Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Chainsaw Daze

Ok, I live Whitehorse, Yukon. Apparently that's somewhere up north and out in the bush. When you live in places like this, there's this thing about being a "man" and what you have to do to be a "man". One of a the things a "man" has is a big bloody 4X4. Invariably, these things avtually never get out in the bush. They're only used to drive to Tim Horton's. Another of the other things a "man" has is a chainsaw. Yah live in the bush, yah gotta have a saw !!

Now, all of my friends have these fancy Stihls and Huskys. So with all this cash invested in hardware do you thing there's much logging around here ? No way. People use these things to cut firewood out of old burn areas. These guys cut a couple of cords a year and then yeehaw "I'm a man !!"

I was never into this chainsaw shtick, not me, I've got an el cheapo Poulan. The thing has leaked oil since I got, it's ugly and green. Guess what ? It works !! The one thing it does have is a 20" bar. Up here you're lucky if you can find a tree with more than an 8" diameter. I admit it's overkill. All of my buddies have 16" bars on their saws. These guys laugh at me, ha ha ha ha, 'cause I've got this cheesey green saw.

Like with everything else that makes a "man", size does count. That's right boys yuk it up 'cause the laff's on you boys.