Bitz, I commend you on your offer, and if you're ever up in my part of the state, I'd love to meet you and maybe learn something.
066, I locked that thread down because it needed some cleanup. As Bitzer mentioned, some of your advice was questionable at best. I'm no professional, but I'm a heck of a lot better off than I was when I joined this site, thanks at least partly to some of the grumpy old loggers who's advice you resent so much. Even the big meanie west coasters can teach a great lakes hardwood guy a thing or two, if they'll listen.
Just because your way has worked so far (IE ain't killed you yet), doesn't mean it's the right way, the best way, or even a good way to do it. There are a lot of "firewood hacks" out there - just check stumps out while you're out hunting sometime - who could get a Darwin award at any time. Should Google send one of them here looking for a better way, consider that this is seen as a "professional" site where the advice should be good. Bottom line: rather than be a tough guy internet logger who's never wrong, listen, learn and leave any advice giving to those that know what they're talking about.
***I might sound like a total A-Whole here, and if I do, so be it. Giving out bad advice that's acted on and gets someone hurt or killed is not something I'd want on my conscience. ***
I'll clean up that other train wreck in the morning. It's been a long night at work.