I'm a trophy wife

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tlingit said:
Hey, golfandwoodnut . . . what do you call it when you stack wood like in your profile pic? Does it really help it dry faster?
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That is a Holtz Hausen, more for looks than faster drying. It is a great conversation piece.
 
~*~Kathleen~*~ said:
I have a trophy plumber :p
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Oh thats to easy! :cheese:
 
A rememberance from posts past . . .

Shmudda said:
Why is it that MOST women and wood stoves do NOT mix? My wife is almost brain dead when it comes to running the stove, as I hear some of the same excuses here that she uses to me. The kicker is when she "trys" to get the stove going after coming home from work I see a good amount of newspaper in there. I have told her at LEAST 10 times this year so far, (each year it's the same problem), NO NEWSPAPER, you are going to burn our house down. She says okay, and then the same thing happens a day later.....I think it goes in one ear, spins around in the vacuum and out the other ear! We have had our stove since 1996, and I have told her this no newspaper rule every year! WHY can't they listen to good common sense???

Basically, I tell her to leave the stove for me until I get home. She can better spend her time burning the house down making supper!

Craig
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Beetle-Kill said:
Craig, your wife has been doing this since 1996??!! And yet, you still have a roof over your head? --- OMG!!! You are SO lucky!! ( And, you are so F#@k'd when the Ladies here read this.) Sounds like a classic case of "selective hearing", which even mine is prone to, BUT my girl burns better than I do. Show some caution, I've never blamed the student.
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~*~Kathleen~*~ said:
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
I wish I had this problem.
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True that!

Shmudda said:
WHY can't they listen to good common sense???

Craig
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Well when I get around to importing a wife from some country where the women know how to listen and carry out instructions I will definitely teach her how to work the stove :lol: I don't need a husband around here. There isn't enough return on my energy investment, so it's a more sound practice to have a man over for short useful visits. But I sure could use a good wife!

<tongue planted firmly in cheek>
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how does newspaper - kept inside the combustion chamber - burn the house down??
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
how does newspaper - kept inside the combustion chamber - burn the house down??
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Newspaper plugs up the cat on that type of stove. burning down the house a real possibility.
 
Eventually I might be able to get my wife to refill the pellet hopper. (The bags are next to the stove)

She doesn't take to new things that quickly.

I have nothing but respect for you guys who cut, split, and stack...then haul stack and fill. Did it for years but being old kinda' put the kybosh on that stuff.
 
Constrictor said:
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
how does newspaper - kept inside the combustion chamber - burn the house down??
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Newspaper plugs up the cat on that type of stove. burning down the house a real possibility.
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So . . . maybe 'KISS' beats Cat??
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
Constrictor said:
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
how does newspaper - kept inside the combustion chamber - burn the house down??
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Newspaper plugs up the cat on that type of stove. burning down the house a real possibility.
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So . . . maybe 'KISS' beats Cat??
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Exactly. this is why i didnt buy a cat stove. im sure they work very well but more maint. and parts to replace. more complicated.
 
snowleopard said:
A rememberance from posts past . . .

Shmudda said:
Why is it that MOST women and wood stoves do NOT mix? My wife is almost brain dead when it comes to running the stove, as I hear some of the same excuses here that she uses to me. The kicker is when she "trys" to get the stove going after coming home from work I see a good amount of newspaper in there. I have told her at LEAST 10 times this year so far, (each year it's the same problem), NO NEWSPAPER, you are going to burn our house down. She says okay, and then the same thing happens a day later.....I think it goes in one ear, spins around in the vacuum and out the other ear! We have had our stove since 1996, and I have told her this no newspaper rule every year! WHY can't they listen to good common sense???

Basically, I tell her to leave the stove for me until I get home. She can better spend her time burning the house down making supper!

Craig
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Beetle-Kill said:
Craig, your wife has been doing this since 1996??!! And yet, you still have a roof over your head? --- OMG!!! You are SO lucky!! ( And, you are so F#@k'd when the Ladies here read this.) Sounds like a classic case of "selective hearing", which even mine is prone to, BUT my girl burns better than I do. Show some caution, I've never blamed the student.
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~*~Kathleen~*~ said:
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
I wish I had this problem.
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True that!


