Trees With Leaves

“ever notice that almost all trees have leaves........kinda weird huh?”

“remarkable indeed.....
kinda like almost all human bodies have limbs....

and then there is that tale of Adam...he used a leaf of a tree to cover one of his limbs.....kinda weird , huh?
:)”

“i guess since humans dont eat trees, i guess this sort of counts as a thread that is not about food that jf started. but you only get half-credit, jf, because we do get fruit off trees.”

“Om . . . you are funny.”

“STAMFORD -- Police arrested a North Stamford man yesterday in what may be the first leaf-rage incident in city history.

Michael Peters, 67, became angry when city employees told him they would not remove the leaves from his property, grabbing a supervisor by the collar and holding his car door so he could not drive away, police said.

Police charged Peters with breach of peace, a misdemeanor, and issued him a summons to appear in court Dec. 1.

Early yesterday, the first day of leaf pickup, Office of Operations employees passed by Peters' home at 2844 High Ridge Road and saw no leaves piled at the curb, police said.

Peters said he was driving home from an appointment downtown when he spotted the leaf pickup operation in action about a mile south of his house. He stopped to ask the workers whether they had been to his house and was told they had completed his section of the road.

But when he got home, Peters found the leaves still there. He drove back to the crew and complained that his house was missed. A city employee listened to Peters' complaint and went to the house to have a look, Peters said. While he waited for the crew to come back, Peters said he "fluffed up the leaves to make them easier to pick up." They were at the curb since Nov. 1 and were matted down by traffic and blown by the wind, he said.

Police said Peters brought his leaves to the curb only after he saw the crew working down the street, and asked them to go back to his house.

While Peters was raking the leaves into a pile, two supervisors pulled up in a van.

When the supervisors told Peters he missed his chance, he became angry and started screaming. He leaned into the van and grabbed Operations Supervisor Robert Gerbert.

"He grabbed my jacket and said, 'You're not going anywhere,'" Gerbert said. "The guy was spitting and swearing -- it was the most disgusting scene I've ever seen. You should have seen this guy -- he was a raving maniac."

Gerbert told the supervisor in the driver's seat, Jim Crabb, to drive away, but Peters grabbed hold of the passenger's door. The city employees called 911.

Gerbert called it a "leaf-rage" incident.

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“Violin, you shouldn't post articles about yourself on this forum.”