kutnkru is on a roll!!!

[Vibe Ray]

Has anyone noticed that kutnkru has made 113 posts in less than a week?! At this rate he will pass up Eric ELM even though Eric has had a year headstart!!! Don't forget to breathe kutnkru!

[kutnkru]

Im sick, suffering from sun deprovation, and would kill to smell some fresh cut kentucky blue LOL

[65hoss]

Your going to wear the keyboard out.

He's SMOKIN'

[lbmd1]

Hey Kutnkru,
Do you know of an outfit down there called Greenskeepers?

Mike

[Scraper]

Hey Kutnkru...whereabouts in the Southern Tier? I grew up in Endicott. Worked for Northern Scapes....sure you've heard of them.

[mowerconsultant]

Hey Kutnkru,
I live in Syracuse.(get to sleep there a couple nights a week that is)
where abouts are you in the southern tier ?

[rixtag]

I am right there with you. I too am suffering from fresh cut grass smell and sun deprovation. 13days straight FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG. Did I forget to say FOG?

Rick

[kutnkru]

Yes scapes is quite huge in the area. I know john, bob and david. I am currently speaking with someone who knows Tagliaferro well about putting a thrid crew out in Binghamton as Scapes is no longer in residentical lawn care.

Greenskeeper (Tony) is here in the so. tier as well as just about every other town has a company of the same name too. LOL kinda like four seasons.

I live in Lafayette and travel from Syracuse to Elmira. We cover about 200 square miles with Binghamton as home port for landscaping, and this spring we will have lawn crews in Cortland, Binghamton and Elmira.

[Scraper]

Small world...John and Bob are both great guys. Not really surprised they got out of the residential after seeing how big they've gotten in the past 5 or so years. I worked the residential crew with one other guy and we used to pump out 80-100 properties a week including the little NYSEG substations. Been a few years since I've talked to them, but I'm heading up that way in a few weeks to take care of some other biz and I might have to stop in and see how they've grown. Do they have a substantial base still in Cortland and Ithaca? When I left they were really making a push in Ithaca.

P.S. Tell them Glen said hello if you see them and remember. Thanks.

[kutnkru]

I dont know if you were around when the construction began for the new garden center in maine or not but it is up and complete.

Gotta love those 48 or so sub stations - LOL.

They are still out there as of last spring. Thought they had the airport contract and some other HUGE corporate acconts.

I went to the carolinas to help a former employee start up his business (kinda like a foremans position). Had sun poisoning in like 3 hours -LOL. I usually have a pretty darn good tan but looked BLACK down there in a week.

I know they are DESTROYING corporate landscape proposals. They are bidding for cheaper than most of us can buy materials for. LOL

I will send them your sentiments
Kris

[Scraper]

I had an idea that was the way they got their work...When I left it looked as though they pretty much had the market cornered. If they are still paying their employees as poorly as they did when I was there they can probably get away with it. The only thing he has going for him is a very open job market and cheaper costs of living compared to around here. Not to mention a lot of high school dropouts in that neck of the woods! ;)

P.S. It wasn't started, but from what I've seen it looks like his next taret is to put Howard's out of business if they aren't already......(worked for them too)

[kutnkru]

Scapes didnt have to worry about that ...
a disgruntled employee started a fire in the chemical shed and burned almost half the building down.

The good thing about the drop outs is they are easily moulded to fit a companies needs. Especially in the spring Eastern Temporaries has lots to choose from.

Kris

[Scraper]

An employee of scapes burned down their fert shed? Whoa! I may have got pissed from time to time, but never that bad!!! But growin up in that area I know of many who would! How long ago did that happen?

I hear ya on the drop outs...just wish we had that here.

[kutnkru]

The employee was not one of NS sorry .. it was an employee of Howards that set it back in the spring.

Kris

[Vibe Ray]

Hey Kutnkru,
You are abot even with me now and i registered Sep200 and you registered a week ago!LOL

[Edited by Vibe Ray on 01-09-2001 at 05:53 PM]

[kutnkru]

I just enjoy talking about lawn care and landscaping. Im hoping that if I can get it out of my system now that it will cut back on the down time during the season bS'ing with my buddies as we cross paths in the field.

