Who are you, where are you from..and what do you do?
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Hanko
Minister of Fire
Hi - first post!
Age - 45 years young
Location - Beautiful East Sussex, England (formerly heavily forested - until we started smelting iron!)
Job - owner/proprietor company marketing drywall tools
Interests - house renovation. Will shortly be installing Esse woodstove in place of open fire/heat sink.
Why am I here - lots of good info plus my folks lived in East Holden ME for 20+ years with a big woodburner down in the basement.
Age - 45 years young
Location - Beautiful East Sussex, England (formerly heavily forested - until we started smelting iron!)
Job - owner/proprietor company marketing drywall tools
Interests - house renovation. Will shortly be installing Esse woodstove in place of open fire/heat sink.
Why am I here - lots of good info plus my folks lived in East Holden ME for 20+ years with a big woodburner down in the basement.
Poult
Member
Age: 51, but my knees feel older than dirt.
Occupation: Retired dairy farmer as of last April. Which in my case means I still have cattle but don't milk anymore, just raise and sell heifers instead. Hard to let the cows go after milking my whole life, but if you don't have good knees it makes things tough.
Location: Northern NYS right on the shore of Lake Ontario. Lived on this farm my whole life and wouldn't live anywhere else. Lots of ash down in the swamp for burning.
Burning: Raised in a house with wood stove, and then fireplace, and then fireplace insert but haven't done any for the last 30 years until about three weeks ago. Still have the Riteway in the cellar and the insert in the fireplace, but it's now going to be on the shoulders of the Isle Royale---looking forward to colder weather.
Hobbies: Turkey feather color genetics, taking care of stuff around the farm, and spending too much time on the internet. And my new hobby this winter, feeding the Isle Royale.
I really enjoy these forums here. Some of the nicest people I've found on the Web.
Occupation: Retired dairy farmer as of last April. Which in my case means I still have cattle but don't milk anymore, just raise and sell heifers instead. Hard to let the cows go after milking my whole life, but if you don't have good knees it makes things tough.
Location: Northern NYS right on the shore of Lake Ontario. Lived on this farm my whole life and wouldn't live anywhere else. Lots of ash down in the swamp for burning.
Burning: Raised in a house with wood stove, and then fireplace, and then fireplace insert but haven't done any for the last 30 years until about three weeks ago. Still have the Riteway in the cellar and the insert in the fireplace, but it's now going to be on the shoulders of the Isle Royale---looking forward to colder weather.
Hobbies: Turkey feather color genetics, taking care of stuff around the farm, and spending too much time on the internet. And my new hobby this winter, feeding the Isle Royale.
I really enjoy these forums here. Some of the nicest people I've found on the Web.
Poult said:
Always wanted to know from an expert. Do they really have to be milked before sun-up? Or was my dad just being mean to me?
Poult
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fossil said:
Yes, but that was a few years ago when I had over 200 birds. It's down to about 100 now, and that's really too many for the feed bill! But they are interesting birds. They've got pretty sophisticated vocabularies and great personalities as well as tasting great. :ahhh: They DO do a number roosting at night on tractor seats, though, so they aren't all a bed of roses. :shut: But I enjoy them a lot.
BrotherBart said:
Umm. Your dad was being mean to you. ;-P
BurningIsLove
New Member
Name: Craig
Location: Billerica, MA (20 miles NW of Boston near NH border)
Occupation: Solutions Architect for software company based in California
Age: 34 (although frequently accused of acting much younger)
Burning History: wood stove growing up, then city life w/ no fires, now starting 4th season with this setup
Hobbies: woodworking, home brewing, sailing, camping, spousal searching, and of course anything related to wood stoves like working on future year's supply of wood.
Location: Billerica, MA (20 miles NW of Boston near NH border)
Occupation: Solutions Architect for software company based in California
Age: 34 (although frequently accused of acting much younger)
Burning History: wood stove growing up, then city life w/ no fires, now starting 4th season with this setup
Hobbies: woodworking, home brewing, sailing, camping, spousal searching, and of course anything related to wood stoves like working on future year's supply of wood.
Age: 37
Name: Dave
Married 4years to a great women who digs burning wood same as I
Occupation: Therapist
Burning: 2nd year
Live: Bucks County PA
Hobbies: Woodworking, Timberframing, remodeling our current bungalow, Guitar, Snowboarding, Climbing......
Five Year Plan: Move to the middle of nowhere, take a year off and build our TimberFrame from scratch, off the grid.
Music: Zeppelin, CSNY, Pearl Jam, mostly 60's and 90's grunge.
Kids: 8 year old australian cattle dog, no kids, just the dog for now.
Name: Dave
Married 4years to a great women who digs burning wood same as I
Occupation: Therapist
Burning: 2nd year
Live: Bucks County PA
Hobbies: Woodworking, Timberframing, remodeling our current bungalow, Guitar, Snowboarding, Climbing......
Five Year Plan: Move to the middle of nowhere, take a year off and build our TimberFrame from scratch, off the grid.
Music: Zeppelin, CSNY, Pearl Jam, mostly 60's and 90's grunge.
Kids: 8 year old australian cattle dog, no kids, just the dog for now.
Redox
Minister of Fire
Chris, 44 yrs (between the X and Y generations). I look older, but act younger. Baltimore County MD, about a mile from the Fairgrounds outside the beltway. Lived here almost continually for 40 years. Hope to retire to the Keys and become a dive bum. Married with 2 offspring, 2 cats, replacement dog, way too many expensive and time consuming ambitions and hobbies. Used to be sex drugs and rock and roll; now it's the wife, a beer and huntin' for wood! There's a BMW R1100R somewhere out in my garage.
Education: Private school taught me to think, college taught me to drink. Graduated School of Hard Knocks because I wanted to get my hands dirty and Calculus blew what was left of my mind.
Occupation: Started out fixing appliances, residential HVAC, commercial HVAC, plant engineer, manufacturing engineer, consulting engineer, back to service. Jack of all trades, master of none. My card says Senior Service Technician, but I am the only one and made the title up. Service and startup frequency drives for HVAC. Collecting lots of business cards and meeting lots of people. Love my job, but hate the place I work. If I was smart...
Years burning: Parents had a cool 2 sided fireplace that was fun. Last house had a prefab fireplace that was a disappointment but furthered my pyromaniacial tendencies. This house had a Fisher insert that confirmed me as a fire bug and convinced me to spring for a Quad and a new chimney. About 10 years of burn time. Wish I could put in a gasifier, but the stove is doing such a good job, it will be hard to sell that one to the wife.
Music: I can listen to just about anything except C+W, wind up on Sirius Octane more often than not. Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Alan Parsons. Anything from the '70's is good. NIN, Saliva, P.O.D, Wierd Al, ABBA, Supertramp, what phase is the moon in?!? Music keeps me sane on the road.
I talk too much...
Chris
Education: Private school taught me to think, college taught me to drink. Graduated School of Hard Knocks because I wanted to get my hands dirty and Calculus blew what was left of my mind.
Occupation: Started out fixing appliances, residential HVAC, commercial HVAC, plant engineer, manufacturing engineer, consulting engineer, back to service. Jack of all trades, master of none. My card says Senior Service Technician, but I am the only one and made the title up. Service and startup frequency drives for HVAC. Collecting lots of business cards and meeting lots of people. Love my job, but hate the place I work. If I was smart...
Years burning: Parents had a cool 2 sided fireplace that was fun. Last house had a prefab fireplace that was a disappointment but furthered my pyromaniacial tendencies. This house had a Fisher insert that confirmed me as a fire bug and convinced me to spring for a Quad and a new chimney. About 10 years of burn time. Wish I could put in a gasifier, but the stove is doing such a good job, it will be hard to sell that one to the wife.
Music: I can listen to just about anything except C+W, wind up on Sirius Octane more often than not. Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Alan Parsons. Anything from the '70's is good. NIN, Saliva, P.O.D, Wierd Al, ABBA, Supertramp, what phase is the moon in?!? Music keeps me sane on the road.
I talk too much...
Chris
Hiram Maxim
Minister of Fire
Name: Dave Nickname and License plate: Big Oak
Age: 51 although after 31 years of cutting and splitting and stacking wood, my knees,ankles and back feel slightly older that!
