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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
"Wait, don't be
> lifting all that wood, I'll get the tractor with the bucket."   Go for the
> tractor, start the tractor, scoot all the wood into a pile, lift it, and 
> it makes
> a poor load since it is not stacked well."  Took about twenty minutes all
> together.   Next load I didn't wait for him to show, I simply tossed the
> pieces in the truck and it took about five minutes.  As the last piece of 
> wood
> was put in the truck, he came rumbling up on his beloved tractor ... "Ah,
> man, I could have loaded that for you and saved you all that time!" 
> Nothing
> ... nothing in heaven above or earth beneath would convince him that I'd
> loaded the truck in a quarter of the time it took him.

But, but, but....you had to use muscle. Actual human muscle and energy. I 
had that argument with my ex more times than I can remember. He'd spend more 
time fooling around with some machine than it would take to just do it by 
hand. Or he'd insist on using the tractor to haul wood to the house instead 
of using my garden cart...and leave nasty big ruts in the lawn. All to avoid 
breaking a sweat (and he could sure use the exercise).

It amazes me how terrified some people are of physical work these days. The 
world seems to be dividing into people who do physical things and people who 
don't. I'm 53 and pretty lazy; but have had people 10-15 years younger than 
me tell me that they "could never" do the every day physical things I do. 
Sheesh; no wonder so many people are so unhealthy; they don't move enough to 
get their blood circulating.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA