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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You might want to factor in how tired Mr. Sawyer gets. The rate of work slows down as production increases.[/quote]

On the other hand, he's dealing with lighter pieces so it might be easier.

Honestly, I feel like 17 of those 20 minutes are going to be putting gas in the chainsaw, and getting it out of the garage in the first place.  [/quote]

I don't know, after he realized he cut the first ones wrong he's getting kind of stressed and sweaty and pretty soon he's going to saw off a finger.

Even worse--after all that he will realize he needed [b]11[/b] psots, not 10, to put a post every 10 feet on a 100 foot stretch of yard by the driveway and he's going to have to cut down another tree. [/quote]

So, if you have to visit the ER, and get emergency surgery, and then recuperate before you try, do you add the whole time to the total?

"If cutting a log into 10 pieces of wood took 2 months, 3 hours and $6,200 plus lost wages, what was the time and cost to chop a log into 15 pieces?"[/quote]

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