I ain't sayin nuttin (to her)

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LLigetfa

LLigetfa

Minister of Fire
Nov 9, 2008
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NW Ontario
Bless her... the wife kept the fire going today. It went down to -28°C last night so I kept the fire going overnight and got it nice and hot in the morning. Tossed on a couple of big pieces and charred them before turning down the air and going to work.

Now, I always contended that I can run the stove turned down and not blacken the glass... So, I pull into the driveway and smell this horrible stench of a fire barely smoldering. My first thought was a neighbor must be burning wet wood. No, the closer I get the my house, the worse the smell. Inside, I see the glass blackened worse than I've ever seen in all the years I've burned. Two large splits, barely any any flame, air turned all the way down.

Bless her... the wife kept the fire going today. I ain't sayin nuttin to her about the blackened glass. Just going to bite my tongue. Hope she doesn't read this.
 
Lucky for you if i let my wife tend the stove we would probably use all the wood in the first week. Shed keep it on high all the time. Least shes being conservitive. Lol
 
I think its a matter of priorities. If the wife knows its the DH job then she will only half pay attention to the finer points. In our situation my DW knows how to take care of everything. We decided this decades ago in case something happened to me she would still be snowed in.
With that thought in mind she studied and learned everything about the "mans" job. As far as wood goes she used a chainsaw until a couple of years ago I just do all the wood now because I actually like it and I do not have to can. As far as loading the stove she is better at starting cold fires. She likes to hardly use any kindling or shavings me I just load up the kindling she says I have no finesse when it comes to starting a fire.

So when your women decide its important they will learn the ins and outs but not before then. Besides they have their men to set things right!
 
SHHHHHHH! We all know when women decide to do something they do it better than us. Just don't say nuthin to them about it. It's the Guy's code.... ;)
 
Before she got sick the little brown haired girl ran our Sierra insert for weeks while I was out of town.
 
BrotherBart said:
Before she got sick the little brown haired girl ran our Sierra insert for weeks while I was out of town.
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Sick?
 
LLigetfa--Thats great to hear! The scary part is that the barely smoldering fire might set off her allergies especially if the gas kicked on and it affected the draft. One step at a time though, right?
 
LLigetfa said:
Bless her... the wife kept the fire going today. It went down to -28°C last night so I kept the fire going overnight and got it nice and hot in the morning. Tossed on a couple of big pieces and charred them before turning down the air and going to work.

Now, I always contended that I can run the stove turned down and not blacken the glass... So, I pull into the driveway and smell this horrible stench of a fire barely smoldering. My first thought was a neighbor must be burning wet wood. No, the closer I get the my house, the worse the smell. Inside, I see the glass blackened worse than I've ever seen in all the years I've burned. Two large splits, barely any any flame, air turned all the way down.

Bless her... the wife kept the fire going today. I ain't sayin nuttin to her about the blackened glass. Just going to bite my tongue. Hope she doesn't read this.
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I feel your pain. Man, I thought I wrote your post myself. Bitchin ain't gonna help any of us I'm afraid so I just try and man up, build a proper fire to clean the glass and try and focus on the things she does do well.
Joe
 
I'm getting ready to be out of town for 5 days at the beginning of next month. I think I'm going to order new glass for my door before I leave. I have a feeling the build up is going to be about a quarter inch by the time I get home. The wife doesn't leave the air open long enough after adding a couple splits. I hate to see what it is going to look like after 5 days, 8hrs by herself when school is out causes about ten minutes of work when I get home just to clean the glass.
 
My wife did a good job keeping the fire going when I was out of town a few weeks ago. It was a little colder than it is now though, so she could just keep adding wood. I had the flu on Tues night and she started the fire because it was getting cold in the house. Yesterday afternoon, I caught her filling the stove again. I asked what she was doing since it was 76 in the house. Her response was, "Well, I don't like restarting the fire, so you'll just have to open a door if you're too hot."
 
I ain’t sayin nuttin

Yup...I think what you think.
 
I work 4 16 hour or so days every week. Mrs. Flatbedford keeps the stove going. She's not as fussy about it as I am, but there is always a fire when I get home.
 
LLigetfa said:
Bless her... the wife kept the fire going today. It went down to -28°C last night so I kept the fire going overnight and got it nice and hot in the morning. Tossed on a couple of big pieces and charred them before turning down the air and going to work.

Now, I always contended that I can run the stove turned down and not blacken the glass... So, I pull into the driveway and smell this horrible stench of a fire barely smoldering. My first thought was a neighbor must be burning wet wood. No, the closer I get the my house, the worse the smell. Inside, I see the glass blackened worse than I've ever seen in all the years I've burned. Two large splits, barely any any flame, air turned all the way down.

Bless her... the wife kept the fire going today. I ain't sayin nuttin to her about the blackened glass. Just going to bite my tongue. Hope she doesn't read this.
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Be careful or she'll blacken your eye! :shut:
 
We never did speak of the glass until tonight. Got home before her tonight and cleaned out the ashes and cleaned the glass before I started a fire. When she got home I said "look honey, I cleaned the glass". "Looks nice, dear" and "it's putting out lots of heat" was all she said. We find the stove puts out the most heat when we remove all the ashes. I'm sure she saw the ash pail out on the front stoop as whe came in.
 
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