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it's warm, but not that warm.

You'd think, for heaven's sake, that it's never been this warm out.

Saw a history for the region, and the numbers are pretty consistent through the years.

And even if they were not, I have done the reading, and I have not been able to find any "science" other than post hoc stuff that demonstrates carbon causing warming.

No science that is categorical and not controversial, that is.

None of the models have born out.

None I have seen.

ah well.

lots of heat, no light.

wood pile.

thank the lord i can still do it.

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Wood

i'm having fun, although it's pretty hard work.

I haven't used a splitter for quite a few years, and never solo.

finding gimmicks and tricks as i go along.

for eg. laid a round on the far side of the lip so that the piece doesn't fall away when cut.

or laid a few bricks in front of the lip to ease mounting the round, some of which are over 2 feet in diameter and 19 inches long.

or give an pull the top of the split when the blade clears going through the cut to finish the separation of the pieces.

or, or, or.

guess i should go over to youtube and see if there's anything there.

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heavy rain showers

in between moved a few rounds from the pile to the splitter line up.

stretch.

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wood

moving the larger rounds is interesting.

get them off the pile onto the ground with the pulp hooks.

then roll the really big ones up the gradual slope to the front of the splitter, or

using the hook, pull the round onto the lip of the hand truck, and pulling the hook handle and pushing the top of the truck, bringing the load off the ground.

it's interesting.

then there is the splitting.

now trying to make as many square or rectangle cuts as i can.

easier to stack.

I thank God i can still do this stuff.

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Glad you can still do it too!

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wood

interesting to see how the wood grain effects the splitting.

and the knots.

the splitter is 28 ton, but even then it lugs.

resuming the mat and ball work.

probably will get back onto the machines.

wood splitting targets different muscle groups.

don't want to lose the others.

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stretch

wood

the rounds are very big, in both depth and circumference.

some 24 by 20

built a brick apron around the splitter base plate to stabilize the things.

many cuts on each round.

nc is doing most of the stacking on the yard piles.

mat work.

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Stretch

wood

not entirely sure that it's worth it to process one's own wood.

i think one has to buy tree lengths, and then do all the cutting and splitting.

Depends on the cost of the logs,

and the size.

we had to pay to have 12 trees taken down.

and so we got the wood for "free."

and the tree guys cut the logs into rounds.

if the rounds are about a foot in diameter, the work is pretty easy.

but working on the larger rounds is hard, whether moving them to the splitter, or manipulating them on the splitter.

i have an 18 inch bar on the husky, so cutting any logs over a foot or so into rounds gets interesting.

12 inch logs, cutting into rounds, splitting, I'll have to pay more attention to how long it takes.

costs about $380, $400 a cord cut and split.

carting the splits and stacking them is the same as before.

interesting hard work.

pm got in the mat work and the ball

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yesterday one of the two annual golf outings.

we've been doing this for over 40 years.

today - memorial services and meeting for good lady who just missed making it to 100.