For those interested in WWI units

[Ron Smith]

Steve, Everything out there will either bite ya, stab ya or stick ya. I got nailed on my right shoulder by a "Widow Maker" years ago. I've still got a pinched nerve in my neck. For those who don't know. A "Widow Maker" is a loggers term for
a large broken tree limb or branch falling from a tree. Like getting pole axed by big baseball bat.
Sawmill workers can be identified by the number of missing fingers and other body parts.



Another regional "joke". MILL WORKER ORDERING FOUR BEERS.

The best depiction I've ever seen of what we're talking about is the movie, based on Ken Kesey's book, "Sometimes a Great Notion" About a family of loggers down on the Alsea river. They screwed him out of his royalties and changed the title to "Never Give A Inch". Although dramatized. It's still pretty true to life.