Well, I'll throw this story in before supper. Get this:
Last year a "friend" of mine offered to store five truckloads of big mixed hardwood rounds that I had cut up, provided he could split a truckload for himself. I agreed and said that it might be a cold winter and that would be our reserve. And, by early spring, it would be nicely seasoned and ready to burn.
Lo and behold, I was running out of dry wood last March and called him up and asked if we could tap the reserve and split a couple of loads to get through the winter.
Here's what he said: "Well, Edwin, I was running a little short on cash, so last month I split all that wood and sold it to a farmer about 30 miles north of here. It's all gone. I'm sure you can find some more somewhere." :censored: