Does this look warm?

[MotorSeven]

Nice stove Ian. Well, there is an up side to every ice storm - tons of free firewood. I was in Looey-ville after the storm picking up a truck camper. It looked like 50% of the trees had major branches snapped off. I hope you can get some of that before they haul it all off and chip it on Fema's bill.........

RD

 

[mtfallsmikey]

Ian: did you get to see the FEMA muckety-mucks?...saw they visited Ky. yesterday.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Nope, haven't seen any FEMA people around. I did hear today that they declared the place a major disaster area. Looks like the Feds are going to pay for 75% of the cleanup. That's good since the KY gov't is over 400 Million in the hole this year.

Ian

 

[atvdave]

I know Evansville hotels are packed full of tree service trucks. Must be staying up here, and driving down there. On my way back from TN today I came up through Hopkinsville, & Madisonville. Looks like a war zone.. Just about every tree I seen was snapped in 1/2.

Just about everyone up here by Evansville has there power back on now.. Good luck down there..

 

[Dalmatian90]

That's good since the KY gov't is over 400 Million in the hole this year.

Glad to see you have some fiscal responsibility there.

CT has a smaller population. $1.5 Billion in the hole for this year, another $6 Billion for the next two budget years.

That's NOT counting what our financial geniuses did last year -- sold $2 Billion in state bonds last April and invested it in the stock market. So let's see...Teacher's Pension Fund started off $6 Billion in the hole, we took out a loan for $2 Billion to buy securities to put into it, lost half of it in the market...my math says we're now $7 Billion in the hole for the teacher's pensions.

 

[computeruser]

Looks good, Ian. Lucky SOB. I really would like to get a stove, but the only place to put it would be inside my fireplace...then I wouldn't have a fireplace anymore...

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Glad to see you have some fiscal responsibility there.

CT has a smaller population. $1.5 Billion in the hole for this year, another $6 Billion for the next two budget years.

That's NOT counting what our financial geniuses did last year -- sold $2 Billion in state bonds last April and invested it in the stock market. So let's see...Teacher's Pension Fund started off $6 Billion in the hole, we took out a loan for $2 Billion to buy securities to put into it, lost half of it in the market...my math says we're now $7 Billion in the hole for the teacher's pensions.

How did they think borrowing more money was going to get them out of debt ? All that amounted to was they extended how long it was going to be before they had to do something and actually straighten things out.

I guess 7 Billion is just a number to them and until it is going to come out of their pocket or retirement there really isnt a problem, for them.

 

[MJR]

The Oslo is a great stove. It serves my family very well. Sense my stove never goes out and if I need to clean the glass, I use a razor blade on a handle (registration scraper). It works very well. Also keep the ash try cleaned out. It will help with glass. Congratulations.

 

[danrclem]

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I guess 7 Billion is just a number to them and until it is going to come out of their pocket or retirement there really isnt a problem, for them.

Exactly! All local, state and federal governments treat the money they bring in like it is a game of Monopoly. If they don't see their money going in the pot then they don't care how they spend it. There should be a point at which they are held liable and be made to suffer consequences.