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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A Bicycle Safety Parable
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:56:17 +0700
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:22:47 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

>On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:49:30 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:27:46 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:53:28 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>><frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 7/21/2024 8:03 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>> If you're having problems convincing the local government to install
>>>>> bicycle infrastructure, perhaps virtual infrastructure in the form of
>>>>> street art might be useful.  Instead of temporary chalk, paint the 3D
>>>>> drawing with something more permanent.
>>>>
>>>>My problem is the opposite: Convincing local government _not_ to install 
>>>>bicycle infrastructure.
>>>
>>>Sorry.  My mistake.  I was splitting firewood with an axe all day.  30
>>>min of splitting with 15 to 30 mins in between to recover.  I really
>>>shouldn't be posting when I'm that tired.  Apparently, my chain of
>>>thought was somewhat derailed and slipped a gear.  I've been speed
>>>reading RBT for about 2 weeks and ignoring articles that mentioned
>>>guns, infrastructure and politics.
>>
>>When I was a kid one if my assigned tasks was bucking up cordwood into
>>stove length and splitting if necessary'
>>
>>Bucking cord wood, with a buck saw
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucksaw
>>Is pretty tedious, but splitting shouldn't be, if you go at it right.
>>smaller logs can be split with an axe although I don't recommend
>>holding the log with one hand and splitting  it with an axe, too easy
>>to lose a thumb or some fingers.
>>
>>My father concocted a sort of stand that you could lean the smaller
>>logs in to hold them nearly vertical and the you could stand off and
>>swing the axe with two hands.
>>
>>Looking on the web I saw a scheme to set a tire on a short log(s) that
>>you dropped the log(s)  you are splitting into which held the pretty
>>much vertical. Same idea but more modern (:-}
>
>I had a pair of splitting wedges that worked better than the axe. My
>firewood was mostly dead oak that I'd cut down from my own property.

Depends on what you are splitting. Big fat oak needs a wedge and a
maul while most smaller softwoods split with an axe quite easily.
-- 
Cheers,

John B.