National Firewood Night (US TV is so far behind Norway!)

[Philbert]

Apparently, Norway enjoys really slow paced TV shows. One, a 12 hour show which "featured firewood aficionados discussing chopping and stacking techniques . . . . The following eight hours were were filled by a live shot of a burning fire." 20 percent of of the Norwegian reportedly tuned in.

Maybe we need ASTV?

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/oy70q1/norway-s--national-firewood-night-

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/w...rogram-on-firewood-elicits-passions.html?_r=0

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/norway-firewood-tv-show-ratings_n_2734220.html

I can't wait for the DVD to be released on RedBox!

Philbert

 

[Philbert]

Actual quotes:

“We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.” . . . “One thing that really divides Norway is bark.”

“I couldn’t go to bed because I was so excited,” a viewer called niesa36 said on the Dagbladet newspaper Web site. “When will they add new logs? Just before I managed to tear myself away, they must have opened the flue a little, because just then the flames shot a little higher."

Philbert

 

[SawTroll]

If memory works, only the first couple of hours of the Norwegian show was worth watching

 

[Hddnis]

Watching fire is more entertaining than 95% of what is on TV here. One reason TV stations are so quick to get to the scene of a fire.


Mr. HE

 

[KiwiBro]

Celebrity wood burning reality show. We'll either break the internet or burn it.

 

[KiwiBro]

Gotta love their sense of humour:
"To be fair, the program was not universally acclaimed. On Twitter, a viewer named Andre Ulveseter said: “Went to throw a log on the fire, got mixed up, and smashed it right into the TV.”"

 

[Philbert]

Gotta be better than 'Axemen' . . .

Philbert

 

[tla100]

Wonder if MSNBC and CNN will take a poke at a show like this? Might actually attract viewers....

 

[Philbert]

I'm thinking Discovery Channel. Maybe the History Channel. Or Public TV during pledge week?

Philbert

 

[timbrjackrussel]

I'm thinking Discovery Channel. Maybe the History Channel. Or Public TV during pledge week?

Philbert

How about we make our own show.

 

[farmer steve]

How about we make our own show.

TITLED :
"OIL,TO TARP OR NOT AND SHOULD I BUY AN EPA STOVE?

 

[Philbert]

Don't laugh too hard: the 'bark up or bark down' controversy has been addressed here several times.

We could have 'American Scroungers', 'As the Sprocket Turns', 'Heating Days of Our Lives', etc. For sweeps month, we could build a Holtzhausen in real time, or watch oak splits season!

Philbert

 

[svk]

TITLED :
"OIL,TO TARP OR NOT AND SHOULD I BUY AN EPA STOVE?

"Traditional (wood) versus plastic handled axes" "Stihl vs Husky vs cheapie saws" "When is wood actually dry?" "Do moisture meters really work?"

 

[Philbert]

'Is free boxelder worth the effort'?
'Spruce up your wood pile, or forget it?'
'When to split elm?'
'The low-down on pallets'

Plus, celebrity splitters paired with real woodburners . . . .

Philbert

 

[svk]

"Which elm is it?"
"Will burning pine cause chimney fires?"
and a special two hour edition.......
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...

"Why you should move to Washington!"

 

[svk]

"What do Fiskars owners know that you don't"
"Does the Leveraxe really work"
"Why your next saw purchase should come from the AS trading post"

 

[Hddnis]

Used motor oil as bar oil, how to create your own mini superfund site.


Mr. HE

 

[farmer steve]

"Chain sharpening.The real truth behind hand filing vs grinding."

 

[farmer steve]

"confessions of a chainsaw addict". subtitled .what my wife doesn't know.

 

[turnkey4099]

Gotta love their sense of humour:
"To be fair, the program was not universally acclaimed. On Twitter, a viewer named Andre Ulveseter said: “Went to throw a log on the fire, got mixed up, and smashed it right into the TV.”"

Watching stainless steel rust would be better than axmen...

Harry K