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Old 08-02-2005, 05:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Yea so here's the deal. my aunt and uncle up in PA are getting a detached garage to store stuff cause their house doesn't really have a lot of storage space. so, the destination for the garage is covered with rocks, little annoying plants, and a couple trees. my uncle takes a chain saw to the tree in the way and cut up the remains. now all this wood is in the way and someone's gotta move it. enter the 15 year old able bodied nephew (that's me for all you slow people out there) i'm kicking myself now for not taking before pictures but whatever. ok here's what it looks like now and i'll give you a description of what it used to look like with vivid details.

this is where i was working:



you can see 3 of the 4 white poles in that pic. thats the corners of the future garage. the stone driveway will lead up to it so everything needed to be cleared out.

heres a pic of the former wood pile-if you use your imagination, you'll be able to see it. see the leaves. ok good. now imagine 3 wooden platforms (the things you find in like wholesale clubs where they pile everything on um, pick um up with that cool lil machine and then cart them arond) stacked with wood to about my waist. (i'm 5'11"-so i'm guessing around 3.5-4') there you go-you got it now.




ok-here's what remains of the 5 trees that my uncle took a chainsaw to-he left about 3 foot stumps so the excavator guy can easily pull the stumps out. image the rest of the tree lying next to it and cut into 1.5 foot sections. very good, you're catching on to this imagination stuff quickly.




now here's the end results

front:



left side:



back:



left angle:



will post more pics later
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Ok...so where in PA are they? I can find plenty of work around the house for you to do...lol. Seriously...cut the lawn, clean out the garage, scrub the floors. I'll come pick you up.

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Old 08-02-2005, 07:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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WOW! great job!!
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How much did you get paid?
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i own this wood pile:



my trusty wheelbarrel:



my loyal companions:



o yea i guess the dogs count as loyal companions too :



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paid? i don't know how your family works, but with mine- you were expected to help out- no questions asked. and you weren't paid anything except lunch/dinner.
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I get paid, plus lunch, dinner, and whey protein. I hope Kev at least got some whey protein.
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Ok...so where in PA are they? I can find plenty of work around the house for you to do...lol. Seriously...cut the lawn, clean out the garage, scrub the floors. I'll come pick you up.

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How much did you get paid?
$8 an hour plus a tip. 5 hours = $45
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paid? i don't know how your family works, but with mine- you were expected to help out- no questions asked. and you weren't paid anything except lunch/dinner.
i help out for free every other time-i alway come up and split a bunch of wood for them. this time, they needed the wood moved by saturday morning so the excavator can start working and since they both work, they called yours truly
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My family has a house up in the poconos, on Lake Wallenpapauk.
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WOW, your families rock! my parents will go so far as to have my friends come up, help out, and then pay THEM but not me. it's just part of the deal i guess
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