Probably not -- LOL
Kris

[Vibe Ray]

I've got no problem with it...Keep it up. Maybe I'll learn something after digging through it all!LOL

[Vibe Ray]

I've got no problem with it...Keep it up. Maybe I'll learn something after digging through it all!LOL
oops....sorry about the repeat. Can't delete it now!

[kutnkru]

chuka - chukahhhhhhhhhh

[Eric ELM]

Kris, did you know it cost you a Dollar a post? Send in your check for $600 for this month. :D

[kutnkru]

I detest the poster that came up with that idea. LOL

PS checks in the mail;-)
Kris

[kutnkru]

The big [/B]DOUBLE NICKLE - DOUBLE O (1000 posts)[/b]

Just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a great season!

Happy mowing.
Kris

[Greenkeepers]

Kris-

What number keyboard are you on? You've been pounding them keys...

Have a great year all :)

[Scraper]

Man Kris...1000 in a little over 2 months...geesh! I know it is boring up there in Bingo town, but has it gotten that bad? ;)

I definitely think you have set a record that will stand for a while.

[GrassMaster]

Hello Everybody:

I really think that if you check into it, Kris can actually type.

I wish I could, I'm burning the hair off my keyboard now at about 18 words a minute & can get up to 20 if I try real hard? LOL :-)

So you guys figure out how long it takes me to make my normal mile longer post?

Hey, I put my heart in it & if I could type faster, well I would be hell on this Forum!

Kris aka Kutnkru is a real asset to this Forum & I'm glad he is here!

We need more like Kris, BTW sooner or later he will be on Vacation Kicking Grass & Taking Names. What will we do then?:-)

[joshua]

hey cut do you think i have a chance at your record? i've been on here for about a week. i miss the smell of grass in the morning it smells like apples LOL

[guntruck]

I dont think anyone here can even come close to Kris in reaching his number in the little time he has accrued that prestigeous status.

[joshua]

kris what is your secret? i have posted about 25 in the past 2 days, but there just isn't enough threads to talk about.

[Vibe Ray]

Great to have you here, Kutnkru! Ecery post I have yet to read by you has either been very worthwile, informative, or funny!!!! Nice choice of a thread to post the millineum moment!LOL

[kutnkru]

I would like to take a moment to give a humble ty to GrassMaster for his kind words.

Yes, things have been extremely boring here in Bingo-town, so I thought I would exchange knowledge and tid-bits with the group that has gathered here.

As far as posting, yes I have come thru the ranks in a hurry. As far as the numbers are concerned the thing to remember is the most important part of this forum is content. We all have something to add to this forum, and if by everyone adding in their 2 cents worth or nickle thoughts; it has made the foundation that much stronger.

And yes, I thought the original post by vibe was the perfect spot for posting my 1000th post.

But most of all I would like to once again thank all the Administration, Moderators, Members and Chuck for allowing me some place to go.

Thank you all for making your screen my nesting ground.

Good Luck this season to everyone, and Happy Mowing!!!
Kut-N-Kru aka Kris

[Eric ELM]

Kris:
At this rate, you will pass my 2,500 posts in 2 1/2 more months. ;)

As soon as we all start cutting soon, things will slow down a bit. It might take you all summer to get your next 1000. :)

[GrassMaster]

Originally posted by Eric ELM
Kris:
At this rate, you will pass my 2,500 posts in 2 1/2 more months. ;)

As soon as we all start cutting soon, things will slow down a bit. It might take you all summer to get your next 1000. :)



Hello Everybody:

But Eric what about me, I'll be here by myself? Will the Bugs still be here? [b]//

[lawnguy ny]

KRIS IS IT STILLsnowing DOWN THERE? I SAW YOU GUYS WHERE GETTING 6to10 INCHES TODAY .THE SUN is out here in rochester ,with about 8 inches on the ground from last week . the phone started to ring last week but stopped when the white stuff started again.its ok i m recovering from knee surgery on monday .

[kutnkru]

We have about 5-7 inches of the wet stuff on the ground now and they have predicited another 2-3 before tomorrow morning. It is supposed to hit hardest to the north and east of us.

Positive note is this is gravy money for most, and is helping to offset the lack of winter plowing. All i know is - is that the ground will be that much softer and aerations are going to fly like hell when it all melts.

Hope the knee heals well for ya.

