Moni - shorts and a tank top? Sheesh you guys get all the good weather!
I hope those vines are tame ones. We had vines at our old house that were evil. EVIL I SAY!!! This time of year all of them had massive thorns, all spaced closely togehter, so no grabbing the vine without punctures! Definitely needed thick gloves! And they were soooo long, I swear some of them were 15 feet long and you'd try to toss them aside once you uprooted them, and they would bend and get stuck on your shirt or in your hair. When I was finally done I would walk inside the house and notice the million scrapes and scratches all over me that I never felt while in battle (and yes, I consider that type of work battle!)
In the end I won the battle, but not the war, as other types of vines would always come later on in the year. Neverending!!
Anyway, good luck with that friend, may the force be with you, etc. etc.
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