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   John B. to richardfalken@richard-falken.com   
   Re: WOW! It has been a while......   
   25 May 16 09:47:09   
   
   From: slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz   
      
   On Tue, 24 May 2016 11:50:31 +0000 (UTC), Richard Falken   
    wrote:   
      
   >John B.  wrote:   
   >> But I never hear "cool" applied to an axe or a cleaver :-)   
   >> But then, I don't suppose that many people actually use an axe   
   >> now-a-days :-0   
   >   
   >Oh, I apply it too to them when they deserve it. I don't find many   
   >cleavers that do, at least in domestic environments.   
   >   
   >Maybe I am just the weird of the bunch.   
   >   
   >I also stopped using axes when I started using kurkies. They are heavy   
   >beater tools which are also cool and do the trick for doing gardening   
   >tasks better than the axes I used to carry for such. If I had to trees   
   >down I would use an axe, but then I have a chainsaw for that.   
      
   I've never chopped down a tree with a kukri but I think an axe would   
   work better :-)   
      
   (but of course no one uses an axe to cut down trees any more. They use   
   a chain saw :-)   
      
   --   
   cheers,   
      
   John B.   
      
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