ever notice that people want to open the stove door and look in

Hanko said:

My idiot brother in law comes over the other day, goes up to my oslo and open the front door. Now those who have an oslo know what happens when you open the fron door. Big Mess. Anyone else have that probleem

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Nope, none of my brothers in law are idiots. Not with this version of wife anyway.

Nope. My freinds/relatives come in two flavors. Those that burn wood and couldn't be bothered with my stove, and those who don't burn and don't want to get THAT close to it.

Hopefully he learned something.
I got a glass door, stove in the basement.
Visitors enjoy the warmth, but don't look in the stove to see where it's coming from. Most know.

Nope . . . only folks who ever touch the woodstove have been my wife and I . . .

Its like the old Ghost Busters movie. "Don't look in the box!" "I looked in the box Ray!"

Warm in RI said:

Nope. My freinds/relatives come in two flavors. Those that burn wood and couldn't be bothered with my stove, and those who don't burn and don't want to get THAT close to it.

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Yup. Plus they know that I'm the fire guy.

No I haven't had that problem ,but if I did I'd put them to work and have them bring some wood in since there so interested in burning wood.

Why in the world would somebody open the door on an Oslo to look at the fire? Just making sure the glass wasn't a T.V. screen?

I have to touch the surface when I see a "wet paint" sign. I just have to. Maybe it's the same thing for these people.

Adios Pantalones said:

I have to touch the surface when I see a "wet paint" sign. I just have to. Maybe it's the same thing for these people.

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lol
point made.

Adios Pantalones said:

I have to touch the surface when I see a "wet paint" sign. I just have to. Maybe it's the same thing for these people.

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That's true. Myself, whenever I see a "Flammable Liquids" sign on the side of a truck, I just have to strike a match.

My one buddy does. he has to pick and poke at everything and then makes an excuse when it breaks. He is really good with cars and electronics but that is about it. He came over a few weeks ago and did just that. I am so happy that he got a huge puff of smoke in his face - never opened the bypass the dumb-ass.

Adios Pantalones said:

I have to touch the surface when I see a "wet paint" sign. I just have to. Maybe it's the same thing for these people.

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for a brief period of time, i painted cars. (worked in a body shop at a new car dealer) after the first few paint jobs and while i was gaining confidence, i would tell the guys at break time "man, you should see how that paint job turned out!" inevitably, someone would touch the shiny new paint job before i could stop them-oh, it's still tacky...duh. learned these things.
1. if you're going to touch, do it on the part of the paint job that is masked off.
2. don't tell anyone to come and look.
3. you don't always need someone else's approval/ be confident in your own ability.
4. never..i mean never let your sister marry an idiot!

One of my wifes friends came over and she's nice, but she actually wanted to know where the cord was to the stove.

"The cord?"
"Where does it plug in?"
"No it doesn't have a blower" (pointing to ceiling fan)
"So how do you get the fire to move?"

It then dawned on me she thought the woodstove was one of those "amish made" electrical heat faux fireplaces. She was shocked when I lifted the lid and tossed a log in. I should have done that first just to see what she would do.

tiber said:

One of my wifes friends came over and she's nice, but she actually wanted to know where the cord was to the stove.

"The cord?"
"Where does it plug in?"
"No it doesn't have a blower" (pointing to ceiling fan)
"So how do you get the fire to move?"

It then dawned on me she thought the woodstove was one of those "amish made" electrical heat faux fireplaces. She was shocked when I lifted the lid and tossed a log in. I should have done that first just to see what she would do.

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make sure this person never...NEVER gets a wood stove!!

Nah nah she's fine. People hear "woodstove" and think "little house on the prarie". It blows people away to see something nice in your living room.