Good Luck this season!
Kris

[Paradise Yard Service]

Too much sun, Too much work, and not enough time to post on Lawnsit.com! That is my excuse! I barely have enough time to surf! Sometimes I wish I was snowed (love snow, lived in Lisbon N.H.,Olean N.Y.)in but the banks dont undrestand that mentality! Got to go to work now. Its Aloha Friday and looking forward to weekend off.

Surfs Up!

Mahalo

[Vibe Ray]

Whatever happened to your roll Kutnkru???

[Eric ELM]

Most members are now working and do not have as much time to post. He is still around. :)

[joshua]

all the guys have to love posting at 11 till 2am, i know i do,

[kutnkru]

I float thru from time to time. Although until the rains of this week it seems as though we jumped from snow piles to summer in a matter of three days.

I still try to stop by to see whats news and exciting here at LS.com from time to time whenever possible.

Besides Vibe if I didnt give you guys a chance to catch up theres no fun in posting -LOL!!!

I hope all is well with the new and old posters alike that pass thru here more than I these days!!

Thanks for the vote of confidence Eric!!!

Enjoy the Holiday weekend to all who celebrate the day for what it truely is.

Kris

[kutnkru]

Well with all the problems that the server has been having I just hope that it gets fixed soon as fall is almost over and well ,,,, you all know what that means LOL!!! Its serious posting time again - LMAO!!!

Hope all of you are able to get in those last minute jobs that will add to your profitability margin in hopes of purchasing a new sled, or upgrading your snow/ice control equipment. :p

I look forward to alot of the old crew gathering again once the season really slows down!!! :D

Thanks again everyone for giving me a place to vent and learn.

Kris

[Guido]

Originally posted by kutnkru
I look forward to alot of the old crew gathering again once the season really slows down!!! :D

Kris

I hear ya Kris, and I'll be at 1900 with ya in a bit. I've been working WAAAY too much and it seems like when I do have a little bit of time to post lately the server is down! Thats my luck.

And like you said, maybe some of the LS oldtimers will take over again once the season dies down some. Its great to see a lot (thousands!) of new faces around, but I kind of miss how personal it was before.

Keep it up Kris!

[Flex-Deck]

Thank God the server is back up. I am relatively new, but am having a ball. If you did not make the BBQ you owe it to yourself to make the next one. It was great.

[65hoss]

Yes, many of us were on here almost day and night then. Crazy weather had me in for over 1 month with nothing to do.

Remember when we were trying to get 2000 members? haha.

Ok ok, enough of the past, ONWARD INTO THE FUTURE.

[kutnkru]

http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/contrib/blackeye/gmorning.gif Well I have officially now become a member of the Millenium Club -LOL!!!

Thanks to all good and bad for allowing me to vent and learn from everyone here.

Thanks,
Kris

[keifer]

Do they have grass new york I thought it was all concrete.

[lawrence stone]

Originally posted by keifer
Do they have grass new york I thought it was all concrete.

NYS is a big state. Do you actually think the entire place looks like NYC?

The southern tier of NYS is much like the area I live except for they have higher taxes and lake effect snow.

[Paradise Yard Service]

Congrats Kris!

Ever heard of Watkins Glen? Pretty upstate N.Y. stuff. Was famous for auto racing. Me I like good ol Olean as I used to live there in my small kid days. Great apples up theyah. And my wife and I love the city. Esp. the driving, lots of push-n-shove. Relatives live in Cold Spring Harbor (Billy Joel country). And Grandpa used to live out on Shelter Island-nice. Lots of turf for kutin. Yes, New York is more than cement. BTW N.Y.C. has some of the best public drinking water anyone can get anywhere.
Aloha,
P.Y.S.

[65hoss]

Kris you sure got there fast. You need a vacation at LS expense. :)

[Runner]

Kris,
Quite actually, I don't know HOW you did this in that short of time. You must be the only member that did this, to this extent, in THAT short of a time. I'm going back on all your posts, right now as you are reading this, and checking ALL your spelling.:D Congratulations, and it's great to have you here!:p

[65hoss]

At this rate, he will be catching Eric by mid winter. :o

[kutnkru]

KEIFER
Yea we have lots of grass and roilling hillsides too -LOL!!! We have 6 of the last 170 antique carousels in some of our 22 parks, we have a Scenice Railroad that offers lunch/dinner for enjoying the countryside, several Apple Orchards and lotsa farms, a Botanical Garden, Space Observatory, quite a few Historical Museums, and non of them are surounded by skyscrapers -LOL!!!

