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Got this in an email, so I am passing it along. Read the story before looking at the picture!!
Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations this year
Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down. First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by. Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard.
Kind of feel like I gave in to the man by taking him down but my neighbor did confirm to near miss accidents on the busy street next to my house. I think I made him too real this time
So it was fun while it lasted! Scroll down to see the picture. 
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LMHO!!! That's a good one!
If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracle of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it. - Lyndon Johnson, on signing the Wilderness Act into law (1964)
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That's firkin awesome.  I may end up doing something like this again this year: 
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Laura, you should add some lights to your setup this year ...preferably orange.  Those 'spensive LED lights run on a tiny amount of juice, so you could hook up a little inverter in your car to get a pic like that. ...And build a snowman wearing a moosie hat.
Last edited by Steve C; 12/04/09 06:10 PM. Reason: Link to ORANGE lights!
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Moose,
Hunter Orange! Naw, scratch that.
Go green -- think solar or wind -- to generate your LED lights should you decide to do so.
Journey well...
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BAG (bustin' a gut).
I have so GOT to DO THIS, but have my dummy dressed in a Santa suit.
Journey well...
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+ @ti2d wrote: > I have so GOT to DO THIS, but have my dummy dressed in a Santa suit.With a sleigh and reindeer on the roof! 
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That's firkin awesome. I may end up doing something like this again this year: No disrespect intended, but when I see you in that pose with the plaid shirt all I can think about is Michael Palin doing his "I'm a Lumberjack & I'm OK" skit ...
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Absolutely correct Kevin, She's a Lumberjack & She's OK. Laura
is probably out cutting her tree for this year as we read
these.
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Absolutely correct Kevin, She's a Lumberjack & She's OK. Laura
is probably out cutting her tree for this year as we read
these. 2007:  2008:  Picked up my permit at the FS office this afternoon: $4. Headin' out on Sunday.
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"With a sleigh and reindeer on the roof!" Steve, I have to be careful adding the above-mentioned accessories. Someone may sleighjack and one of my relatives might want to shoot the reindeer! 
Journey well...
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Steve, that is just too cool. I gotta get me one'a those!
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Laura my dear, just a hint. Get yourself one of those cheap
kids plastic toboggans with a pull rope on the end. Put your
tree on the toboggan and it will easily slide on snow, dirt,
pavement etc. $4 for a permit? Wow I'm moving out to your
forest service as it has been $10 here in Colorado for years.
Happy Holidays to you and your family. CMC
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Laura my dear, just a hint. Get yourself one of those cheap
kids plastic toboggans with a pull rope on the end. Put your
tree on the toboggan and it will easily slide on snow, dirt,
pavement etc. I was thinking the same thing! Then I realized it wouldn't be Moosie if she did it the easy way, huh?
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Yeah, you see, I already tried that... (2007)  Great, in theory. In practice, I would need an open sleigh.
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a one moose open sleigh? (snicker)
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Remember, dahlink... Don't take the easy ones...  
Last edited by MooseTracks; 12/05/09 07:49 PM.
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Hey Laura, 2007 that was a real dinky sled but you get bonus points for it being Orange. My plastic toboggan, a light orange, is 5 1/2 feet long and easily handles a large 8 foot tree that is full branched. My Grandkids use it tobogganing down the slopes and we have used it probably 20 some years for the annual Tree Cutting Expedition.
CMC
Last edited by CMC2; 12/05/09 10:09 PM.
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Last edited by Rod; 12/05/09 10:36 PM.
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Rod, your link sends me to an AOL mail login screen.
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