It makes a huge difference to sharpen the edge of your maul, the thing you use to split logs for firewood. I have an 8-pounder, and I try to keep the edge like a razor. Sounds unlikely, but try it and see. When mine gets dull it won’t split anything, but with a sharp edge it works much better. Tested on two adjacent logs from the same dead tree.
By the way, log-splitting works far better with velocity, not brute strength. So often one sees a log-splitter really putting his back into the job. But a slim old man like me does it differently. I toss the maul head as high as I can reach, let it fall toward the target, and then snap my wrists to give it as much speed as I can, no brute strength involved, and when I do it right the log flies apart.
A tip: When you blow your nose, keep your mouth shut. Otherwise it’s a matter of recycling what comes out of the nose.
Of course you know what a hippocampus is. I had to explain it to my doctor friend: A hippocampus is a college full of fat girls.
Another real time-saver is to use superglue on your shoelaces after they’re tied in place. That keeps ’em tied all the time. Just use a shoehorn to put ’em on, saving all that time to tie and untie your shoes every day.
Keep a bottle of brandy by your bedside for those cold winter nights. Be sure to use a bottle with a cork so you can open and shut it without being totally awake.
Save your beer bottle caps on the counter so next morning you’ll know how many you drank.
Take a vitamin C with your aspirin to avoid an upset stomach. Seems to help. Keep antacids handy in case it doesn’t.
More later.
