I was on the verge of buying an extension for my ryobi hedge trimmer / expandit - the one with the 10 inch chainsaw blade on the end of the pole, so it is a fair distance from you.
It was in Dobbies, and I'd seen something on telly saying, its a safe distance from you so there's added safety yah-de-yah-da-yada.
Store was about to close, this man and his wife walk past and he picks up a nearby chainsaw and starts check it out.
Turns to me to chat, looking at what I was sizing up and talked me through (in a thick Fife/Scots accent) all the safety aspects of a chainsaw, -chain snapping, proper chainmail glove, boots, the dangers of working with the blade and the chainsaw held up high, chances of hitting a knot and the saw jumping, unbalancing you, hitting your face, leg etc...
said the problem with somewhere like Dobbies is that they mightn't check that you can use it, talk through its features. You could just walk up to the check out, pay for it and away you go, none-the-wiser of any of the risks.
He then brought me over to the bow-saws just to show me them and talk me through them, its shaped, if it does actually jump that the bar will hit your face before the blade does, how easy it is to sharpen them....
and then said, "Twelve quid for that... dinnae buy it here, go 'way to yer iron mongers an' person one there at half the price. There good exercise too by the way..."
I got a bow-saw.
I thought that I needed a chainsaw (I was clearing a large overgrown plot with rampant elder and neglected trees in it etc). I didn't. Bow-saw did the trick with a bit of elbow grease.
I'd like to meet the guy again and thank him.