Living in the north woods, we have found there are some tools, machines and other doo-dads that everyone owns and just assumes everyone else owns. For example, almost everyone has some form of a:
fishing boat with at least two kinds of motors
a 4 wheeler or ATV
a snow machine (snowmobile to us urbanites)
an ice auger
a wood burning something or other
and....
wait for it...
the ultimate show of backwoods manly man-and woman-ness....
The chainsaw.
We don't own a chainsaw up here in logging country... but I think my big city, urban loving husband is in deep chainsaw envy. As we had parishioners help with the downed trees in our yard, he stared longingly at the 3 - count them 3 for the 1 downed tree- chainsaws that were roaring away as he sadly pushed the lowly wheelbarrow of branches.
Of the list above, we actually have 3 - but the ice auger is a hand crank, and completely, I am told by those in the know, outdated, but hey, at least their pastor and her husband are slowly adjusting to rural backwoods living.
3 comments:
This was hilarious! Sat. church is removing trees & HubHC laments his lack of chainsaw... we're not as far north as you I don't think... but men are men... chainsaws are chainsaws... boys & their toys...it's universal!
ok so at the workday yesterday - 10 men. 8 chainsaws.
No chainsaws here, but lots of buggies!!!!
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Thanks for a great post.
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