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Almost feel like going to bed with a fucking fire extinguisher...yeeesh

Wildfires have destroyed 25,000 acres and at least 500 homes in Bastrop, just southeast of Austin, as well as 1,600 acres and at least 24 homes in Montgomery County, northeast of Houston. Many thousands have been evacuated and thousands more may have to in the coming week(s) while rescue workers try to at least contain the fires. These are in addition to at least 60 other wildfires raging across the state. Stay safe, and if you're in the line of fire GET THE FUCK OUT ASAP!!

Terps getting major flak over their new uniforms

poly cured rather nicely on the new lazy susan top...quick buff with 0000 and some furniture wax and it'll be ready to use

In my experience people of both sexes tend to do this kind of shit

true story

house still smells like brisket...thank goodness I made 10 lbs. worth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGPvoNBGiy0 watch it the whole way through...I dare you

whole house smells of barbecue...not that I'm complaining

scratch that, false reading; still on the plateau

the little baby brisket finally came off the plateau after 4 hours...works for me

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There's a reason the handles of axes, sledgehammers, mauls, shovels, etc. are made of hickory (very close cousin of pecan, same Janka hardness)

the short version: this shit be hard, yo

The stuff I'm splitting, pecan, has a Janka Hardness of roughly ~1800. In layman's terms it takes roughly 1,800 pounds of force to drive a .444" diameter steel ball halfway into a piece of pecan wood. For comparison's sake, Douglas Fir is ~660, Southern yellow pine (most dimensional lumber) is ~690, Mahogany is ~800, Red Oak is ~1290, White Ash (baseball bats) is ~1320, White Oak is ~1360, Bamboo is ~1380, Maple is ~1450, and Mesquite is ~2345.

Wood is frozen and looks to be a softwood of some sort. Pine, fir, or the like.

Yeah its a semi-auto clone rifle; still neat though

You call using a log splitter a lumberjack's business ? Poser no room in the budget for a log splitter; had to make due with a splitting maul, sledgehammer and a tiny electric chainsaw