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<p>[QUOTE="SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2908758, member: 86795"]THE TRUTH IS IN THE MIDDLE.</p><p>Absolutely. Give that man a Cigar. NO, not from the humidor, one shelf lower perhaps...</p><p>We STILL have to put the work in, but automated tools IF we know how to use them CAN help.</p><p>This story illustrates the value of tools and how to use them being important....</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Years ago, my dad used to tell a joke about an old wood cutter who bought his first chainsaw after years of cutting wood by hand with a cross-cut saw. After a few days he returned it to the dealer and said that his “old way was better”. He said that the chainsaw was heavy, awkward, and clumsy…and he actually cut LESS wood with it in a day than he did with his old cross cut saw. Now my dad was a bit of a story teller, so at this point my father would send the poor wood cutter out earlier and earlier every morning for a week for a week as the chainsaw dealer PROMISED him that it was IMPOSSIBLE to cut less wood with a gasoline powered chainsaw than it was by hand with a manual cross-cut saw. (Yeah…I know, this really is not the funniest “joke”…but my dad loved it, and I am actually coming to a point) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Finally, the disgusted wood-cutter brings the chainsaw back and demands a refund because he STILL is not able to cut as much wood as he had before with just the power of his arms. Just before the Chainsaw salesman returns his money he starts the chainsaw up to make SURE that it is still functioning properly (my dad would have made the chainsaw sound here) which made the old wood cutter yell out…wait for it…wait for it…this is the punchline: “WHAT’S THAT SOUND?” “WHAT’S THAT SOUND?”</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2908758, member: 86795"]THE TRUTH IS IN THE MIDDLE. Absolutely. Give that man a Cigar. NO, not from the humidor, one shelf lower perhaps... We STILL have to put the work in, but automated tools IF we know how to use them CAN help. This story illustrates the value of tools and how to use them being important.... [SIZE=5]Years ago, my dad used to tell a joke about an old wood cutter who bought his first chainsaw after years of cutting wood by hand with a cross-cut saw. After a few days he returned it to the dealer and said that his “old way was better”. He said that the chainsaw was heavy, awkward, and clumsy…and he actually cut LESS wood with it in a day than he did with his old cross cut saw. Now my dad was a bit of a story teller, so at this point my father would send the poor wood cutter out earlier and earlier every morning for a week for a week as the chainsaw dealer PROMISED him that it was IMPOSSIBLE to cut less wood with a gasoline powered chainsaw than it was by hand with a manual cross-cut saw. (Yeah…I know, this really is not the funniest “joke”…but my dad loved it, and I am actually coming to a point) :-) Finally, the disgusted wood-cutter brings the chainsaw back and demands a refund because he STILL is not able to cut as much wood as he had before with just the power of his arms. Just before the Chainsaw salesman returns his money he starts the chainsaw up to make SURE that it is still functioning properly (my dad would have made the chainsaw sound here) which made the old wood cutter yell out…wait for it…wait for it…this is the punchline: “WHAT’S THAT SOUND?” “WHAT’S THAT SOUND?”[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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