Maybe it's the boy scout in me but times like these make it all worthwhile.

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It was -12 here last night and everyone was freaking out. I walked over to my woodstove in my t-shirt and threw another log on.

There is a great satisfaction in being prepared and being self sufficient.

Hope everyone else is enjoying their efforts!
 
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That's the ticket bud.
 
Very cold in MA. to and I got some lazy family members taking all the heat i worked hard for!
 

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Metro, I like your hearth extension. Is that store bought or home made? That would be just the ticket for my situation. After 4 years of burning, the carpet in front of the stove area is getting a bit "crunchy".
 
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Bassmantweed said:
It was -12 here last night and everyone was freaking out. I walked over to my woodstove in my t-shirt and threw another log on.

There is a great satisfaction in being prepared and being self sufficient.

Hope everyone else is enjoying their efforts!
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I said the same thing last night to my wife as we were comfortable in this Arctic blast..."this is why I bust my ass doing firewood so we can enjoy this and save some oil".

Burn on, fellow woodsmen, burn on! ::-) :cool:
 
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Very cold in MA. to and I got some lazy family members taking all the heat i worked hard for!
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I came in from my haul today after the 2nd load to check on the fire and my lazyass 16 yr old son was playing with his phone while watching TV and the fire was almost out. I was like really, you can't be bothered to walk 5 feet to put another piece in the stove??? :mad:
 
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I was thinking the same yesterday about all the sweat during the summer doesn't seem so bad now. We're expecting the coldest weather in 20-30 years. Other than a shrinking wood pile I could care less.
 
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I came in from my haul today after the 2nd load to check on the fire and my lazyass 16 yr old son was playing with his phone while watching TV and the fire was almost out. I was like really, you can't be bothered to walk 5 feet to put another piece in the stove??? :mad:
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Stick his butt outside for a half hour with the phone and tell him " this is the way it's going to be if the fire goes out. Let it happen again you'll be out here for longer".
 
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Bassmantweed said:
It was -12 here last night and everyone was freaking out. I walked over to my woodstove in my t-shirt and threw another log on.

There is a great satisfaction in being prepared and being self sufficient.

Hope everyone else is enjoying their efforts!
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Yup. T-shirt is proper attire in our house all winter long.
 
This is a heck of a year for my first year of burning. I'm still working out how to distribute the heat around our old 4-square farmhouse. Even still, its better than the propane bill.
 
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My dog even appreciates it. She normally sleeps in the bedroom with us but the past two nights she found her way to the stove overnight.
 
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D8Chumley said:
I came in from my haul today after the 2nd load to check on the fire and my lazyass 16 yr old son was playing with his phone while watching TV and the fire was almost out. I was like really, you can't be bothered to walk 5 feet to put another piece in the stove??? :mad:
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Once in awhile I ask myself why I bring my daughter with me to cut wood. IMAG0171.jpg Hopefully, she will gain a good work ethic and mostly to help if something goes wrong.IMAG0178.jpg
 
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What could go wrong cutting wood that small? lol makes me feel like I didn't accomplish much with my scrounge score today
 
Yep the oilman was here today and put the hose into the spout and was done filling in less than a minute.
Not sure how much he pumped in that time but not much.
 
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D8Chumley said:
I came in from my haul today after the 2nd load to check on the fire and my lazyass 16 yr old son was playing with his phone while watching TV and the fire was almost out. I was like really, you can't be bothered to walk 5 feet to put another piece in the stove??? :mad:
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Our 13 year old was doing the same thing today when I got home from work. One word for that "Sorry" ...Some people would starve to death if you locked them in a grocery store....
 
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Once in awhile I ask myself why I bring my daughter with me to cut wood. View attachment 122848 Hopefully, she will gain a good work ethic and mostly to help if something goes wrong.View attachment 122849
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When my oldest son got to be about 15 years old, it started to sink in! He said "I see what you are doing, with the firewood and the chickens......"

By the way, he is a Boy Scout, working on his Eagle.
 
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One of my kids broke handle trying to put wood in old buck we had. Threatened them with bodily harm if they touched new insert.::-)
 
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It's been in the single digits at night in our neck of the woods. Have been burning a little more wood than usual but the ol' wolf den is comfy cozy at around 70 all the time. Tee shirts, bare feet and sweat pants are the uniform of the day.

Am glad we processed plenty of wood ahead of time. :)



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indeed. the cutting of the cutting of the wood is what i detest though lol
i may be buying wood next season
 
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Once in awhile I ask myself why I bring my daughter with me to cut wood. Hopefully, she will gain a good work ethic and mostly to help if something goes wrong.
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Wow that one round would heat my place for a month. Puts the biggest trees on my property to shame. That is if I had the saw and splitter to process it. Good job getting your kid involved.
 
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