http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/14/us/golfer-greg-norman-chainsaw/
This will screw up his income from golf for a while.
I think what he proved is that a chain saw is a very dangerous device to be treated with the utmost respect. When things go wrong they go wrong very quickly.
I'll bet that he wishes now that he had filled his chainsaw with a gasoline/ethanol mixture 6 months ago...
"Never ask someone to do something that you can do yourself."
Hmmm....
> "Never ask someone to do something that you can do yourself."
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Yeah Jim, I caught that as well.
That's why I pay someone to do something for me.
As opposed to just ask.
Given my current status of funds, I do everything myself anyway. 😉
Regardless, I have more respect for someone well-off that easily pay someone to do stuff for them but prefer to do it themselves.
Back in the day, I could have just bought already cut firewood every year. Instead I preferred to gather, cut and split my own.
Two reasons for that:
1) I enjoyed it - regardless of some rather nasty injuries
2) I get my pieces the size I wanted - with a wood stove insert, normal size pieces didn't fit well anyhow.
Best wishes to Mr. Norman none the less. He always seemed like a class act to me.
> "Never ask someone to do something that you can do yourself."
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> Hmmm....
A few years ago. I had planned to buy a spring compressor so I could install new struts on my commuter car. My brother, who is a shop foreman for a Freightliner dealership, asked me why. Why did I want to lose my fingers? His suggestion was to pay someone else to lose their fingers.
Yeah, I've heard those springs can shoot through the roof without hardly slowing down. No thanks.
That reminds me of all those split-rim tire/wheel things I've broken down, patched the tube, and air it back up. Sounds easy to put it so simplistic and some are, but rarely. Most are at best, super dangerous. I've had a few come apart on me and although a semi-serious injury wasn't unheard of, I thank God I have all my limbs still in tact. One of my buddies about lost his knee-cap from one. I think it was "60 Minutes" that did an episode about these things. They interviewed a lady whose son had one go off on him. It took his face clean off and died instantly.
To this day I will not stand near one. If anyone has had one blow nearby, or even a mile away, you will understand why. Then try one going off in front of your face while your hand has hold of the air-filler hose. That summer was over 30 years ago and although the physical scars are long gone, the paranoia, skiddishness, fear, respect of them runs strong.
... sorry ... didn't mean to hijack....
