Splitting Firewood.
Here is a story I wrote up about my firewood splitting experience. I was splitting the wood to go camping with so, I believe this makes the story camping related. Before anybody points out that you are not suppose to move wood my local parks say it's OK as long as you don't bring the wood from more then 40 miles away. A couple of the parks I frequent don't even sell firewood so bringing it in is the only option if you want to have a wood campfire. I posted the fallowing story on my facebook site and my friends got a kick out of it. Here it is:
I was out splitting wood tonight. By hand ! I figure I spend at least 400 bucks a year on fire wood just for fires at the park! I got some free wood but, it needed to be split. I borrowed a splitting wedge from a friend. (He doesn’t know it yet but, I will tell him and give it back) A splitting wedge is just what it sounds like. It’s just a wedge you hammer into the piece of wood to make it split into smaller pieces. I bought an 8 pound sledge hammer. I thought about the 5 pound hammer but, decided that I’m a real man, and that the 8 pound hammer would be better. (They had ones bigger then that but, I’m not that silly) After getting home I went at it. I took my shirt off and worked on my manly physique. That way some beautiful rich young woman will fall in love with me some day and give me all her money. I slung the hammer in long crushing blows. (Well in my mind’s eye I did anyway. In reality it took me quite a while to pound the wedge into the pieces. I also impressed myself by not managing get hurt. ) I got the wood all split up and into a pile ready for camping. It only took me three hours and now I have enough wood for,,,, 2 days of camping. The sledge hammer cost more then what it would have to just go buy 2 days’ worth of fire wood. Ooooo, my arms hurt now. I need to go take an ibuprofen. What was I thinking?
I was out splitting wood tonight. By hand ! I figure I spend at least 400 bucks a year on fire wood just for fires at the park! I got some free wood but, it needed to be split. I borrowed a splitting wedge from a friend. (He doesn’t know it yet but, I will tell him and give it back) A splitting wedge is just what it sounds like. It’s just a wedge you hammer into the piece of wood to make it split into smaller pieces. I bought an 8 pound sledge hammer. I thought about the 5 pound hammer but, decided that I’m a real man, and that the 8 pound hammer would be better. (They had ones bigger then that but, I’m not that silly) After getting home I went at it. I took my shirt off and worked on my manly physique. That way some beautiful rich young woman will fall in love with me some day and give me all her money. I slung the hammer in long crushing blows. (Well in my mind’s eye I did anyway. In reality it took me quite a while to pound the wedge into the pieces. I also impressed myself by not managing get hurt. ) I got the wood all split up and into a pile ready for camping. It only took me three hours and now I have enough wood for,,,, 2 days of camping. The sledge hammer cost more then what it would have to just go buy 2 days’ worth of fire wood. Ooooo, my arms hurt now. I need to go take an ibuprofen. What was I thinking?
