Most of the old forums are dying
I attended a church that a few years ago had a bigger is better movement hit it. If they was going to draw a crowd they needed a pool table and a basketball court. Not only did we need to become more liberal along the way but we needed to clean up the appearance of the place. Nothing that a little paint here and there couldn't cure and with a flower bed or two to brighten the entrance. Plus there was a dead tree down along the property line that really made the place look like it was dying. So the committee that was formed to make things grow decided to cut it down, but since paying an outside service to cut it would be a drain on the build bigger campaign funds they looked for volunteers. This was after a little old lady slipped on the freshly painted steps and broke her leg. For which they had no liability insurance. One of the committee loudly voiced there was no use to spend money on insurance because no one would sue a church. It wasn't long after that they acquired some liability insurance, not so much for protection against getting sued, but because it was the responsible thing to take care of people.
Anyway knowing I burned wood they asked me to cut it. So in February with about 6 inches of snow on the ground I cut it, only to find 3 baby squirrels after the hollow log was sawed up. None of the preserve life people in the church wanted to nor had the time to bottle feed them but a little girl down the road that never even went to church took them and raised them.
The moral to the story is that just because a tree is dead doesn't mean there isn't life inside it. So before we engage in the liberal bigger is better thing, we need to check for life first !
While this is a true story, this is just intended for entertainment purposes, entertainment stories fit right in with pool tables and gyms, lol.