Got to this thread late, and that's exactly what I was going to say! Just noticed it this morning, not a single hair from the knuckles to the tips.
You know you heat with wood when.....
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Got to this thread late, and that's exactly what I was going to say! Just noticed it this morning, not a single hair from the knuckles to the tips.
jhoff310
ArboristSite Guru
While out for an evening walk with your wife you smell wood smoke. Your follow your nose to the house and check out the homeowners woodpile. and then decide if its worthy enough to strike up a conversation with the homeowner about wood heat
You can tell what kind of wood is burning and how seasoned it is by the smell of the smoke
You use the postcard from your propane supplier as firestarter
I cant believe this thread is still going...I love it
Jeff
You can tell what kind of wood is burning and how seasoned it is by the smell of the smoke
You use the postcard from your propane supplier as firestarter
I cant believe this thread is still going...I love it
Jeff
Wife'nHubby
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...and then you turn around and send him a Christmas card showing your woodstacks! :biggrin:
Shari
buildmyown
ArboristSite Operative
You pass a stack of 10 pallets on the side of the road on the way to work but dont stop because your already running late then your pissed at yourself becasue they are gone by the time your on your way home. Happened today.:bang::bang:
Pass by a very wet area with 5 large oaks blown down everyday and you keep trying to fiqure out a way to get them out before knocking on the land owners door.
Pass by a very wet area with 5 large oaks blown down everyday and you keep trying to fiqure out a way to get them out before knocking on the land owners door.
8000 lb winch attached to something sturdy!!!!!!
when we all read it and not one of us make any snide comments....
You know you heat with wood when your neighbor yell over the fence "why do you have that damn woodstove going its 80 out" and your smoking a brisket
wdchuck
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Your comprehension of depth is cordial.:msp_tongue:
Locust Cutter
Sawing for Sanity
On a similar note, when you stop by a "wood" recycling center after work each day to see if there are any decent pallets available and can afford to be picky (due to them being plentiful and free) when selecting them.... It's great I can dump branches and brush whenever I need for free and rifle through for pallets and various wood (2x4's, 2x6's, 4x4's, 4x8 plywood, etc... Being in the service has some fringe benefits.
an?qus
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You know you heat with wood when...
...you have to visit your husband out at the woodpile...
and when you get there you find him sniffing a length of red oak he just split and going,
"mmmmmmm."
The truth is stranger than fiction! (are we for real???)
...you have to visit your husband out at the woodpile...
and when you get there you find him sniffing a length of red oak he just split and going,
"mmmmmmm."
The truth is stranger than fiction! (are we for real???)
Locust Cutter
Sawing for Sanity
My wife doesn't understand either,... LOL
JRepairsK70e
been there ...done that
gotta love that fresh split walnut smell lol
Garmins dad
Addicted to ArboristSite
nor does mine.. she looks all over the house for me.. then my shop.. last place is the splitter hideout.. That SHOULD be the first place.. :hmm3grin2orange:
logbutcher
Addicted to ArboristSite
Maybe been said:
...when you are compelled to use Freudian innuendos for firewood desire ( e.g. "oak envy" ) when your woodlot has crap.
...when you find it difficult to keep your mouth shut when virgin wood burners all of a sudden 'know' all about wood heating ( "foot in mouth" disease ).
...when those virgin woodies TELL you that their stove ( e.g. The Ultra Ultra Ultra Testosterone) will last for at least 40 hours of high heating ( more sexual innuendos as in "last" ).
...when those in more tropical climes ( Ct, Tenn, Iowa, B.C. PNW ) boast of their high BTU species ( e.g. oak, hickory, hedge ) and you feel insecure ( more Freudian ).
...when you hear questions about the S.O.P. of wood heating that you do routinely, and feel superior ( Freud ).
..when you have a serious case of The Woodpiles, often snorting the stacks, or gazing lovingly at the woodshed, the racks ( more Sigmund ).
There is too much more for this compulsion. :msp_scared:
...when you are compelled to use Freudian innuendos for firewood desire ( e.g. "oak envy" ) when your woodlot has crap.
...when you find it difficult to keep your mouth shut when virgin wood burners all of a sudden 'know' all about wood heating ( "foot in mouth" disease ).
...when those virgin woodies TELL you that their stove ( e.g. The Ultra Ultra Ultra Testosterone) will last for at least 40 hours of high heating ( more sexual innuendos as in "last" ).
...when those in more tropical climes ( Ct, Tenn, Iowa, B.C. PNW ) boast of their high BTU species ( e.g. oak, hickory, hedge ) and you feel insecure ( more Freudian ).
...when you hear questions about the S.O.P. of wood heating that you do routinely, and feel superior ( Freud ).
..when you have a serious case of The Woodpiles, often snorting the stacks, or gazing lovingly at the woodshed, the racks ( more Sigmund ).
There is too much more for this compulsion. :msp_scared:
electiccottage
ArboristSite Lurker
When the first thing you buy for your new house that needs a complete renovation is a wood stove...followed by a splitter.
When you can have indepth conversations with your husband (or in most cases here I would guess wife) about burn times and types of wood (and not THAT kind either)
When there's a mini-race in the door after work to see who gets to stoke the stove
When you get up a few times a night and it's not because you were drinking green tea before bed (we can get overnight burns in our stove but until it gets really cold out it gets too darn hot to sleep when we do)
When you consider it a challenge to burn with the least smoke possible, even on start up with somewhat damp wood
When you're in shoulder season and your dog lays on the couch sighing and staring at the cold stove
When you know what shoulder season is
When you want to call in to work because there's an overnight wind storm and there might be trees down somewhere
When you buy a dust buster specifically to clean the hearth pad...and you use it nightly
When you video tape your secondary burn to post on youtube, because you finally got it figured out and can replicate it when you want
When your computer wall paper is a photo of a fire in your stove
When you rip out a central heat system and don't replace it
When you plan your entire living room remodel around where the stove will be placed
When you can have indepth conversations with your husband (or in most cases here I would guess wife) about burn times and types of wood (and not THAT kind either)
When there's a mini-race in the door after work to see who gets to stoke the stove
When you get up a few times a night and it's not because you were drinking green tea before bed (we can get overnight burns in our stove but until it gets really cold out it gets too darn hot to sleep when we do)
When you consider it a challenge to burn with the least smoke possible, even on start up with somewhat damp wood
When you're in shoulder season and your dog lays on the couch sighing and staring at the cold stove
When you know what shoulder season is
When you want to call in to work because there's an overnight wind storm and there might be trees down somewhere
When you buy a dust buster specifically to clean the hearth pad...and you use it nightly
When you video tape your secondary burn to post on youtube, because you finally got it figured out and can replicate it when you want
When your computer wall paper is a photo of a fire in your stove
When you rip out a central heat system and don't replace it
When you plan your entire living room remodel around where the stove will be placed
Garmins dad
Addicted to ArboristSite
Your a wood burner when you build a new house and the first thing in is the wood stove. Then you must move the wood stove to put slate down on top of cement board. Then reinstall the wood stove. :msp_sneaky: wife has no flooring in the bathroom or living room.. BUT the slate for the stove was done five years ago.. :msp_biggrin:
Wife has stopped getting on your case about some wood chips and ashes in the living room..
Wife has stopped getting on your case about some wood chips and ashes in the living room..
electiccottage
ArboristSite Lurker
I forgot one..
When the ONLY place you went on Black Friday was Tractor Supply.
When the ONLY place you went on Black Friday was Tractor Supply.
howellhandmade
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When you finally have a reason to like stupid, miserable, interminable winter.
Guilty as charged. When I found the Black Friday ad I couldn't wait to post it here.