Where: Clare Michigan....right in the middle of the state
Occupation: work for that big chemical company... have done almost every job there... 32 years, hope to semi-retire soon
Music : Bob Seger...who else??? Turn the Page, old time rock and roll, Beautiful Loser, Night Moves, etc. also other classic rock
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, antiques, grill master, cold beer,
Family: wife of 31 years, 3 sons, 2 thru college, one a senior, ( yes i am broke!) a daughter-in-law and a wonderful grandaughter who is 2 months old! also 2 dogs a golden and a yellow lab that follow mw into the woods.
How long burning wood: Started in 1977 and have never quit, when wife was pregnant and kids where young, burnt 60% with LP back up, other than that have burnt 100% wood for about 25 years!
Learning: Thanks to this site, still learning every week!
Age: 51 although after 31 years of cutting and splitting and stacking wood, my knees,ankles and back feel slightly older that!
Where: Clare Michigan....right in the middle of the state
Occupation: work for that big chemical company... have done almost every job there... 32 years, hope to semi-retire soon
Music : Bob Seger...who else??? Turn the Page, old time rock and roll, Beautiful Loser, Night Moves, etc. also other classic rock
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, antiques, grill master, cold beer,
Family: wife of 31 years, 3 sons, 2 thru college, one a senior, ( yes i am broke!) a daughter-in-law and a wonderful grandaughter who is 2 months old! also 2 dogs a golden and a yellow lab that follow mw into the woods.
How long burning wood: Started in 1977 and have never quit, when wife was pregnant and kids where young, burnt 60% with LP back up, other than that have burnt 100% wood for about 25 years!
Learning: Thanks to this site, still learning every week!
name ,John
age 47
Monroe NY 10950
occ Builder, Wellbuilt home additionsLLC
1 wife ,3 sons,
I like fishing ,sailing , guns , burning wood
burning 24/7 since 1990
age 47
Monroe NY 10950
occ Builder, Wellbuilt home additionsLLC
1 wife ,3 sons,
I like fishing ,sailing , guns , burning wood
burning 24/7 since 1990
FrankMA
Member
Name: Frank
Location: North Andover, MA - Northeast corner of state near New Hampishire border
Occupation: Account Manager (fancy name for capital equipment salesman)
Age: 47 - Sometimes feel older
Life: Wonderful wife, 2 kids (boy 12 & girl 10), 1 dog, a jack russell/wire hair terrier mix - a real spitfire!
Years Burning: Starting the first year, everyone in the house is on-board with this one!
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, yard work, home projects, 47 year old guy stuff, etc...
Location: North Andover, MA - Northeast corner of state near New Hampishire border
Occupation: Account Manager (fancy name for capital equipment salesman)
Age: 47 - Sometimes feel older
Life: Wonderful wife, 2 kids (boy 12 & girl 10), 1 dog, a jack russell/wire hair terrier mix - a real spitfire!
Years Burning: Starting the first year, everyone in the house is on-board with this one!
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, yard work, home projects, 47 year old guy stuff, etc...
Vermontster
New Member
In the name of science...
Name: Charlie
Age: 37
Location: Roxbury, Vermont (nowhere but, a few minutes from Sugarbush and Mad River Glen, and the capitol city)
Education: Culinary School
Occupation: Chef (and general know-it-all, but usually wrong) http://www.theroundbarn.com
Years Burning: ages 0-18 then took a break till I bought this house and now on my 3rd wood stove, and thinking about what my next one will be.
Hobbies: Homebrewing, cooking (really), Radio -I do a weekly music program on WRMW and cutting and splitting (not really a hobby, but I spend so much time doing it...)
Music: Phish, G Dead, Rage Against the Machine, Floyd, Bela Fleck, Led Zep, Eels, Talking Heads, Primus (anything Les Claypool), White Stripes, Bright Eyes, Ween, Cake, Grisman, Leftover Salmon, Tom Waits....
Webby, will there be charts and graphs of all this data?
Name: Charlie
Age: 37
Location: Roxbury, Vermont (nowhere but, a few minutes from Sugarbush and Mad River Glen, and the capitol city)
Education: Culinary School
Occupation: Chef (and general know-it-all, but usually wrong) http://www.theroundbarn.com
Years Burning: ages 0-18 then took a break till I bought this house and now on my 3rd wood stove, and thinking about what my next one will be.
Hobbies: Homebrewing, cooking (really), Radio -I do a weekly music program on WRMW and cutting and splitting (not really a hobby, but I spend so much time doing it...)
