...because Santa brought me just what I wanted for Christmas! In fact, Santa spoiled me rotten this year.
For years I've been asking for the Stihl M290 Farm Boss chainsaw.
"You'll cut your leg off"
Drat, the unholy "you'll cut your (choose the appendage) off" thwarted me for years!
The conversation usually went something like this.
"Tay, we have a lot of fallen and dead trees on the property that need to be cleaned up"
"Yeah, I know"
"Well, if I had my own chainsaw, I could do it lickety split and we'd have more firewood for the wood burner."
"My Dad will come and take care of it. Besides, your a city boy and know nothing about chainsaws. The last thing I need is you cutting your leg off or killing yourself".
"C'mon Tay, your Dad lets me use his chainsaw all the time".
"Yeah, but that's supervised by my Dad and I know you...if you get your own chainsaw, you're going to want to take down trees and that's just way too dangerous. You'll eventually drop a tree on a car or the house god forbid...no you can forget about it!".
"But Tay, I watched the loggers on ESPN. I know how to do it now and I promise that I'll only take down the dead trees".
"Forget it"
...and thus it went as I harped on her for two years...until one day she asked me about chainsaws and I replied...
"I want the Stihl Farm Boss M290 with a side-access chain tensioner, IntelliCarb™ compensating carburetor, built-in winter-summer shutter for cold-weather operation, toolless filter caps and anti-vibration system designed to reduce fatigue."
Uh-oh, much like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story", I overplayed my hand...
"You'll cut your arm off!"
Until this Christmas, after opening all of the presents with the Peteys, Tay called me down to fill the woodburner. I went downstairs and saw Tay sitting down there on top of the woodpile. Sitting next to her, yeah, you guessed it...the Stihl Farm Boss!!!
Yup, I gots the most wonderful wife in the world that spoils me rotten.
Now, I'm off to see if I can lose 40 lbs the easy way!
3 comments:
You're STILL considered a 'city boy' after livin there damn near 20 years?!
Losing 40lbs requires an ax.......not a chainsaw that "reduces fatigue".
What next? A tractors with heated massaging seats?
You can take the boy out of the city but.....
Highmark, I was referring to the 40+lb loss that a clean cut of my leg off would incur...
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