tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1412705608562861418..comments2024-03-28T18:32:43.699-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: I think I'm in the wrong line of businessPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6187833639770303492016-12-06T21:11:59.164-06:002016-12-06T21:11:59.164-06:00If I'm paying $77 a foot for something made ou...If I'm paying $77 a foot for something made out of wood, it better be cut, planed, dovetailed, glued, oiled, and installed in my living room with guns in it.DaddyBearhttp://daddybearsden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-933304096754786842016-12-05T19:52:49.015-06:002016-12-05T19:52:49.015-06:00Growing Christmas trees is a much bigger pain in t...Growing Christmas trees is a much bigger pain in the ass than you might imagine. You can't just stick a seed in the ground and come back a few years later and cut a tree down. They have to be kept safe from rodents and insects and protected from deer. You have to carefully mow and trim around them to keep weed and grass under control. Then you have to trim each tree regularly so they all end up in that perfect Christmas tree shape. You have to deal with drought and irrigate at times. You've got to pay property taxes on the land even if you're not making money off it yet. If you run a cut your own operation or on premises sales you've got huge insurance bills. You've got thieves who sneak in during the middle of the night and steal trees. You don't even wanna know some of the convoluted personal tax issues when it comes to selling trees. I could go on but you get the point. I'm surprised you can buy a regular run of the mill tree for under 100 bucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65600204690564703512016-12-05T16:51:47.557-06:002016-12-05T16:51:47.557-06:00If you lived in NYC, the odds are really good that...If you lived in NYC, the odds are really good that you would not own a car to be able to drive somewhere and buy a tree. You would have to rent a car/truck to do so.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084309137541367977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76532240561863690052016-12-05T15:47:00.170-06:002016-12-05T15:47:00.170-06:00NYC kills people for selling single cigarettes. Yo...NYC kills people for selling single cigarettes. You want to sell TREES without all the necessary permits and fees? Hooboy... Talk about living dangerously!Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63135100817403406942016-12-05T12:27:55.607-06:002016-12-05T12:27:55.607-06:00I'm sure that would be somehow illegalI'm sure that would be somehow illegal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33973805335280217672016-12-05T11:07:41.757-06:002016-12-05T11:07:41.757-06:00I cut my own yesterday for $50. 8 foot Frasier Fu...I cut my own yesterday for $50. 8 foot Frasier Fur. Hauled it and set it up myself.<br /><br />However, some of these NYC folks have chosen a lifestyle where they CAN'T take a drive to upstate, because they (mostly proudly) don't own a car. So you'd add in $300 to rent one for the drive.<br /><br />Net/net, you choose to live in one of the costliest places on the planet you'd BETTER like the lifestyle, because it going to cost you. ;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.com