Music: Phish, G Dead, Rage Against the Machine, Floyd, Bela Fleck, Led Zep, Eels, Talking Heads, Primus (anything Les Claypool), White Stripes, Bright Eyes, Ween, Cake, Grisman, Leftover Salmon, Tom Waits....
Webby, will there be charts and graphs of all this data?
webbie
Seasoned Moderator
Vermontster said:
Let's just say younger, smarter and more likely to hunt and own a motorcycle!
:cheese:
Location: about 25 Northwest of Denver
Age: 55 (always about 17 at heart)
Occupation: Public School Teacher -- U.S. History ( & former flight instructor)
hobbies: burning/cutting/splitting (wife loves it too, thank God.) Ham radio (CW) 'though not very active -- no time or money -- N0FIH. Flying, though not very active (no time or money.) Railroading enthusiast: both model ('though not very active -- no time or money) and the real thing. Political Junkie -- 'Nope, I ain't sayin!
'Started burning as a kid at a family cabin on a circa 1918 Quickmeal coal/wood cookstove (They still have it up there.) Started again in my last house in 96 (about) w/Lopi Answer. Currently have a Jotul Firelight CB, usually burning lodgepole pine North/South. 'Awfully nice during the real cold snaps!
Age: 55 (always about 17 at heart)
Occupation: Public School Teacher -- U.S. History ( & former flight instructor)
hobbies: burning/cutting/splitting (wife loves it too, thank God.) Ham radio (CW) 'though not very active -- no time or money -- N0FIH. Flying, though not very active (no time or money.) Railroading enthusiast: both model ('though not very active -- no time or money) and the real thing. Political Junkie -- 'Nope, I ain't sayin!
'Started burning as a kid at a family cabin on a circa 1918 Quickmeal coal/wood cookstove (They still have it up there.) Started again in my last house in 96 (about) w/Lopi Answer. Currently have a Jotul Firelight CB, usually burning lodgepole pine North/South. 'Awfully nice during the real cold snaps!
BurningIsLove
New Member
Dexter said:
It's interesting how wood stove fans & home brewing seem often seem to go hand in hand....kegged an IPA last nite. Another batch of pumpkin ale is just finishing up its conditioning in secondary.
Dexter said:
I loved living in CO, miss it alot. I made a whirligig in memeory of the George Town Loop R.R
http://windymountainwhirligigs.com/sitebuilder/images/DSC04912-251x315.jpg
Redox
Minister of Fire
Age: 47
Occupation : Electronics Engineer, Project Manager
Location: Brookline, NH
Years Burning: Not sure how many on and off. While growing up we had 27 acres, mostly wild crab apple. We used to cut and haul them up to the house, stack them in the garage and burn them in open fire places. First place I rented on my own had on old sheet metal woodstove, not exactly airtight. Had a nice Lopi in a beautiful A frame in Black Forest, Colorado, between Colorado Springs and Denver. A buddy of mine used to clear lots for builders in Colorado too, all pine of course. I burned that in an open fire place. It was a good design as far as open fire places go, open on three sides and right in the middle of the house. We would keep the fire going all day and night over the weekends and the brick chimney would heat up and keep the place nice and warm. I'm installing a new Morso now. Working on a slate floor and stainless steel wall protection now.
Hobbies and such: I used to fish, hunt, hike, ski...you name it. Now the wife and I play tag team battling a four year old boy. That and home improvement projects...not by choice though!
Occupation : Electronics Engineer, Project Manager
Location: Brookline, NH
Years Burning: Not sure how many on and off. While growing up we had 27 acres, mostly wild crab apple. We used to cut and haul them up to the house, stack them in the garage and burn them in open fire places. First place I rented on my own had on old sheet metal woodstove, not exactly airtight. Had a nice Lopi in a beautiful A frame in Black Forest, Colorado, between Colorado Springs and Denver. A buddy of mine used to clear lots for builders in Colorado too, all pine of course. I burned that in an open fire place. It was a good design as far as open fire places go, open on three sides and right in the middle of the house. We would keep the fire going all day and night over the weekends and the brick chimney would heat up and keep the place nice and warm. I'm installing a new Morso now. Working on a slate floor and stainless steel wall protection now.
Hobbies and such: I used to fish, hunt, hike, ski...you name it. Now the wife and I play tag team battling a four year old boy. That and home improvement projects...not by choice though!
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