katiesue |
03-19-2008 07:01 PM |
That's it. I've been watching Ax Men on the history channel. So I'm going back to my original career choice. Logger. I can set chokers (we praticed for fun in the back yard), drive a skidder, sort of drive a Cat but I'm sure with pratice I'd improve.
Where can you go to work wearing suspenders? They haven't been in since Re-Run. Learn colorful phrases like "that'll pucker your butt". Use chewing tobacco on the job. Then there's the beer. None of that fancy schmancy stuff either. Plus I know that boraxo is pratcially the only thing that will get the pitch off you, that in combination with lava soap.
I've got my Women in Logging bumper stickers around here somewhere. If the rest of my family can do it, so can I. Plus you get winters off. Oh sure you don't get paid but oh well. And I can use my Dad's log proof lunchbox (an amunition box) so I'll always have my lunch even if a log breaks loose and squashes it.
Not to mention the exercise (although most of these guys look like they never get up off the couch). It's very demanding. And dangerous so that'll keep me on my toes. All my dad ever lost was the tip of a finger and that got sewed back on. As long as I don't have to be a faller because, well I am kind of wary of chain saws. They don't exactly cut through legs they kind of just mangle them.
I'm off to be a third generation logger. Wish me luck!
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