital was more than she was hoping for. I thought that since so many of us hang our laundry to dry I would share this story with you.

    A Central Texas woman was injured Wednesday when a tree fell on her as she was hanging laundry to dry in the backyard of her home.

    You can read the story here......

    Tree Falls On Central Texas Woman
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  2. 04-01-2010, 11:37 AM #2
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    Wow - well I guess we have to go out and buy $2,000 washer dryer combos!
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  3. 04-01-2010, 12:02 PM #3
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    OK, I have to say this. First, full disclosure, I was born a red-neck. We would have used Duck Tape a LOT more if we could afford it.

    BUT, if you are going to use a tree to hold up a clothes line(s). Don't KILL the tree first. It's only a matter of time until it rots.

    If you do insist on killing the tree, at least have it cut into a proper post and then cement it into the ground.

    I hope she is ok.
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    I've been hanging up clothes this morning...but there's not a tree around me! BUT... A guy I graduated with, last summer, was mowing under a tree, limb fell & hit him on the head & killed him.. .. never know when it's your time...
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    I have a lot of family in the logging business and they call the loose limbs hanging in the trees "Widow Makers"
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    The tree was dead, several clotheslines were strung to it, and it was windy - DUH!
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