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To: Starowl who wrote (3961)	10/23/1998 10:10:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5944

OT RE: Splitting firewood Enjoyed your poetic post. He who cuts his own wood warms himself twice.In A Sand Country Almanac Crutch says one who cuts his own wood and cooks his own food avoids the two great fallacies of modern life: that heat comes from the radiator and food comes from the grocery store (an old book!). My favorites were curly-bark hickory and white ash. I agree with you on the maul and wedge, unless you split wood as a career and have bursitis, where a hydraulic splitter is a boon and can be considered reasonable accommodation. Taking down the trees is something else. I consider the two-man(person?) felling saw a work of art -- best hung in the corner and vigorously contemplated, but the highest and best use of hydrocarbons is chainsaw fuel for felling and bucking. The supply has already outlasted my need for it. Others will have to look to it to serve their own needs.

To: Starowl who wrote (3961)	10/23/1998 10:41:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5944

They were dead. Mostly, I think, because of the extreme drought this summer. We have 5 acres here, mostly treed (virtually all evergreens, mostly pine, cedar, and hemlock) so habitually lose several trees each year. This year took out two sizeable ones (both about 20" diameter) and the rest considerably smaller. We split only for a wood stove here, but for my mother-in-law's fireplace also sometimes. As to mangement not inflation bringing this dude <g> back, I hope! My firstborn started college this fall and my second borns (two) start next fall -- Adaptec's fall from grace may have meant the financial aid form for me next year, unless we do come back (with my holdings, each dollar gain or loss means a year's college tuition & costs for one child, so you can see what the drop from 50 to 8 meant to me!)