[Cz-L] cemetery clearance

Of course, they also (I hope!) have to make certain that falling trees or
branches do not damage the grave stones.

David

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From: "Andrew Halmay" <venivici_at_rogers.com>
To: <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:20 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: May 26, 2009


> With regard to the workers clearing the cemetery, if they are paid only
> on completed work, it doesn't matter how they go about the job or how
> long they take, providing we have no concern about seeing the job done
> during what is left of our lifetimes.
>
> Regarding technique, I
> am no woodsman, and presumably none of us are, but years ago I went up
> into the Canadian wilds with Bobby Rosenfeld, a professional gold
> prospector who was built like a small tank. Bobby needed stakes to
> mark off property claims he was going to register. Armed with a big
> axe, sharp as a razor, he attacked saplings with that axe as if it were
> a butter knife, quickly cutting off all the tree's branches. Then he
> chopped off the sapling itself to use as a stake. Never did he ask me
> to hold the tree for him so that it wouldn't fall on him. They may do
> things differently in the Ukraine.
> Andy
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