70 degrees here for the next two day.

[BrowningBAR]

Might have a fire tonight. Depends on how quickly everything cools down at night. Probably won't have one tomorrow at all since it usually takes the stone walls 24-48 hours to switch over from one temp to the other.

Definitely using less wood this shoulder season. Can't tell if it is the outside temps or the new setup for the stoves.

Looks like we will be putting the Lopi Liberty back in action after a three day break, down to 30 tonight so we will load her up with some aspen.


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I'm probably going to get the Heritage up and going shortly. It's been in the low 50s today, overcast, and damp.

 

[Mrs. Krabappel]

Below thirty here the next couple of nights. Brrrr.

 

[smokinj]

P.A. Its coming....

 

[BrotherBart]

I played this afternoon. In the fifties and raining. Took a dollar store deep frying basket and used it for a pellet basket in the 30 to cook off some pellets from a bag that got wet on one end this summer. That was fun.

After sundown though four big oak splits and half a Super Cedar went to work. And I got online and ordered a big pellet basket for more playing.

 

[Mrs. Krabappel]

After sundown though four big oak splits and half a Super Cedar went to work. And I got online and ordered a big pellet basket for more playing.

Oh!! I used my google-fu, and this is intriguing.

 

[BrotherBart]

After sundown though four big oak splits and half a Super Cedar went to work. And I got online and ordered a big pellet basket for more playing.

Oh!! I used my google-fu, and this is intruiging.

I went crazy when pellets were cheap and instead of picking up the one ton for the pellet stove in the basement for when I am working down there or keeping the lil gal warm I bought three tons. So I have some play fodder.

The little fryer basket held the 30 at three hundred or so. Just not for long since it was just a few cups of pellets. The big basket will hold fifteen pounds.

 

[firefighterjake]

^^^ha! nice to see i'm not the only one who has named his stove.

Unusually warm Fall here as well . . . but I am sure it's just a matter of time before the weather changes to be more normal . . .

i thought so. we've only lived here going on two months.
between that and being a new pellet stove owner, i think i am perhaps naively wanting winter to get here already.
ask me again in a few months i guess.

on another note-
i now know what a roof rake looks like. and am also an owner of said item.

No kidding . . . it seems as if more folks are moving out of that area than are moving in . . . which is too bad . . . I love it there . . . I usually get up that way two or three times come snowmobile season . . . and yeah . . . you're right . . . it will come soon enough and you'll have more than enough of the snow and cold.

Where did you live before if I might ask . . .

so without making a complete novel of it...
i'm from portland oregon nearly all my life 47 years in the state.

we moved out to new jersey to take care of my g/fs mom. and then we decided we'd settle in new england.
we didn't have a lot of time to pick a town. but we did a quick trip up through vermont and new hampshire.
we moved to littleton nh based on liking the diner there. lol
too touristy
when we started looking in maine for houses, we moved to winslow in a rental and about a month or so later found this place.
it's up high so it's bone dry. a good old house with solid dry wood and a good foundation.
we really got it at an amazing price too. it was part of an estate and the kids of the previous owner just wanted to get it sold and stop having to pay taxes and sewer and heat etc...
we just got a new metal roof. and in the spring we are going to get vinyl siding.
even with all that plus the pellet stove, generator, ash vac etc... and some few other things we need done, we will come in under or at about 40k.
we live pretty modestly. so with the value we got on the house and our nest egg, we are basically retired.
i will look at seasonal work while my g/f will eventually find something like front desk work somewhere close by.
if we had to have full time jobs we couldn't have moved here.
as it is i'm extremely happy with it here. it's quiet and we are on a loop road with a view of katahdin around the corner. we sit up high from all but one neighbor.
really the house is better than many that were twice the price in the area.
we just found the right situation. and a seller that was ready to just get it done.

i know there must be a few exceptions out there, but we have found mainers to be among the best, most friendly people we have ever met.

Not to get too far off track . . . but I just wanted to say thanks for sharing . . . and welcome to Maine . . . and Millinocket . . . it is a nice area . . . love the sledding and hiking in the area.

 

[BrowningBAR]

Back up to 70 again.