Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Rabel Rabel, or good help is hard to find

Rabel himself is too modest to mention this, but in fact he made a video of he and his friend taking down his tree this afternoon:



16 comments:

bagoh20 said...

Well done! That was ballsy, even though they really do fall pretty consistently as planned when you do it right. Without any wind, it's hard not to drop them within a couple degrees of your target, and since the obstacles were all close to the base, it would have to be way off to hit anything. He had about a 20 degree window of safety. Still, I would have hired someone just to avoid responsibility. Then, I could say what I just did, pretending that I would have done it right. In fact, if had done it, it would fell into a neat stack of firewood, all exactly 18" in length, with the kindling separated and sorted by diameter. That's just how I lumberjack.

ndspinelli said...

Manly men.

deborah said...

Was the last thing he said, 'let's get out of here'?

I thought for sure it was going to crash into the house. Sixty fooled me.

My hat is off to Rabel.

William said...

Something like that builds suspense. Once you start watching it, you can't stop. The guy had a lot of self confidence. That's the necessary first step needed to acquire hubris.

Chip Ahoy said...

I knew it was going to be this video before I saw it. Do I win? What do I win?

AllenS said...

There is a whole bunch of videos out there of chainsaw failures, where the buildings, power lines and lumberjacks come out on the losing side.

MamaM said...

I don't know what was more impressive, the tree falling through the gap as it did or the two men casually reckoning together, tip-tapping and standing there as if lives and buildings weren't at stake.

ndspinelli said...

William, It's good to see you here more often. You are a valuable asset.

Dad Bones said...

Wow, Rabel, pretty obvious this isn't the first time you've done this. I'm happy that this video didn't wind up on the list Allen mentioned.

The Dude said...

Lest anyone misunderstand, that is not actually a video of Rabel, rather one that I found on YouTube. The tree he cut down was much larger.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

Over a million views.

Dad Bones said...

Yep, I'm the misunderstander. Didn't have my window centered and the 1M views thing wasn't showing. My first cuppa coffee hadn't kicked in. The furnace hadn't warmed my house yet. Oh well, I'll still let Rabel be king of the lumberjacks.

Rabel said...

You know how Groucho Marx would walk across a scene bent over and holding his cigar in his hand. That's me this morning. Except for the cigar.

The Dude said...

It's a good look. Needs moar greasepaint.

windbag said...

You can smell the testosterone as soon as that video begins playing.

MamaM said...

You can smell the testosterone as soon as that video begins playing.

You can, only it's the quiet understated kind that packs a memorable and unexpected surprise.

Sort of like the skunk's version of control and effectiveness while meandering around poking here and there and taking care of business, as opposed to a flashier show of roars, claws and teeth, with the end result being a million plus responses of "Wow!".