And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I was introduced to one of these on a small forest fire in Idaho some years back. We were about 7 miles from a road, all downhill. We had a snag that the top had been struck by lightning that measured over 4 feet across at the base and every hour or so, would drop something burning. We radioed in asking for a big saw. This is what they dropped. I learned that they didn't call it a misery whip for nothing.
I have one two-man and three one-man's in the basement. Haven't used any of them for ages.
ReplyDeleteA good excuse to mess with them: sharpening!
DeleteI was introduced to one of these on a small forest fire in Idaho some years back. We were about 7 miles from a road, all downhill. We had a snag that the top had been struck by lightning that measured over 4 feet across at the base and every hour or so, would drop something burning. We radioed in asking for a big saw. This is what they dropped. I learned that they didn't call it a misery whip for nothing.
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