h a l f b a k e r yI like this idea, only I think it should be run by the government.
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I have recently found great satisfaction in cutting back the larger trees in my garden. Each weekend I spend a couple of hours climbing and sawing, after which I stand back and admire a neatly stacked log pile and a bonfire of lesser branches, while sipping on a cold beer and nursing the minor wounds
of my clumsiness.
Imagine if you will, a gym with telegraph pole sized tree trunks that you can saw off into useful fencepost lengths. Or maybe take a partner and use a 2-person saw to slice through a trunk that you can just about put your arms round. Each slice need only be a few centimetres thick, perfect for stepping stones in the garden lawn, a talking point at your next barbeque.
Perhaps excursions could be arranged where your personal trainer (tree surgeon) takes you to some Forestry Commission land and you fell huge trees or slice up fallen ones.
Back in the office, you grip your pen and the slight soreness in your fingers reminds you of a job well done.
Baker's Gym
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shameless promotion of own gym idea [xenzag, Jan 01 2008]
(?) alternatively, a gym...
http://www.totaltra...ymsfitness/10053631
... in Manly [pertinax, Jan 05 2008]
[link]
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Is there anyone from accounts receivable in? |
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Nah, they are all at the Chain-gang gym for lunch break. |
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so busy displaying your manly muscles, you missed the other:general category trap. |
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Ah yes, I searched the Health: Exercise category but forgot to choose it. |
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that's what exercise does for you - ruins your brain! |
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So women are immune ...... ? |
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A chain-gang style exercise club
sounds like it might really catch on. I've
experienced the joy of man/chainsaw vs
nature on some mountain property I
once owned and found it to be about
the best exercise you can get. |
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Fire breaks are a real necessity in
developed areas that are adjacent to
forested lands and this might be a
handy way to get them made. Have the
guys (ok, gals too) meet every
Sunday afternoon at a different location
for a 6 hour workout that they'd never
get at a gym. "Bushmasters"? "Jungle
Studs"? A catchy name would be
necessary. |
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Maybe feed them healthy gourmet
cuisine on their breaks that's paid for
by money charged for the work done.
That would be something that would
make me want to do it. 6 hour workout
in the outdoors, new location every
time, fancy meals, meet new people. |
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Could be a good idea. Go to gym, based on your BMI or muscle to fat ratio;
("How do you plead?"
"Overweight, slovenly and conspicuously consumerist, your Honour"
"You are *sentenced* to 20 *yrs* *hard labour*)
Automatic benefits include: harmonising those soulful chain-gang songs, wearing of uniforms with up-pointing arrows, deployed to local areas of need and acquiring a degree of humility in the process. |
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May have to include a new entry in the 'bakery help file excluding, not only powered gyms, but *beneficial* gyms. |
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Cutting down trees and skipping and
jumping is very good cardio. |
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// skipping and jumping is very good cardio // |
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... but not easy in high heels .... |
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Yeah, people could get other people to pay to clean up there properties. You could start a second service that offers low-cost thinning/aboriculture services using the labour pool drummed up of inexperienced underfit urban-ites. |
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//May have to include a new entry in the 'bakery help file excluding, not only powered gyms, but *beneficial* gyms.// |
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// aboriculture // - I sure hope that's a misspelling. |
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Don't they culture abors where you live ? Tch ... |
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The Carpenter's Olympics sounds good, too. It would win a bun if it were posted, but not quite different enough to qualify as a separate idea, which is a pity. |
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Maybe [Marklar] can expand the idea to include the carpentry and credit [21_Quest] ? |
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// for strenuous aerobic exercise // |
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... and an interesting selection of tropical diseases and parasites. |
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At least in the temperate coniferous forests that the original idea implies, the worst biological hazards are midges, wasps, and treading in cat poo. |
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I don't like this kind of exercise. My chainsaw has an engine bigger than on my motorcycle - it's not a big motorcycle, but it is a big chainsaw, and it's heavy. |
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Okay, so it's a moped - the chainsaw is still pretty big. |
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Yes, I understand part of exercise is lifting heavy things. It's also putting them back down, which is my favorite part. |
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I would enjoy the big two-man crosscut saw, though. |
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Combine this gym concept with a lumberyard, and let the members work for discounts on genuine hand-sawed rough lumber.
(+) |
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[21 Quest] It already exists, at least to the county fare level. I've seen it in films so it must be true. |
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[elhigh] The inclusion of free or discounted wood was implied by // perfect for stepping stones in the garden lawn // |
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I've been trying to think of other worthwhile pursuits but I can't think of any. Building a house involves too much skill and digging a ditch doesn't hold the same attraction. |
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I've thought of a better name - The Fella's Gym |
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So, it's the Highland Games taken to your local gym? |
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I spent a morning with my some university friends digging a foundation for a house (a Habitat for Humanity project). |
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Digging is easy to learn and a good workout, and if you make a mistake, you can just put the ground back again. |
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The thought of contributing to a good cause turned a pretty boring task into a worthwhile one (at least for the morning). |
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// So, it's the Highland Games taken to your local gym? // Yes, but with less tossing and more cleaving. |
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