Lousiana 1920s swamp logging.

[slowp]

Ma'am is a good place to start and if you are feeling frisky maybe honey or sweetie...
But with Fed Employs that you, have/are/might ever, have a working relationship with, it is best to stick with Ms/Mrs.

Oh my gosh, that is a major difference between here and the south. When we start getting called maam, it is a very depressing thing. It means you are old, over the hill etc. I really don't care much about what I am called as long as it isn't a bad thing. One old logger will say, "All right dear." It is just the way he is. A stubbie is a beer.

 

[porch monkey]

What do you call them then, Madam??

I just think you could find something more respectful to call them than calling them "Shorty" but I guess things might be different here in the south. If I know a woman and we're friends I might call her any number of things to pick on her or tease her. But if we don't know a woman, down here in the south we tend to try to be respectful. All I said was that if we called them "Shorty" down here - just because that's your pet name for all females - we might as well turn gay. That might not be a consideration for you...so you call em whatever you want to call em, buttercup.

 

[Gologit]

I just think you could find something more respectful to call them than calling them "Shorty" but I guess things might be different here in the south. If I know a woman and we're friends I might call her any number of things to pick on her or tease her. But if we don't know a woman, down here in the south we tend to try to be respectful. All I said was that if we called them "Shorty" down here - just because that's your pet name for all females - we might as well turn gay. That might not be a consideration for you...so you call em whatever you want to call em, buttercup.

Buttercup? BUTTERCUP??!!!! I think 056kid just got a new handle. Maybe the mods could help us out here.

 

[John Ellison]

HaHaHa I'm giggling just a little bit.

 

[slowp]

He's just a buttercup.
Poor little buttercup.

That's all I know.

 

[056kid]

Holy cow..

 

[Freehand]

 

[371groundie]

they call him buttercup
dear little buttercup
though he is truly a guy
but still he's called buttercup
poor little buttercup
ask him and he'll tell you why.


good song reference slowp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKNniBwI428

 

[joesawer]

Lol!!! Hey buttercup are you still beating on that grease gun???

 

[Humptulips]

Back to the video

A few things I don't understand about these guys falling technique.
It looks like they have the back cut in already and are working on the undercut when it goes over. Looks like they chopped a notch all the way around but when it goes it looks as if the heart has been sawed. So what kind of a wierd way of cutting timber is this or am I missing something?

And why didn't they work off springboards instead of chopping off a rocking pirou (SP?)

 

[joesawer]

A few things I don't understand about these guys falling technique.
It looks like they have the back cut in already and are working on the undercut when it goes over. Looks like they chopped a notch all the way around but when it goes it looks as if the heart has been sawed. So what kind of a wierd way of cutting timber is this or am I missing something?

And why didn't they work off springboards instead of chopping off a rocking pirou (SP?)

I am guessing they cut it up with a cross cut saw, then untied their boat so they could escape, then finished it off with axes. Maybe they nipped the corners or whoever girdled the trees was really ambitious? Maybe they where cutting silt off the outside layer?

 

[tramp bushler]

Looks to me like a sign of disrespect. Must be different where you're at. If we used that term around here to call the girls we might as well turn gay.

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. Now that is Funny :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:.
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. Ya know theres places , towns in Alaska where the male to female ratio is is like 25 to 1 . Not as many as there was 30 years ago , but still some ...... I,m glad I found a slow one I could catch ...

 

[tramp bushler]

Talk about workin hard ... Guess they never heard of spring boards ...

 

[tramp bushler]

I just think you could find something more respectful to call them than calling them "Shorty" but I guess things might be different here in the south. If I know a woman and we're friends I might call her any number of things to pick on her or tease her. But if we don't know a woman, down here in the south we tend to try to be respectful. All I said was that if we called them "Shorty" down here - just because that's your pet name for all females - we might as well turn gay. That might not be a consideration for you...so you call em whatever you want to call em, buttercup.

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. Porch ; I ain,t pickin on you , but this is Funny . I know what you mean .........I,ve been known to call them ( shrimp ) before !!!!

 

[056kid]

I dont really understand the "might as well turn gay" part/

if that where the case, wouldent you call them somthimg "guurl friend" all queer like?

I dunno, You say, "Hay shorty" or "Hay girl", and get a responce, "hay boy" or "HHIIIII!" they dont seem to mind at all.

 

[slowp]

I dont really understand the "might as well turn gay" part/

if that where the case, wouldent you call them somthimg "guurl friend" all queer like?

I dunno, You say, "Hay shorty" or "Hay girl", and get a responce, "hay boy" or "HHIIIII!" they dont seem to mind at all.

That's because you are using the term Hay. Now why would they want to give you hay? Are your cattle hungry?

Next time, say Hey.

I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. I thought about becoming, "An English Major.

Around here, we might use kayaks. I've been tempted to take a saw along to buck out trees in the way, but I don't want to get the Barbie Saw too wet.

 

[tramp bushler]

I,m gonna try that ..... HEY --SHORTY >>>>>. If there is a positive response it will get ya past the soap opera romance foolishness quick ....If not , oh well she prolly wasn,t worth knowin any way ......... A drain with no gain !!
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. I still think spring boards would have been a way to go ......But , I guess thats one reason Cajun's got the rep they do ...
. Theres lots of them in the Oil Patch.

 

[danieltree]

They cut a lot of them with a spring board. I think it depended on were the swell was. On the larger stumps in the swamp you can see were they used springboards.​

 

[joesawer]

I,m gonna try that ..... HEY --SHORTY >>>>>. If there is a positive response it will get ya past the soap opera romance foolishness quick ....If not , oh well she prolly wasn,t worth knowin any way ......... A drain with no gain !!
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. I still think spring boards would have been a way to go ......But , I guess thats one reason Cajun's got the rep they do ...
. Theres lots of them in the Oil Patch.

Set your spring board down and it floats, drop your ax and it sinks into the mud. Heck you sometimes can not walk in it without miring up.
I have cut some in similar conditions and can see the advantage of the boat. at least you can lay something down without losing it. Plus I have no great love for leaches and all the other nasty creepy crawlers from bacteria to gators and everything in between.

 

[tramp bushler]

They cut a lot of them with a spring board. I think it depended on were the swell was. On the larger stumps in the swamp you can see were they used springboards.​

I imagine those cypress stumps last a long time . Yellow cedar , the Alaska version , is actually a cypress and those stumps will last hundreds of years ....