w/an ax, tky .....I was ( @ one time ) in-charge of keeping firewood split for the fireplace....
Then came the warm-mornin stove....Big step up....Agood flat place ontop to pop corn....
After-that, take the ax to the ponds to chop ice for animals to drink ....Milk the cows....By the time I got back in @ 6am. I could eat a horse ....!!....