Monday, November 18, 2013

Benefits of chopping wood

     Today i HAD to chop some wood it was that or piss everyone in the house off.Ever have a day when everyone is in a pissy mood even yourself and no one can agree on anything? that has been my day. I have found chopping wood helps, perhaps that is why a lot of men love to make fires . Sure a fire has a soothing effect but so does planting a perfect swing on a large round and hearing that dull thud as it splits perfect.Now sometimes its the wife or one of the kids that motivates me to make that swing.Other times its just events in life.

      I wonder if more people had wood piles would we have as many problems ? Think of it not as work stress relief workouts it sooths the need to smash something.If nothing else the weather was great and i now have wood for the smoker for 2 months split.

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  1. Gary, there would be a lot less crime if kids had to at least cut the grass. Today kids have no vested interest in our country. Where I live no teenagers mow the lawn, it's done by a lawn service. It is sad to watch what is going on today with parents (yuppie parents) destroying their childrens futures and the future of the USA.

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    1. mike while i agree with your premise.would you trust those teens with power eqiupment and edged tools?It would just be a prelude to the emergancy room for most nowdays. :)

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  2. I listen to smooth jazz when I get aggravated. It's easier on your back.

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    1. Everyone was in the house , the woodpile was outside.I had an ax in my hand so no one started any shit.

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  3. As a boy I spent the summer of 1959 in Canada with my Grandparents. They heated and cooked on a wood burning stove so chopping firewood was a weekly chore. It was work I enjoyed.

    -Moe

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    1. I agree the work was relaxing.It was the lip flapping that drove me to it that i disliked.

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