In article <e4************ *************** @NAXS.COM>,
"Jonathan N. Little" <lw*****@centra l.netwrote:
dorayme wrote:
The development of the chain saw does not preclude the use of simpler or
older tools.
If the objective is to drop a tree, and there is an ax and a saw before
you, unless one is a masochist, the obvious choice is the [chain] saw.
Not if your big burly axe-murderer neighbour is asleep... (though there
is a remedy here, you cut so it falls over his bed-room and kill two ...)
Anyway, chainsaws remind me of the Irish migrant seeking work in an
Australian forestry company. Have you any experience asks the boss. No.
O well, look, 'ave a go but remember, it is piece work and goes by the
number of trees you fell. He hands him the chainsaw.
End of the day the boss asks him how many and Paddy says, well, just
one! The boss shakes his head and pays him a miserable amount and says
to come again if he really needs to! Paddy comes again next day and
manages two trees. The boss says to come next day and he will go out
with him to see if he can give him some tips on technique.
Day comes and they set out into the forest and the boss grabs the saw
and says "Now, watch my sawing angle and pressure..." as he pulls the
chord to start the thing. The Irishman jumps back in fright and screams
"What's that noise?"
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dorayme