That's doesn't make it wrong now. The fact is, starting a fire with a bit of paper and dry wood is a simple task.
Agreed.
What got me to change is that the composition of our local paper must have changed from cheap to complete junk. It wouldn't burn for crap. Once my stockpile of old paper got low, I bought some supercedars and couldn't believe how easy it was.
Since then I've been making my own firestarters with the boys and getting the same results. Even with the homemade ones, it's just easier than fussing with the paper and use much less kindling too.
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