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[cellio]

arib: As you've probably noticed, your question duplicated someone else's. If you want to ask something else and LJ won't let you do the poll again, feel free to just send email.

browngirl: He grew up in an unobservant home and he's an athiest, so he can't relate to religion in the same way I do. I think he is unhappy when my religion inconveniences him, and this is complicated by him (probably) thinking that all of this is rather goofy. And it was impossible to know up front where all the sources of strife would be.

rani23: That depends on whether chucking wood is his job, in which case we have to look at typical production rates over longer times (is it a 40-hour week?), or whether chucking wood is something he just plain enjoys and does intermittantly, in which case we have to look at typical quantity at one sitting and whether chucking that much wood all at once increases or decreases the woodchuck's satisfaction. Does one gorge, and if so, was that a bad idea?

tangerinpenguin: Tough one. I guess it would have to be my lack of diplomatic skills, particularly in dealing with Stupid Officer Tricks, though my early tendency to perform non-period music at events is a contender.

nrivkis: Actually, I knew you from at least one SCA mailing list, though as far as I know we have never met in person.

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chucking wood

[beegle.livejournal.com]

http://www.lib.washington.edu/Ougl/fun/qboard/wood.html
http://www.globalsubculture.com/regulars/drewsiaq/drew0012.html
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_083a.html

First two gleaned from google. Last one (actually, the first one I found) was a random shot on the assumption that Cecil knows everything (http://www.straightdope.com).

Re: chucking wood

[cellio]

:-)

I particularly enjoyed the first one, because I fixated on the woodchuck's throughput and didn't even consider the question of how large any individual piece of would could be and still be chucked. That was short-sighted of me.

[goljerp]

Except for Arib, I think I've been able to figure out what the questions have been so far...

Interesting...

[cellio]

TangerinPenguin's is probably a little different from what you thought; hard to say. I also don't know how obvious your question is to other people...

[goljerp]

I also don't know how obvious your question is to other people
Hmm... hard for me to be say, because after all, I did ask my question. :-)