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Posted on 08/17/2014 4:02:20 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman
NOME -- I used to joke and tell my friends that other than for obvious reasons, I only need a man to operate my chain saw. Because really, I’m an Alaska girl, and can bleed the line when I run out of fuel at the house. I thaw my pipes when they freeze. I can change a flat tire, butcher a caribou and catch, filet, smoke and can a silver salmon. Oh, and shoot a few ptarmigan with a .22 for dinner. You know. Normal stuff.
But here’s the thing. I’ve relied on a man for seven years to supply the wood for the stove. And it’s embarrassing.
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Why? That's womens' work.
Why so nasty? Just because we American woman don’t have to have a man to make it on our own, does not mean we don’t like having them around. Our independence comes from that pioneering spirit that has been handed down from mother to daughter; there once was a wilderness to civilize and the menfolk couldn’t do it all; indeed it took American women just as much as American men to build this great nation, and that required a lot more of us just being the hand that rocked the cradle.
The intertubes are a miracle of research potential. You should check it out......
Then she just has to throw a slander onto the man she picked up hitchhiking.
Who knows his situation, maybe an ex cleaned him out and is claiming the same
victory over men.
She should get an Addadictome, then her life will be complete.
Of course, what was I thinking? The traditional Native American division of labor.
At my house, icky-dead-animal-stuff is done by males (I have six sons), and icky-stuff-from-kids is done by females. Icky-pet-stuff is a group effort.
Yeah but can she skin a deer with a golf ball?
Whatever. Seemed like a cheerful girl to me.
Worse than useless, I would imagine.
I see you've failed to dazzle me with brilliance so I get the bafflement with bovine excrement treatment.
I am an older American man and what I see called men pale in comparison to the men I grew up around. Most men these days would have to be told by the wife to take out the garbage and when it comes to cutting firewood they would most likely be a danger to themselves and anyone close by. I liked the lady’s sense of humor, didn’t mean to drag out a bunch of bitter memories.
If American women are alone, I don’t know that for a fact, maybe they just don’t want to settle for a wuss looking for a new mom to take care of him.
(Being the nice guy I am, I even help with the butchering when it's my deer.)
An independent woman is a joy because if she is with a guy it is because she wants to be there, not out of desperation. It's a lot less worrisome than someone who is prone to being helpless. Besides, if you can't work together, there is a good chance you'll work apart...
The length of her hair says it all...
We hunt our meat at Walmart, with occasional coupon-armed excursions to Food Lion.
I think people should be able to run their lives however they want. If she runs the chainsaw and he pickles fish, whose business is it but theirs?
i would still need a man... just saying...
Sweet heart my family spent a couple of centuries on the Western front.
The basic thing was men did men things, clear land and farm, women did woman things manage the home and train kids.
I doubt it but she could probably run it down and club it to death with a seven iron.
She could come in handy at halftime.
She says the only thing men are good for is cutting wood and you call me nasty?
lol
In the article she says, “other than for the obvious reasons,”. I think she has use for men. Someone else mentioned her hairstyle, could mean she is a practical woman with things other than spending 3 hours in the bathroom to do. Or not.
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