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Pototan

(2,100 posts) Sat Nov 30, 2024, 01:03 AM Nov 30

Part of my daily routine

First off, the time difference in the Philippines is currently 13 hours. As an example, 11:00 AM Tuesday here is 10:00 PM Monday, EST in Boston and New York. It reverts to 12 hours when the clocks turn to EDT.

So, around 11:00 AM, after coffee and pastry, I sit for about an hour in the sun, by the pool. I sometimes play music, but often just enjoy the sounds of the farm. I'm in and out of the pool as I feel the urge. However, it is during this time that I think of my posting on DU. I sit in the tranquil atmosphere and think of a post I may have read in the morning and want to reply to or a new one I want to post as an OP.

After the post, I prepare lunch and take another dip in the pool and return to read the replies. This is not my whole day, but it takes up part of it. Thank you for being here for me.

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Part of my daily routine (Original Post) Pototan Nov 30 OP

Sounds like a wonderful routine. I am happy for you. LoisB Nov 30 #1

Trees and shrubs grow unchecked virtually everywhere taxi Nov 30 #2

What are you talking about? Pototan Nov 30 #3

Republic Act number 9175 taxi Nov 30 #5

If you read the act it is only restricted Pototan Nov 30 #7

Do you do know what I was talking about about. taxi Nov 30 #8

No. in my area, which is rural, no one ever heard of it Pototan Nov 30 #9

My friend who I visited in June is teacher at an agricultural school taxi Nov 30 #11

Luzon is the Island that has Manila and Pototan Nov 30 #12

Take a look at Section 7. taxi Nov 30 #6

That's interesting NJCher Nov 30 #4

Did you live in Maplewood? 3Hotdogs Nov 30 #10

No, NJCher Nov 30 #13

Nice. 3Hotdogs Nov 30 #14

LoisB

(8,940 posts)

1. Sounds like a wonderful routine. I am happy for you.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 02:08 AM

Nov 30

taxi

(2,011 posts)

2. Trees and shrubs grow unchecked virtually everywhere

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 03:50 AM

Nov 30

It isn't like some areas are landscaped and groomed and others aren't, nobody cuts their trees. My friend told me that it's against the law to own a chainsaw. And that's partly true, you need to be in a licensed profession to own one, and a permit is also required. Anyone caught with an unregistered chainsaw, including homemade ones, is subject to arrest and fine. I could not find a single place that sold them.

Pototan

(2,100 posts)

3. What are you talking about?

Reply to taxi (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 04:37 AM

Nov 30

Last week I bought a chain saw and we trimmed a tree on our property. We bought a 16" gas powered saw at Far Eastern in Iloilo city.

Link:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Far+Eastern+Chain+Saw&sca_esv=70e0b69637db890c&sxsrf=ADLYWILW3Aon_CNclfs0r1dcEDETQuwK_A%3A1732959435082&source=hp&ei=y9xKZ7K8AbPQ2roP6KaVKA&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZ0rq21zXQbHiByFdVB3q4M31JiJ-x6Be&ved=0ahUKEwjyzaP84IOKAxUzqFYBHWhTBQUQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=Far+Eastern+Chain+Saw&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhVGYXIgRWFzdGVybiBDaGFpbiBTYXcyBxAhGKABGAoyBxAhGKABGApI4kdQwwtY0z1wAXgAkAEAmAGHAqABpCiqAQQyLTIxuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIWoALmKKgCCsICBxAjGCcY6gLCAgoQIxiABBgnGIoFwgIEECMYJ8ICERAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGIMBGMcBwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAggQABiABBixA8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIFEAAYgATCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGMcBGK8BwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAggQLhiABBixA8ICDhAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGNQCwgIFEC4YgATCAgYQABgWGB7CAgYQLhgWGB7CAgsQABiABBiGAxiKBcICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIFECEYoAGYAwaSBwYxLjAuMjGgB_H3AQ&sclient=gws-wiz

taxi

(2,011 posts)

5. Republic Act number 9175

Reply to Pototan (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 06:21 AM

Nov 30

Have you read it? Or maybe you're in a different area.

https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2002/ra_9175_2002.html

Pototan

(2,100 posts)

7. If you read the act it is only restricted

Reply to taxi (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 07:50 AM

Nov 30

That act has been amended and only refers to certain provinces. Kinda like different reproductive rights in Alabama as opposed to Massachusetts.

Amended in 2012:
https://pcsd.gov.ph/revised-administrative-order-no-7-series-2012/

taxi

(2,011 posts)

8. Do you do know what I was talking about about.

Reply to Pototan (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 07:52 AM

Nov 30

Pototan

(2,100 posts)

9. No. in my area, which is rural, no one ever heard of it

Reply to taxi (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 08:01 AM

Nov 30

There are no restrictions where I live. I think that the law you cite allows certain protected areas to place those restrictions to prevent illegal logging. .

As you can see by the advertisement that I posted in my previous reply, they sell them here in Iloilo province without restrictions.

taxi

(2,011 posts)

11. My friend who I visited in June is teacher at an agricultural school

Reply to Pototan (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 09:05 AM

Nov 30

and has been for 20 years. When I asked why I wasn't seeing chainsaws in the hardware stores she told about the law. This was on Luzon in the Cagayan Valley area.

Pototan

(2,100 posts)

12. Luzon is the Island that has Manila and

Reply to taxi (Reply #11)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 09:27 AM

Nov 30

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the Metro Manila area. All I can tell you is I needed to buy a new chain saw for my brother-in-law. The saw was 8 years old and needed to be replaced. We went to Far Eastern Hardware in Iloilo City and there were scores of chainsaws on display, and we bought one and brought it home.

I live in Iloilo Province on the Central Philippine Island of Panay. I don't know what else to say,

taxi

(2,011 posts)

6. Take a look at Section 7.

Reply to Pototan (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 06:25 AM

Nov 30

It details the penalties

And section 8. There a reward for turning you in.

NJCher

(38,184 posts)

4. That's interesting

Reply to taxi (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 04:46 AM

Nov 30

I live in landscaping hell. There is not a moment of the day when some landscaping outfit isn’t blasting with a leaf blower, weed whacking, or mowing. I have to wear noise cancelling headphones just to walk out to my car.

I have a pool but I don’t use it. It has a beautiful nyc skyline view but it can’t be enjoyed because of all the noise and pollution these tools put out.

I’ve done my best to replicate the jungle. I have huge bamboo around my house. I also live at the end of a private road so no cars or street noise.

In the town I lived in before I bought this place, I got a leaf blower ban. Took me 6 years and $150,000 of my time.