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... and I like it!
Only a Draper 45cc 2-stroke, with a 18" Oregon bar and chain, but it slices through fallen trees beautifully! Half an hour and it's gone to the firewood pile.
It's got that "friendly tool" feel to it as well - anyone who worked on British motorcycles (or even older Hondas) probably knows what I mean.
There's a spanner in my toolbox, that every time I use it, I'll lose a chunk of knuckle; a chisel that pushes the hammer towards your hand; a socket that fits perfectly but rounds the nut off every damn time; Unfriendly Tools. Every time you pick it up it feels "wrong" but you never know why.
This doesn't. It just feels "right", like it's there to help you rather than bite your leg off. I won't trust it - never trust a chainsaw - but I can relax and let it do the work. Nice.
I've just realized we get them in software too - VS is "friendly", it's like a eager puppy at times. C# is "friendly", if a little strict. FFMPEG is "friendly", if not user friendly. Corel Video Studio is user friendly, but downright hostile: it tries to get in your way as much as it can, until you go back to the FFMPEG command line hell. 
Anyone else know what I mean here?
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A good saw with a sharp chain is a wonderful thing.
Worked as a Timber Jack in my younger years and have been doing maintenance for 10 years on local trails so have plenty of experience with a saw.
This was my first saw a Stihl 090[^]
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137cc?  That's going to cut some big stuff - way beyond my meagre abilities!
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It was late 70s, I was young and strong. Worked 10-12 hours a day in the woods cutting timber.
Could drop a tree on a dime. Good times!
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Damn!
The first dirt-bike I ever got launched-from had a smaller motor. RM125 into 2 foot rocks at 50kmh - the power-band was just too much fun..
Oh noes, I'm too wide. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeee- * boom *. Sorry guys I have to leave. I'm meeting Dad in the city an' we're going to the international motor-show. Sorry about your bike Paul!
It wasn't until I got there and dad shoved a mirror in my face that I realized I'd been getting weird looks from people for the last hour. Bastards! Half my face was covered with a black mark from the inside of the helmet!
Gee the 90s were fun.
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nice .. otoh, don't piss off a guy with a new chainsaw and a stack of body-bags with room in his freezer
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That's evil.
You owe me a chainsaw pun!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Anyone else know what I mean here?
Absolutely. I used to have a Bosch mains electric hedge cutter. It was awkward to hold and operate, and ripped rather than cut. I now have a battery operated Gtech with branch cutting attachment and it "does what it says on the tin". The difference between friendly and not is sometimes small, but always noticeable.
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Quote: Every time you pick it up it feels "wrong"
Yes, I too have experienced Java programming.
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Easy. You don't want your account flagged for trolling. But Java seems to attract a lot of that around here. 
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I read the title and instantly envisioned the post to say: "...and it cuts up the bodies really nice!". So, glad it was not that.
I guess I need to lay off the Sopranos re-runs.
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I'm trying - real hard - to avoid getting blood on it.
Rusts the chain, apparently.
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I just use a bigger hammer. Works for me.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I'm sure you've seen my profile picture...
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That's ... disturbing on so many levels ... 
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Coming from you, and with a subject line like this, I was expecting some one-liner like "...and it's cutting edge".
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"and it's lots of cutting edges" doesn't work so well ... 
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'Friendly' is the difference between "Do It Right" engineers and "Do It Cheap/Fast/Dirty" engineers wage monkeys.
Software Zen: delete this;
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A diabolical act! Heap sort goes badly wrong! (11)
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Your clues are utter pandemonium this week 
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A disaster at the singularity... 
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I've got another one for tomorrow, if that's what you are asking ... 
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Catastrophe
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