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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

myTruck, myChainsaw and mySelf


Naming convention as Java variables not classes, so you know. A week or 2 ago we had a very severe thunderstorm, they are quite common here in Alberta, but this one was particularly heavy with rainfall and winds that reduced your sight to 50 meters. These storms can turn into a tornado and this one touched down North West of Edmonton. Our friends acreage of Anke and Ralf, east of Elk Island Park was hit hard and a tree just snapped of, fortunately no damage done. But it had to be cleared, and here comes that very Canadian experience I had; A chainsaw (Stihl MS270) in my pickup truck (Ford F150) accompanied by me (52 year old wannabe Canadian) on my way to Anke and Ralf to cut up a downed tree. A couple of hours later the tree was gone and we could start the fire burning the sucker, which is maybe the most fun part. Building fires is real fun to do, not those small ones we did in out 6x6 m2 backyard, just big ones with flames like 3 m high; one of the virtues of living in the country. Building fires and having a beer with family and/or friends. When a tree is just there where it should be, it looks not like much but on the ground it is an awful lot of branches and trunk you have to cut up; and you have to be careful cause the tree and branches are under compression; cut on the wrong side and your saw gets stuck, lets just say I am on a learning curve. Fun it is.

1 comment:

dk said...

on the picture the tree seems small

I told my boss
put the winding staircase on a little truck
it seems bigger