I was just bustin up my last little bit of firewood, throwing it in the wood shed, hopefully for next year. I've got about 10 or 12 quarters left. As I was splitting, and my pile kept spredding, I kept inching backwards. I had a piece with a knot in it so I set the ax down and grabbed the mall. Took a pretty good swing and heard a loud Ping, my knees buckled, and I almost went down. I hit myself in the head with the mall. I backed under the clothes line and hooked it on my down stroke. It pulled the mall through my hands and it smacked me right below the eye and in front of my ear. I swear that it sounded just like when you hit a wedge with the mall, a loud metalic PING. I'm done splittin for the day, Joe.
