Chipper on Saturday

It's been at least ten days since the tree has lain at the corner. Early Saturday morning the neighborhood woke to the grinding of heavy machinery.

Your humble blogger immediately knew what it was. A wood chipper was taking care of business.

Even if one has never seen a chipper live in operation, it's a familiar sound; the machine has become a clichéd method of disposal in movies and TV crime dramas.

22 years ago in the movie Fargo.