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Feeling the Heat
We had a VC during the oil embargo later switched to a Napoleon coal stove to the kids relief. Load the Hopper shake it down 3 times a day reload! When oil prices came down Mom made it disappear! A few years ago dad ran some black pipe up from the basement and installed a HD cheepo gas fire! must say for the price it looked great and put out some heat!
Then September 11 th happened,I got married and sold my life to the bank and got a big mortgage in Queens,oil shot up to the moon, so off to the wood stove guy I went! As a NYC firefighter a often prayed to my friends and family who perished that day and promised them that I would limit the amount of money I would send to people who think we should convert to Islam or die! I was always the type to drive American cars and the last thing I wanted to do was support the middle east!
Sorry for the rant! Anyway mom heard that I was putting a wood stove in and told me I was crazy! She remembered all the drawbacks! I'm happy to say most of the drawbacks are no longer an issue. I had Thanksgiving that first fall and my dad was eyeballing my wood insert and mom said don't even think about it!
Then September 11 th happened,I got married and sold my life to the bank and got a big mortgage in Queens,oil shot up to the moon, so off to the wood stove guy I went! As a NYC firefighter a often prayed to my friends and family who perished that day and promised them that I would limit the amount of money I would send to people who think we should convert to Islam or die! I was always the type to drive American cars and the last thing I wanted to do was support the middle east!
Sorry for the rant! Anyway mom heard that I was putting a wood stove in and told me I was crazy! She remembered all the drawbacks! I'm happy to say most of the drawbacks are no longer an issue. I had Thanksgiving that first fall and my dad was eyeballing my wood insert and mom said don't even think about it!