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Subject: Re: [shovelglove] The Sledge is Family...
From: Reinhard Engels
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:51:47 -0700 (PDT)
    
Wow, I wish I had sledgehammer stories in my family...
Maybe I do, lots of farmers, I should ask around.
Would make a funny addendum page to the site.

So you're *starting* with a 20 pound sledge? With all
due respect, that's a little crazy. But it sounds like
you have experience with crazy things and know what
your doing? And are somewhat huge already? I hope so.
Be careful. Keep us posted.

Reinhard

--- Storm Fox <storm_m_fox@...> wrote:

> I told my grandfather about the 20#er, and he told
> me about how when he was working maintenance in a
> steel plant, that was the size of sledge he carried
> around. His reasons? "I wanted to make sure I
> didn't have to go back and get anything heavier,"
> and, "If something needed to be hit with a sledge
> hammer, I wanted to make sure I REALLY hit it." I
> just thought that was a good 20 pound sledge
> anecdote.
> 
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