Shmudda said:
WHY can't they listen to good common sense???

Craig
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Well when I get around to importing a wife from some country where the women know how to listen and carry out instructions I will definitely teach her how to work the stove :lol: I don't need a husband around here. There isn't enough return on my energy investment, so it's a more sound practice to have a man over for short useful visits. But I sure could use a good wife!

<tongue planted firmly in cheek>
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Past posts come back from the dead to haunt me on Halloween. They really shouldn't let me have computer access in this cell ;-)
 
Newburydave said:
Eventually I might be able to get my wife to refill the pellet hopper. (The bags are next to the stove)

She doesn't take to new things that quickly.

I have nothing but respect for you guys who cut, split, and stack...then haul stack and fill. Did it for years but being old kinda' put the kybosh on that stuff.
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Just tough it out Dave! (btw, they tell me I am old too.) Welcome to the forum.
 
Backwoods Savage said:
I took our splitter to a neighbor's house. The husband just got a new job and they needed some wood split now. So who did the splitting? The wife and daughter. Stacked it up nicely too.

Just because the plumbing is a bit different (thankfully) does not mean a female can not split, stack or even cut wood.
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My wife likes to split wood and stack it she will even do it for a full day.

She does not like to run the chain saw even though she went out and bought the thing.
 
Without pics of a babe in a bikini wearing gloves daintily handling wood ( the kind from trees) and wearing rather tall slutty pumps you are in wife who deserves a trophy but gets something else territory.
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
~*~Kathleen~*~ said:
I have a trophy plumber's crack . . . and I know how to use it :p
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How did we get so far off track????
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:lol:
....it's always the ones that went to catholic school.... :coolsmirk:
 
~*~Kathleen~*~ said:
Past posts come back from the dead to haunt me on Halloween. They really shouldn't let me have computer access in this cell ;-)
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But are you warm there? That's the important question . . .

JrCRXHF said:
My wife likes to split wood and stack it she will even do it for a full day.

She does not like to run the chain saw even though she went out and bought the thing.
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That's pretty much where I stand, although a full day of splitting wood is not conducive to walking the next day for me, more's the pity. I bought a good saw, and still haven't put it to use. I let someone else use it who said he was experienced, and that's why it's at the saw shop right now. Lesson learned. Funny--Saw Shop Guy was crooning over it in its injured, neglected condition like a parent fixing a child's boo-boo. I found it reassuring.

billb3 said:
Without pics of a babe in a bikini wearing gloves daintily handling wood ( the kind from trees) and wearing rather tall slutty pumps you are in wife who deserves a trophy but gets something else territory.
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No, better than that: meat in the freezer. And thank you for the clarification, keeping this thread family-friendly.
 
ISeeDeadBTUs said:
How did we get so far off track????
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Some threads are like riding down an interstate in the back seat of a car with a bunch of noisy, squabbling siblings and gradually we notice that no-one is behind the steering wheel . . .
 
Constrictor said:
. A trophy wife has duties much more personal. My humble opinion :)
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both definitions appear to involve the handling of wood :p
 
My wife is getting into it more now. For years, she didn't want to get her hands dirty..... She always says, "That's what I have you for babe...." :ahhh:
 
sheepdog000 said:
My wife is getting into it more now. For years, she didn't want to get her hands dirty..... She always says, "That's what I have you for babe...." :ahhh:
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I remember hearing a young woman say something about working construction: "I'd never want to do that kind of work. I don't like getting my hands dirty." Her trade? she was a dental hygenist. :gulp:
 
Ok who isn't picturing her splitting rounds in a bikini? Sorry did I just say that out loud?
 
[quote author="allhandsworking" date="1320375368"]Ok who isn't picturing her splitting rounds in a bikini? Sorry did I just say that out loud?[/quot

Sorry another redundant post!
 
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