tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11072522.post6422319515312219523..comments2023-09-15T18:46:21.457+10:00Comments on the public house: Shut Up & WatchMine Hosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09319158585057502587noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11072522.post-68614346249975081672011-12-07T09:13:57.265+10:002011-12-07T09:13:57.265+10:00Btw, as for being called "Cedar Hackers"...Btw, as for being called "Cedar Hackers", juniper in Texas is generally called "cedar", even though it isn't.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11072522.post-14121623531556599742011-12-07T09:11:36.077+10:002011-12-07T09:11:36.077+10:00An historical aside that has nothing to do with yo...An historical aside that has nothing to do with your part of the world, except... maybe.<br /><br />When I was a child, way back in the first half of the last century, there was a place out in the Texas mesquite barrens not so far from my home, where people called "Cedar Hackers" congregated. The place was called The Corral, and Cedar Hackers, FYI, were people who lived in a small hamlet nearby and who made their living cutting junipers down for fence posts. On Saturday night, they'd go to The Corral, and leave their axes outside the door, as per protocol.<br /><br />Disputes took place in the parking lot, some with said axes. It was too far out for town police, and the highway patrol were "stretched too thin" (knew to stay away).<br /><br />Unlike your Maoris, they've assimilated into 21st century civilization, owing to the fact that fence posts are galvanized metal these days.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.com