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stihl.logger

stihl.logger

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"i wasn't trying to cut that down... i was simply testing it for stress factors and it failed"

"did that hit your truck?"

"buck it n' truck it"

"you do that on purpose?"

"TIMBER!!!!!!"
 
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"Real pretty Bill" used after trimming an ornamental

"Banshee" to describe something thats big, tough,powerful. That is a banshee oak or a new chain on a ms660 is "cuttin banshee"

And my personal favorite...
"Atleast your workn!" used on jobs that are less than ideal.
 
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"Watch out fer landmines!"

"Sail it"

"Humpin' wood"

"Mother ####er, cock sucker, son of a #####!" ( When you hit a nail )

"Perfect!" ( When you almost hit something )
 
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"Filet em and flambe' em"

"I'm sick a more tree jokes"

"Another one bites the dust"

"Cabasas arribas!"

" Yes. I'm done already."

"Set up the seismograph"

"What do we do after lunch?"

"It doesn't get any better than this."

"Now we're loggin "
 
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I think "headache" is pretty standard

Old foreman used to love " Run or die!"

My favorite is " almost finished" especially on a really crappy long hot day and you're only half way in.
 
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