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 listening to conceptual hiphop with offgrid power, while sharpening a chainsaw by hand getting ready to cut more firewood, and periodically looking at @hodlbod 's Flotilla open issues on github over the top of the chainsaw.
am i the modern man? 
 Perfect! 
 Put DOWN the chainsaw BEFORE you pick up an issue 
 fine. 🪚 
 I was once drinking beer while using a chainsaw to stand on one leg and lean over with one hand and cut a limb off and the thing I was standing on was not stable because I'm a genius 

when I fell down the chainsaw kind of went cha cha chop down my leg and it shredded my jeans but never broke the skin 

I was smart enough to say that it's Miller time and will pick this up tomorrow 

that's about how I didn't lose my leg but should have 
 Quintessential modern Hill Billy-Renaissance Man. 
 there are alot of hills around here. but no one has ever called me billy. 🤷