must be something in the air Nick. Today I rented a chainsaw to take
out two pine trees that were struck by lightening while I was at
Mid-Ohio this summer - thats the only connection to the FOT list. Gotta
tell you, I'm whipped! as I type this I have cramps in my hands, arms
and feet (of all things). Maybe I didn't take enough beer for the job.
But I was able to make use of some low tech racing equipement, I had my
car tie-downs attached to a rope high in the tree pulling for all it
was worth in the direction I preferred the tree to fall. Amazingly
enough it worked.
Now if some crew would arrive in the middle of the night and remove all
the pine that is laying next to my driveway.
Malaboge@aol.com wrote:
>
> Fellow "end of the season now I gotta do the "honey-do" things I've put off
> all year cause I was racin" guys...
>
> So, I've got this tree that's starting to split my retaining wall, a chain
> saw, a free Saturday afternoon and a six pack-o-cold ones...What's wrong with
> this scenario?
> Actually, not that much, but I'm sure glad no one had a video of it. If you
> guys are like me, you pride yourself on havin a "place for everything, and
> everyting in its place"...yeah right. Well I knew where the chain saw was,
> and the beer was conveniently in the fridge, but I looked all over for my ear
> protectors. I looked everywhere, and then looked again, still don't know
> where they got to. Now I'm out there with all the "woodchoppers"
> paraphernalia, and feelin stupid...what can I use to keep the noise down?
> After a few minutes of brow wrinklin, it comes to me. Race cars are loud, and
> they're not as loud with your helmet on ! Now I'm not sure if the Snell
> foundation ever tested a nice new Bell helmet for specs on hearing
> retention/loss, but it was definetly a sight to see this "beer drinkin, tree
> chopping" guy up a tree in a new Bell Mag 4.
> Luckily, no video exists, or I'd be payin already...
>
> By the way, there is absolutely NO TRUTH to the rumor that Hardy was seen
> test driving a Miata this week at a remote Georgia dealership.
> Nick in Nor Cal
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