I'm slowly gettin over the bad habits learned while burnin the old smoke dragon but I just cant get over the urge to open the side door and stir the far bout halfway into the burn cycle with this new stove. Or isnt that such a bad thing to do?
Butcher said:I'm slowly gettin over the bad habits learned while burnin the old smoke dragon but I just cant get over the urge to open the side door and stir the far bout halfway into the burn cycle with this new stove. Or isnt that such a bad thing to do?
Backwoods Savage said:Butcher said:I'm slowly gettin over the bad habits learned while burnin the old smoke dragon but I just cant get over the urge to open the side door and stir the far bout halfway into the burn cycle with this new stove. Or isnt that such a bad thing to do?
You need to create some new habits which will replace the old habits. Leave that poker laying. The stove will burn well without you poking around in there.
WoodNStuff said:Backwoods Savage said:Butcher said:I'm slowly gettin over the bad habits learned while burnin the old smoke dragon but I just cant get over the urge to open the side door and stir the far bout halfway into the burn cycle with this new stove. Or isnt that such a bad thing to do?
You need to create some new habits which will replace the old habits. Leave that poker laying. The stove will burn well without you poking around in there.
+1 on creating new habits to replace the old ones. I'd like to think that rekindling a little bit of cuddling with the wife on the couch might be a good start. At least after that when the additional loads of wood start coming in for year 4 or maybe even year 5, then she might kind of like it and less likely to fuss. Heck she'll be too busy cuddling.
Butcher said:WoodNStuff said:Backwoods Savage said:Butcher said:I'm slowly gettin over the bad habits learned while burnin the old smoke dragon but I just cant get over the urge to open the side door and stir the far bout halfway into the burn cycle with this new stove. Or isnt that such a bad thing to do?
You need to create some new habits which will replace the old habits. Leave that poker laying. The stove will burn well without you poking around in there.
+1 on creating new habits to replace the old ones. I'd like to think that rekindling a little bit of cuddling with the wife on the couch might be a good start. At least after that when the additional loads of wood start coming in for year 4 or maybe even year 5, then she might kind of like it and less likely to fuss. Heck she'll be too busy cuddling.
That sounds good but after over 30 years of marital "bliss" the cuddlin has all but run it's coarse. lol
Battenkiller said:We still cuddle on the couch 33 years after we met. That's not what keeps me away from the stove, though. It's those 13 steps to the basement and my 60 year old knees that makes me say, "I think the fire's probably doing OK."
Grannyknot said:I don't poke the fire for several reasons.....
Its a long walk downstairs.
If I open the doors during the middle of the cycle, I'm likely to get 2nd degree burns on my face.
Too scared to smother the fire by making things settle un-naturally.
Determination to see what the stove does on its own during the 5-8 hour cycle.