The Descriptive Process

[treeslayer2003]

ms. P is this a reacurring problem with that saw? if it is an 044, they are easy to work on........have you done the carb and lines? if so it could be a week coil.

 

[SliverPicker]

You're right. I don't know any old country Finns but I grew up with second and third generation Finlanders, commercial fishermen mostly. They were tough people. Not "mean and cruel tough" but "old time tough"...you know what I mean.

Years ago there was a Finn on our crew. Choker setter. Nobody could pronounce his first name but his last name was Maki so that's what everybody called him. Good hand.
I heard the boss talking about him one day..."He moves straight at the work and never backs down from anything. I wish he had a dozen brothers". The next week we had three Makis working. We gave them numbers.

You can buy a T-Shirt in the the U.P. that says "Upper Peninsula of Michigan land of 10,000 Makis". (something like that anyway) Lots of Makis dropped the prefixs to their names shortly after coming over from Suomi. Maki means hill.

 

[slowp]

Barbie is a 440 I got new in 2007. She did this before and I turned one of those screws a little bit. I'm thinking I need to do that again. Or try it.

Yes, there are zillions of Makis in that country and Up Nort Wisconsin. Maki roads too. Plus there are vowel challenged names. And you can go on a three hour cruise in da lake around da islands. Or drive to an island in the winter. Or ski on da lake. Der's only one pressure crack, usually and the route is marked with old Christmas trees.
I liked da winters dere. Summers--not so good except for kayaking on da lake.

 

[1270d]

you wouldn't have liked last winter

 

[SliverPicker]

Last winter was an old fashioned winter.

It used to be that only one out of 4 summers was warm. The last 20 years or so it has been much warmer up there than it ever used to be.

p, did you used to live there? If so, where at?

 

[slowp]

Last winter was an old fashioned winter.

It used to be that only one out of 4 summers was warm. The last 20 years or so it has been much warmer up there than it ever used to be.

p, did you used to live there? If so, where at?

I took a transfer to get back into timber to Up Nort Wisconsin. I liked it except for the summer humidity. I'd never been in that kind of weather. Oh, and the ticks. They were terrible too. The logging was a bit boring--99% mechanized, no interesting problems like figuring out tailholds and landings. There was grumbling about the spacing of the rows of trees, but the planters of those trees had no idea that they'd be logged with processors and forwarders. Kayaking was good in Chequamegun Bay. Winter was not as touristy and both kinds of skiing were nearby. The house made loud popping noises at -20 degrees and utilities were expensive. I thought about closing off part of the house or getting a wood stove. Property taxes were pretty high but I heard the schools were good, the roads were taken care of, and they hired kids to take care of the flowers in the summer so taxes were put to good use. I needed to come back here due to family illness so I did. I wish Wisconsin was closer. Those folks in that area were great.

 

[SliverPicker]

I've seen you make comments about the area. Now I know the story. Those Wisconsilainens are pretty good folks, but they talk kinda funny by Yooper standards.

 

[slowp]

I've seen you make comments about the area. Now I know the story. Those Wisconsilainens are pretty good folks, but they talk kinda funny by Yooper standards.

But there were plenty of Yooper loggers working in dat area, and a whole lot of dem Finlanders, yoooooou knoooooow. Dat part of Wisconsin is attached to da UP.

 

[northmanlogging]

1, 1970 Ford F-600 with a fair amount of rust in the cab...
1, slightly demented lead foot behind the wheel
1, unbalanced steer tire
1, slighty wonky shock on said unbalanced steer tire
23,660 pounds of rock, truck and fat guy driving.
I-5 in a section that desperately needs to be rebuilt, at rush hour.
55 mph=90000rpms (ish) I think I hit 60mph once...
Shake well...

 

[Samlock]

I can somehow see that happen from here, North. I hope you still got all your tooth patches left.

Whereas a broken shaft u-joint got me stirred, but not shaken. A green olive on the top.

 

[northmanlogging]

I made it but its one of the scariest trips I've been on in awhile, last load of the day, had a flat, got it fixed getting late... Usually stick to the back roads where I can keep up.

As it is I didn't get home until about 9pm

 

[SliverPicker]

Just read this again: " The next week we had three Makis working. We gave them numbers."

Awesome!

 

[1270d]

Cornish miners all had a cousin jack, Finn loggers all know a guy named maki

 

[madhatte]

Pretty sure I just awoke the bursitis in my knee when I took a good spill running from yellowjackets. Knee hurts enough I've almost forgotten about the stings.

 

[treeslayer2003]

i hate yellow jackets worse than anything in the woods.........once you find them, that foaming yellowjacket spray works well........it don't have alot of range but once you start spraying they can't get out of the hole. been a bad year for um here......it been dry.

 

[madhatte]

The "Bee Bopper"? I've seen it but haven't tried it. I'm usually moving quickly enough that I don't have a lot of need to come back to wherever the bugs are.

 

[treeslayer2003]

i havn't seen the bee bopper..........like to see it, does it work and where can ya get it? i have to cut all the trees.........bees or not.......

 

[madhatte]

I've only seen it at Madsen's but then again I wasn't really looking. It's probably available elsewhere.

EDIT: here it is http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/Products.asp?mi=60131

 

[treeslayer2003]

it contains pyrethrins wich is good but i don't see that it foams.........foam is good for ground bees.....

 

[northmanlogging]

Some of the saw shops carry it locally, unfortunately not locally enough for me... So I keep a couple cans of Raid wasp and hornet killer, works good enough.