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02-21-2013, 12:10 PM
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Sir Dude
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Member since: Dec 2003
Location: St Joseph MO.
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1971 T-Top
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Snow Snow Snow (or heating with wood)
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I can't tell if I'm dealing well with life these days or I just don't give a shit any more. |
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02-21-2013, 12:17 PM
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DC Crew
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Location: Gilbert, AZ
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It even snowed here in Scottsdale, AZ yesterday. I've never seen anything like it.
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02-21-2013, 12:21 PM
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Posts: 10,389
Member #36181
Member since: Jun 2005
Location: In a dumpy little building in beautiful downtown Culver City
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92 Roadster
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...you parked that poor jeep outside... 
... Wendyyyyyyyy, make him move it.... 
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02-21-2013, 01:02 PM
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Grey Squirrel
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Location: In transition
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Looking
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I dropped wood burning after about 20 years because I just couldn't take the mess anymore. I switched to pellets and find I get more heat faster with them.
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"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Abraham Lincoln |
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02-21-2013, 02:31 PM
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You've been pimped!!
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Member #80197
Member since: Jan 2009
Location: Orlando, FL
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1985 Z51
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I opened the windows and got the inside temp down to about 70 yesterday.
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"Alexa" - 1985 Z51 - In memory of the last Corvette Dad owned. |
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02-21-2013, 03:31 PM
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DC Crew
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Location: Louisville,CO.USA
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iburke, You made my day, seeing that ash bin next to your fireplace took me back to when I was a kid [about a 100 years ago] I lived a St.Louis with my grandparents they had a coal burning furnace, my grandfather, I called him Pop would put the clinkers in one of those it was made from copper. Tell me you know what clinkers are. 
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02-21-2013, 03:33 PM
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Posts: 10,389
Member #36181
Member since: Jun 2005
Location: In a dumpy little building in beautiful downtown Culver City
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92 Roadster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by XQIZT
I opened the windows and got the inside temp down to about 70 yesterday. |
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02-21-2013, 03:38 PM
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Posts: 14,058
Member #76657
Member since: Oct 2008
Location: Crowley, TX
My Corvette(s)
2013 Coupe, 2009 Coupe - traded, '74 Coupe totalled, '77 Coupe sold
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We had thunderstorms with small hail this morning from the southern tail of your storm. Thunderstorms with hail are very unusual when the air temp is in the lower 40's. They usually happen when cold air hits warm, damp air. I'll take the storms over your snow any day. It runs off faster.  Keep that fire burnin'! If you're nice to Wendy, maybe she'll cook up some Toll House Cookies or sump'n. 
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02-21-2013, 03:42 PM
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Posts: 10,389
Member #36181
Member since: Jun 2005
Location: In a dumpy little building in beautiful downtown Culver City
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92 Roadster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Texdentist
We had thunderstorms with small hail this morning from the southern tail of your storm. Thunderstorms with hail are very unusual when the air temp is in the lower 40's. They usually happen when cold air hits warm, damp air. I'll take the storms over your snow any day. It runs off faster. Keep that fire burnin'! If you're nice to Wendy, maybe she'll cook up some Toll House Cookies or sump'n. |
...got by me, I thought it was gonna be a Obama bash...
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02-21-2013, 03:51 PM
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Posts: 1,361
Member #59488
Member since: Apr 2007
Location: St. Joseph MO.
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C6 Z06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 92Roadster
...you parked that poor jeep outside...
... Wendyyyyyyyy, make him move it.... |
It belongs to the grandson, he is at work now.
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02-21-2013, 05:59 PM
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DC Crew
Posts: 786
Member #30032
Member since: Feb 2005
Location: SD
My Corvette(s)
50th Anniversary Corvette Convertible (sold); 2002 Corvette Convertible
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I remember clinkers from the old coal. I've used wood and corn stoves, but at the price of corn there are cheaper alternatives. I remember the old octopus fuel oil furnaces as well that were gravity fed. I guess that is making us old.
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02-21-2013, 06:04 PM
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Sir Dude
Posts: 17,310
Member #6081
Member since: Dec 2003
Location: St Joseph MO.
My Corvette(s)
1971 T-Top
Thanks: 35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WRH-98
iburke, You made my day, seeing that ash bin next to your fireplace took me back to when I was a kid [about a 100 years ago] I lived a St.Louis with my grandparents they had a coal burning furnace, my grandfather, I called him Pop would put the clinkers in one of those it was made from copper. Tell me you know what clinkers are. |
Of course I know what clinkers are, do you think I was born yesterday?
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I can't tell if I'm dealing well with life these days or I just don't give a shit any more. |
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02-21-2013, 06:11 PM
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Sir Dude
Posts: 17,310
Member #6081
Member since: Dec 2003
Location: St Joseph MO.
My Corvette(s)
1971 T-Top
Thanks: 35
Thanked 46 Times in 36 Posts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poncherello
I dropped wood burning after about 20 years because I just couldn't take the mess anymore. I switched to pellets and find I get more heat faster with them.
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I was going to try pellets but its way to much work to split those logs down to pellet size Ponch... 
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I can't tell if I'm dealing well with life these days or I just don't give a shit any more. |
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02-21-2013, 06:13 PM
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DC Crew
Posts: 460
Member #21974
Member since: Nov 2004
Location: Louisville,CO.USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iburke
Of course I know what clinkers are, do you think I was born yesterday? |
Again Thanks! You made me laugh out loud. 
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02-22-2013, 07:52 AM
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Account Disabled.
Posts: 7,748
Member #67421
Member since: Nov 2007
Location: Glen Gardner NJ USA
My Corvette(s)
1966 Big Block Vert, 2008 Z06, 1959 fuelie, 1959 vert. Non vette cars ...2011 CTS-V wagon, 2008 Humr
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Hey There Ivan. Congrats on the great results from your fireplace.
Just one suggestion though. I would not keep your wood in the house. Once it warms up all the little critters wake up and start leaving their winter home...that log. when they wake up in the fire, well they are just more fuel, but if they wake up in your living room, you may end up with an infestation. Carpenter ants are the worst, and they don't build houses, they eat them. 
Keep the main pile far away from the house and the pile you will pick from daily in a cold covered spot, and only bring in enough for a few hours.
Hope this helps.
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