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  1. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    21,960 posts
    Northern Virginia
    OK. Time for my annual thread. I will start it off with the same one I always do.

    "You know you are a real wood burner if at a wine tasting you refer to the Cabernet as 'Oakie with just a hint of creosote.'"

    Have fun gang.
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  2. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,194 posts
    Michigan
    If you wear your Carhartts to town. That way you can just head out to cut wood when you get home without changing clothes.
  3. murphy0421 New Member

    joined: Sep 3, 2010
    15 posts
    Springfield, PA
    You check on the stove(s) and add a couple of splits in the morning before you pee.
  4. precaud Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 20, 2006
    2,272 posts
    Sunny New Mexico
    ... if, shortly after you walk into the locker room at the health club, you hear someone say, "Do you smell something burning?"...
  5. eddiebrown New Member

    joined: Nov 6, 2010
    9 posts
    North Alabama
    If your wifes breath smells like cordwood...
  6. woodzilla New Member

    joined: Dec 23, 2007
    168 posts
    Mid-Michigan
    when you go to put a split on and you remember the round it came off of!
  7. corey21 Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 28, 2010
    2,208 posts
    Soutwest VA
    When you have scars on your arms.
  8. HotCoals Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 27, 2010
    2,035 posts
    Rochester,Ny.
    When you throw your dirty underwear(blow out) in the wood stove!
  9. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    21,960 posts
    Northern Virginia
    When you have no hair on your hands from October to May.
  10. precaud Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 20, 2006
    2,272 posts
    Sunny New Mexico
    Gross... only a newbie would say something like that. ;-)

    (Welcome to the forum)
  11. runandjump New Member

    joined: Apr 7, 2009
    85 posts
    Southern Ohio
    You think a good time is a six pack, a maul and a truck load of rounds.............. and I don't even drink!
  12. Rockey Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 18, 2007
    627 posts
    SW Ohio
    You test drive a Porsche 911 and toss the keys back to the salesman and shake your head saying "caint get enough scrounge wood in it"
  13. tfdchief Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 24, 2009
    2,971 posts
    Tuscola, IL
    If you are reading this post instead of what "normal" people do on Friday night. :) And don't ask me what "normal" people do, I don't know....I'm not normal. :snake: To prove that, I look forward to winter :exclaim:
  14. wkpoor Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 30, 2008
    1,843 posts
    Amanda, OH
    You consider gathering firewood one of your hobbies.
  15. Monkey Wrench Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 16, 2009
    305 posts
    On The Farm
    Wine Tasting?......

    And You Expect Me To Respond?

    Get real.
  16. rdust Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 9, 2009
    3,345 posts
    Michigan
    You see a downed or standing dead tree when driving with the wife and you point then grunt like Tim Allen "RRR, I'll cut it and burn it, RRR".
  17. JustWood Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 14, 2007
    3,185 posts
    Arrow Bridge,NY
    When at 2am on a relite you fall asleep on a round in front of the stove and dream that your wife ,,,,, I mean stove, is screaming , "Give it to me baby!"
    MayB eye meant wife !??? Ohhhh ,,, you guys meant fire WOOD burner !
  18. hoosierhick New Member

    joined: Jan 17, 2010
    41 posts
    N.E. Inidana
    When you work overtime all week & all you can think of is getting some time off to cut a couple loads of wood.
  19. agartner Feeling the Heat

    joined: Dec 9, 2009
    281 posts
    Southern NH
    When your idea of a "hot box" is a...well, just insert your desired stove's name here.
  20. You take a weeks vacation in the fall and spend it cutting,splitting,and stacking wood.
  21. kbrown Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 19, 2008
    295 posts
    SE, Michigan
    ...if you then ask what they are doing with the oak barrel the cabernet was aged in so you can burn it!
  22. ckarotka Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 21, 2009
    643 posts
    Northwest PA on the lake
    You still look for scrounge wood while out of town or on vacation!
  23. JV_Thimble Feeling the Heat

    joined: Sep 28, 2010
    291 posts
    South-Central MI
    If you're up reading posts on this site at odd hours...
  24. santacruzbluz New Member

    joined: Nov 27, 2010
    31 posts
    Santa Cruz Mountains
    You meet a new lady and think she is "hot" because she has a bunch of downed trees on her property.
  25. santacruzbluz New Member

    joined: Nov 27, 2010
    31 posts
    Santa Cruz Mountains
    That's funny.

    Imagine trying to pack some nice, seasoned wood you found in your suitcase to try to get it home on the airplane.

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