No tree: thanks seriously I hadn't really thought about that worrying about getting hit by falling limbs but I will definelty pay attention.
Wolf: No he was chipping as well and he did give me a run down on the machine. I just didn't know he had throttled it down and forgot to look. I had muffs on so the lack of noise didn't click at first. Bossman gave me some guff over it but nothing too bad.
The pay sucks and the works hard, but at least the guys are pretty cool. I don't mind being as rookie and starting low, but I'm too old and have enough to offer that I wouldn't hang around if they treated me like ****. And every time I need a morale boost I look at the flaggers and remember at least I'm not doing that.