The kind of wood helps, and if there's a flaw in it. I was 10 and split a large piece of ash like that. It was just the right place where it was forked, but you could see a bark line between the 2 halves. There was only a little holding on each side. Popped apart like magic.
Just did a bunch of that this morning. Mostly piñon, some spruce and oak. I think the oak splits the easiest, and like you said, dry and straight, no problem. A fork in a twisting bit of piñon, kinda tough. That piñon is my favorite, though...given you don't mind cleaning your stovepipe twice a season.
#2 Lottery ticket. #4 Fragile creature, people don't just fall over from a little tap. #5 Custom stencils and a can of paint likely cost a thousand times less than this fancy printer. #9 Like a boss. #10 Store is just as wrong here as the parents. Powered equipment like that shouldn't be plugged in and left unattended with crotch monsters around.
And it's likely fancy-ass programmable with dates or sequential serial numbers, programmable fonts, etc. Once your data changes regularly, it beats the pants off a stencil.
It's the ink cartridges that co$t, the gun is a loss leader, like HP inkjet printers.
#6 There's a huge difference between softwoods and hardwoods when you're splitting them. That looks like redwood with nice straight grain. I started splitting elm, sugar maple, ironwood and pine when I was 10. Pine is easy-peasy, it's what you split last after you've worn yourself out with the hardwoods. Al_in_Ottawa
When I was in the USN, #4 was one of the pranks we would sometimes pull on one another. Note that she is standing there with all of her weight on one leg and her knee is locked. As the vid shows, all it takes is a slight tap from behind to unlock the knee and down you go.
#6 Yep, split some wood in my youth. Bet he was a little pissed at himself for for splitting his base. Now he has to find another and roll it in. My old man bought himself a hydraulic splitter after I joined the Army. And a fucking riding lawn mower.Eod1sg Ret
#7. In 1965 I saw two Korean farmers use a double A-frame and connecting center piece with three-foot wide scoop and handles, moving water up six staggered rice paddies on a good size hill, from creek to paddy 1 to paddy 2 and etc. No electric water pumps for farmers in those days.
#2: I'll bet that driver pinched round holes in his seat covers with his/her asshole. I wouldn't doubt they also had to go home and change underwear. #8: Looks like baby thought that pizza looked a lot more tasty than that pacifier. #10: Parent needs to be charged with child neglect, letting the kid loose in a store like that. That's why I always had mine in a harness and leash (when they were that age), and fuck the dirty looks from the Karens.
#6 Hell, I was doing that as a scrawny kid of 155lbs with a simple double bladed axe.
ReplyDeleteAll depends if the grain is straight.
DeleteThe kind of wood helps, and if there's a flaw in it. I was 10 and split a large piece of ash like that. It was just the right place where it was forked, but you could see a bark line between the 2 halves. There was only a little holding on each side. Popped apart like magic.
DeleteIt splits even easier if the wood is frozen. Been there, done that, way back when I was a kid.
DeleteJust did a bunch of that this morning. Mostly piñon, some spruce and oak. I think the oak splits the easiest, and like you said, dry and straight, no problem. A fork in a twisting bit of piñon, kinda tough. That piñon is my favorite, though...given you don't mind cleaning your stovepipe twice a season.
Delete#10 Give credit to the woman. Dropped her stuff and went right in. Finish was off but kudos for not waddling over there with an armful of stuff.
ReplyDelete#5 Because someone will ask...
ReplyDeletehttps://inkjetcodingandmarking.com/store/product/ebs-260-handjet-portable-printer/
Just take my money! Oh, forgot. I don't have any money. Dangit! Being retired does have a couple of drawbacks, especially with Bidenflation.
DeleteBound to take graffitti assholes to a new level
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#6 - hubba-hubba!
ReplyDeleteI would say SOMEONE LIKE DAT PIE!
ReplyDeleteAtlas Bobcat rodeo.
ReplyDelete8 -that box of salad is mislabeled.
ReplyDelete#2 Lottery ticket.
ReplyDelete#4 Fragile creature, people don't just fall over from a little tap.
#5 Custom stencils and a can of paint likely cost a thousand times less than this fancy printer.
#9 Like a boss.
#10 Store is just as wrong here as the parents. Powered equipment like that shouldn't be plugged in and left unattended with crotch monsters around.
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Sure stencils are cheaper, but if you are busy printing "Let's Go Brandon" on other people's stuff, this is quicker and cleaner for a fast get-away.
DeleteAnd it's likely fancy-ass programmable with dates or sequential serial numbers, programmable fonts, etc. Once your data changes regularly, it beats the pants off a stencil.
DeleteIt's the ink cartridges that co$t, the gun is a loss leader, like HP inkjet printers.
This - if you need to change a date or serial number frequently, these printers are a MASSIVE time saver.
Delete#4 What is this? Is the guy being playful or intentionally malevolent?
ReplyDeleteProbably playful but that tap can fuck your knee up forever.
DeleteIt's a guy getting fired.
Delete#7 Imagine that was your day job.
ReplyDeleteI bet it takes a long time to fill those paddys up.
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#4 I'd be set for life. That would be the last day I ever worked.
ReplyDelete#6 log already split after 1st whack on smaller log.
ReplyDeleteNot impressed.
If you'd ever used a maul to split your winter wood, you would be.
DeleteIt took a lot of strength to split the log and crack his splitting stump.
Yeah, you can see the split develop after the hit on the smaller just inside the left edge showing.
Delete#6 There's a huge difference between softwoods and hardwoods when you're splitting them. That looks like redwood with nice straight grain. I started splitting elm, sugar maple, ironwood and pine when I was 10. Pine is easy-peasy, it's what you split last after you've worn yourself out with the hardwoods.
DeleteAl_in_Ottawa
#2: Add to shopping list, ONE lottery ticket.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in the USN, #4 was one of the pranks we would sometimes pull on one another.
ReplyDeleteNote that she is standing there with all of her weight on one leg and her knee is locked. As the vid shows, all it takes is a slight tap from behind to unlock the knee and down you go.
#9 are racing windshields different than street? That looked like ordinary safety glass.
ReplyDelete#6 Yep, split some wood in my youth. Bet he was a little pissed at himself for for splitting his base. Now he has to find another and roll it in. My old man bought himself a hydraulic splitter after I joined the Army. And a fucking riding lawn mower.Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDelete#7. In 1965 I saw two Korean farmers use a double A-frame and connecting center piece with three-foot wide scoop and handles, moving water up six staggered rice paddies on a good size hill, from creek to paddy 1 to paddy 2 and etc. No electric water pumps for farmers in those days.
ReplyDelete#2: I'll bet that driver pinched round holes in his seat covers with his/her asshole. I wouldn't doubt they also had to go home and change underwear.
ReplyDelete#8: Looks like baby thought that pizza looked a lot more tasty than that pacifier.
#10: Parent needs to be charged with child neglect, letting the kid loose in a store like that. That's why I always had mine in a harness and leash (when they were that age), and fuck the dirty looks from the Karens.