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Old 11-28-2004, 09:45 PM   #1
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I've been splitting wood recently, and its pretty fun. Hitting things with an axe is great for relieving exam stress, and works out the upper body. Also, it splits wood. I can't reccomend it highly enough, and encourage you to do so as well. Unless your blind, or have bad debth perception lol.
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Old 11-28-2004, 09:49 PM   #2
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That's funny. I'd probably cut my leg off!
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Old 11-28-2004, 09:56 PM   #3
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I got done with all my wood splitting last year. It was fun to split it, but moving the wood... Ugh...
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Old 11-28-2004, 11:11 PM   #4
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Gee, funny. I got to skip the splitting part, and just did the moving...
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Old 11-29-2004, 01:12 AM   #5
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QUIET, WENCH!!!

I've been splitting wood off and on for probably six years now (most of the part of my life I have been able to do so).

Of course, I do enjoy it for some reason, so I guess you have a point...I just have to say that I absolutely despise whacking the same knotty piece of locust over and over again until it gives up, or you have to give in and go get the sledge and wedge....
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Old 11-29-2004, 05:16 AM   #6
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lol, I used to split wood quite a lot, until we got reverse-cycle air conditioning and didnt need the wood heater anymore [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 11-29-2004, 05:39 AM   #7
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i hate splitting wood. Now picking up rocks that is where the money and fittness is.
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Old 11-29-2004, 10:58 AM   #8
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It's amazing the focus you can get when you're wielding a weapon capable of removing your foot if you're not paying enough attention... I used to get similar focus from using nunchucks. Those pieces of wood or aircraft aluminum (in one case) whirring about my head and body really kept me focused on what I was doing.

'Course, I didn't have anything for the fire when I was done
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Old 11-29-2004, 11:11 AM   #9
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I've done my share of splitting wood too, especially in the army... I found it sort of relaxing to just let out the anger on one piece of wood. So most people wondered what the hell I was doing, when we already had enough wood for atleast a couple of nights.
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Old 11-29-2004, 11:13 AM   #10
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You also don't get the proper wood-splitting experience if the axe is younger than you are.

Gosh, the axes I have to split wood with typically look like they're about 70 years old...and they probably are! I think that my grandfather bought them new when he was a young adult...meaning he probably bought them in the thirties or forties...
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