Posted on 06/03/2013 5:52:40 PM PDT by virgil283
"The Eagle Scout and Dirty Jobs star on learning to fell trees and prepare firewood. ......When I was 14, I woke up one Saturday morning to see my father standing at the foot of my bed, sharpening a double-sided ax. "It's time," he said. "Let's go." My father has a tendency to start conversations in the middle. He's also suspicious of anything too modern. Like nouns.
"Time for what?" I said. Knowing the futility of the question before I even asked, I rolled out of bed, pulled on my jeans and work boots, and tried again. "Is it cold out?"
"Invigorating," he replied. "Your mother made oatmeal. Eat it fast."
Outside, the Massey Ferguson tractor idled impatiently as we loaded up the wood cart.......I can't even remember how many times my dad and I drove the old tractor down the stone road, through the lower pasture, and deep into the woods to do battle with the Pine, the Maple, the Oak, and the mighty Locust—his personal favorite. ("The hard wood puts up a tough fight, but it burns the best!") The fact that we heated most of the old farmhouse with nothing but a wood stove was a source of great pride for my father, and the inspiration for endless witticisms. ("Chop your own wood—it'll warm you twice!")"....more ....
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Mike has a good looking girlfriend for being gay. (Danielle Burgio most recent)
Portuguese?
True, but I gotta admit that hydraulic splitter was awesome to work whenever I came back to visit. Cut down the workload in a big way.
You haven't encountered a workout until you've faced splitting a couple of cords of black spruce. When and if you finish, you'll have had the workout of a lifetime.
Dunno where Pops got his great love for fried baloney
I would like to see Portugal and Brazil
Works like a hose.
OMG!It is like reading my own life!
Except my Father was there.
McManus is a riot!
I never tire of his wit and wisdom.
There is one about him and Eddie Muldoon building a submarine.
OMG! LOL
I swear I did that ****!
We had a bicycle pump and ran the hose to an old stone crock to make a “Diving Helmet” LOL
His parents do commercials for paper towels, they’re a hoot :).
Odd thing is, Retch Sweeny and Rancid Crabtree still come around.
We hee haw and have a holler.
Friends is friends for life.
Djoo have a Mountain Car?
My personal favorite, “They Shoot Canoes, Don’t They?” Utterly hilarious!
Think one of them may go by the name ‘Gates’. May be
a computer geek. Lives around Seattle, maybe.
Glad you liked it,There are funnier pieces out there by him. The vids are hard to find.
belly laugh....
You betcha.
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