Most of the bldgs in our area are under 8 stories, and when the lake effect snows hit they hit hard!

HOSS
I dont think I will getting any where near Eric anytime soon. Especially with the drastic influx of posters here now -LOL!!! With him giving his double blade classes and all it will be a toughy -LOL!!!

Kris

[kutnkru]

PYS
Yes I am quite familiar with the Glen. I dont frequent the races as much as I would like to, but we do try get to the Seneca Lake Region more than we would like to for the Wineries. When we go boating and the like its usually more towards Ithaca/Cayuga Lake though. My personal preference is the northern parts of Seneca however up by Geneva.

I have not had much experience with good ol' Olean except for the fact that everyone says its a quick trip until you hit bath and then the exits get farther and farther apart as you hit Alfred Hornell areas. I believe you would have been about another hour/hour-half past that -LOL!!!

I have a brother who lives down in the city. Cin has not grown to appreciate the finer qualities that the city has to offer. We are however going to be taking the girls down to go skating this x-mas season to see all the lights and spend some family time together. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE driving there. The push-n-shove amongst the sea of cabs is phenominal. I wouldnt want to do it all the time but as a change of pace its fun, and aggrevating after the second city block -LOL!!! I always found it amazing how people dont realize they could get places so much faster if they didnt rush for 30 seconds to sit 90 -LOL!!! Their drinking water is piped down to them from north of here in Delaware County.

Kris

[Guido]

Originally posted by kutnkru
http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/contrib/blackeye/gmorning.gif Well I have officially now become a member of the Millenium Club -LOL!!!

Thanks to all good and bad for allowing me to vent and learn from everyone here.

Thanks,
Kris

I beat you to our 2000'th post (you must have been working too hard) and you already past me by!!

Look how far we have to go to catch up with the top though!

Here's a list of the top 10 posters, intresting, especilly Kris's join date!

Glad to have you here, I've leraned a lot from all of you guys!


User Name Join Date Posts
Eric ELM 12-21-1999 5056
thelawnguy 12-21-1999 2433
KirbysLawn 06-13-2000 2391
Charles 12-21-1999 2286
lawrence Stone 01-24-2000 2177
HOMER 01-02-2000 2122
John DiMartino 01-22-2000 2100
kutnkru 01-03-2001 2020
guido 02-20-2000 2016
bob 12-26-1999 1973


P.S. If any of the moderator's are reading this, as a present for my 2000'th post I would appreciate the G in my name capitalized. I'm very anal, and its been bothering me for a while! :cry:

;)

[kutnkru]

Yes Dave you did beat me -LOL!!! I was busy moving into the new house, but I see that just as we discussed before that many of the old crew is beginning to surface.

Amazing how after summer passed things seemed to get back to normal. ;)

Look out Eric Guidos gunnin' fer ya -LOL!!! :laugh:
Kris

[1MajorTom]

Quote: If any of the moderator's are reading this, as a present for my 2000'th post I would appreciate the G in my name capitalized. I'm very anal, and its been bothering me for a while!


What's the matter there Guido? Back in February 2000 when you signed up, you hadn't heard of the shift key? ;)
I'm sure Eric will be able to fix it for you when he sees this. :)

[65hoss]

Originally posted by guido




User Name Join Date Posts
Eric ELM 12-21-1999 5056
thelawnguy 12-21-1999 2433
KirbysLawn 06-13-2000 2391
Charles 12-21-1999 2286
lawrence Stone 01-24-2000 2177
HOMER 01-02-2000 2122
John DiMartino 01-22-2000 2100
kutnkru 01-03-2001 2020
guido 02-20-2000 2016
bob 12-26-1999 1973


;)


I got left out. Here are 11-13
AWM
Runner
65hoss

Guys I go us some recognition too. :D

[Eric ELM]

I got it fixed for you Dave.
Congrats on the 2000 ;)

[Guido]

I will sleep much better tonight!

It looks better too!:p

Thanks!

[stslawncare]

guido that doesnt look right with the capital!!!!!! lol

[TGCummings]

Who's this new guy named 'Guido', and whatever happened to our old pal 'guido'? ;)

-TGC