Spent 9 years cutting every limb flush to the trunk because that's how my first boss taught me, and a stranger's stump changed my mind | Arborists - Rigidtalk
Nine years of doing it one way just because some guy told you to, and it took a random stump to open your eyes? That is either the saddest or funniest thing I have read all week. Guess the real lesson here is that sometimes the best teacher is a stranger with a different chainsaw.