[stylist] Good writing-firewood cutting

Sun Mar 1 03:22:50 UTC 2009

Incredible.  Good going Shelly!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shelley J. Alongi" <qobells at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 8:33 PM
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> 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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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:25 PM
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>> 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.
>>
>> about
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>
>>> 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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