Spent a day ripping a large ground cover conifer out, first by secateurs and loppers then with all the green bits gone hand saw and an axe, got to the point where just the trunk was left so dug round it and used a felling axe to chop it out.
By some strange foresight I had put a couple of bottles of home made pilsner in the fridge before starting, I staggered to the armchair grabbing both bottles as I went, one was swallowed (from a glass) while the other cooled the blisters on my hands, I slept like a baby that night