Six hands making light work of a task

@JudyEv (350708)
Rockingham, Australia
April 14, 2025 1:04am CST
We spent a night at my brother-in-law’s place. Our niece was playing in a brass band concert so we attended that on Saturday evening. On Sunday morning, we helped him cut up a large pile of old pickets which will provide him with wood for his little ‘pig’ barbecue. He has a lot of other wood but much of it is green (unseasoned) so it won’t burn well until it has had a chance to dry out. The top photo shows the stacks of wood we had to cut up and the bottom photo shows our ‘modus operandi’. I passed each board to my BIL, he cut it into manageable lengths and Vince placed the pieces in the barrow. We had finished all of it in a few hours. The three of us have done a lot of small jobs over the years and some larger ones. We make a good team.
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@DaddyEvil (145797)
• United States
14 Apr
I'm glad the job went quickly. Working together can make a job either go faster or really slow down the works, depending on how well the "team" works together.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
There are some people you can't work with in a way but the three of us manage to think the same way and cooperate really well.
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@DaddyEvil (145797)
• United States
14 Apr
@JudyEv True, some people help the work go faster.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
It's not possible to work well with some people but with others, you think alike I guess and the work gets done quite easily.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (73517)
• United States
15 Apr
You have it all together!!! Way to go!
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (73517)
• United States
15 Apr
@JudyEv — I have brain cramps like that myself.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr
Do you think I could think of the word 'assembly line' when I was writing this?? 'Chain gang' was the best I could come up with and I didn't like that so 'modus operandi' it had to be.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (163060)
• United States
15 Apr
It sounds as if you do work well together.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr
We've done a lot of projects over the years. The 'boys' sometimes have differing views but we get there in the end.
Always smiling
@allknowing (143661)
• India
15 Apr
Working becomes easy and enjoyable when the team can get along That seems a lot of work.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (143661)
• India
15 Apr
@JudyEv That is a must too - coffee comes to everyone's rescue
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr
It looked a lot to start with but once we got going it didn't take too long. We stopped for a coffee in the middle.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (27073)
• Singapore
14 Apr
Quite a smooth sailing when the team work is top notch!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr
It's very satisfying to complete such a task. Unfortunately the tasks can't be too taxing nowadays as we're all getting older.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (186538)
• United States
14 Apr
That was nice of you. I hope you and Vince have a good week.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
Thanks. The work wasn't too hard but very satisfying.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (186538)
• United States
15 Apr
@JudyEv You're very welcome.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (143252)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Apr
You do make a great team by working together.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
We've done lots of things together now and know each other's ways of working now.
Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (53032)
• Canada
14 Apr
It is much safer to work on large projects like that together, therefore nobody gets tired and has an accident.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
It gets done so much quicker if you can organise yourselves.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (114471)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Apr
That makes the work a lot more fun
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
It does. Then we relax with coffee afterwards.
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M Cheung
@Beestring (15186)
• Hong Kong
14 Apr
That sounds a lot of work to me. But your team managed to finish all of it in a few hours.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
We took turns on the drop-down saw as that was quite hard on your shoulder.
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (15765)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
14 Apr
one for all and all for one is your slogan, i feel. very nice, guys!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350708)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
I guess that's quite true. We've helped each other out a lot over the years.