[stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting

[Shelley J. Alongi]

about three years ago I went to Mississippi to work in a relief kitchen 
after katrina. One of the people on the committee thought I shouldn't go 
because we might be primarily required to use chain saws, etc. I told him 
that if I needed to use one I'd learn how and furthermore if they wanted to 
stop me from going I'd have something to say about it in the paper or 
whereever I could find someone wiling to push for my joining the team. Well 
the guy who put the team together advocated for me he doesn't go to that 
church anymore but I went on the team. There was a lot of work to be done so 
I didn't use a chain saw but I'd be about learning it if I needed to. The 
first thing I'd do is unplug it and get a good idea of the shape of the 
circular blade and what was where, create my own visual map and then do 
small projects till I figured out how to use it. I'd most likely teach 
myself kind of like I did when teaching myself to light a candle. No one 
taught me how to light matches I had to teach myself. I'm happy to let the 
maintenance crew do their work around here but if I have to learn how to do 
something I'll teach myself, just get the instrument and do a lot of 
exploring before I use it. By the way in the relief kitchen I did a lot of 
barbecuing I think I barbecued eighty pounds of chicken. Someone tried to 
help me I said no thank you I've been doing this for years please go use the 
other grill and between the two of us we got it all done. I'll never 
complain about doing dishes again after spending a week in Bay St. Louis 
washing huge dishes bigger than most coolers you've ever seen. I think my 
dishwasher is a luxury.
Shelley J. Alongi
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updated Dec 7, 2008
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From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting


> I've used all that stuff- starting back in 1972 (both a gas powered and a
> electric chain saws; also muscle powered, too). I regularly use electric
> saws and other equipment for cutting and shaping lumber. Having a house
> demands a variety of maintenance types of skills; over the years I have
> learned most of them.
>
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> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:54 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting
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> Go visit the national center for the blind!
> Lori
> In a message dated 2/25/09 12:18:24 PM, fowlers at syix.com writes:
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>
>> Well, split it anyway. I haven't found anyone with enough guts to
>> teach me how to use a chain saw yet.
>>
>>
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