If you guys think that this site is addictive-- you should try to keep yourself fomr sliding down the slippery slope of collecting old machinery --> www.owwm.com
Do friends/family members think you're crazy!??
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Whenever my wife begins to say something about my firewood and forum habits, I point to her multiple spinning wheels and the amount of time she spends on her spinning bulletin board.
adkdadto4 said:
Wait until you get to the hand tools!
Matt and whose newest piece of 'arn is from the 50's.
They think I'm crazy until I show them my NG bill.
My wife thinks I crossed the line on Sunday afternoon when I plunked a lawn chair in front of my inventory of wood and cracked a beer while she was inside watching the game...
They sometimes roll their eyes. I do suspect, however, that they suspect, that I am at least 25% readier than completely unprepared.
[quote author="adkdadto4" date="1223505593"]If you guys think that this site is addictive-- you should try to keep yourself fomr sliding down the slippery slope of collecting old machinery --> www.owwm.com[/quo
te] I to frequent that wonderfull site and my wife thinks i'm nuts
te] I to frequent that wonderfull site and my wife thinks i'm nuts
I wish there was an "I miss my little buddy Chan the Shi Tzu, so my wife brought home this little wild black kitten for me from a litter she found in a woodpile" forum.....Now you know I'm nuts.
My wife doesn't think I'm crazy for reading this site. But she does call me crazy for constantly looking
for wood while we are out driving.
for wood while we are out driving.
All that kinda stuff comes after you take care of the animals, 'tis the rule :coolsmile:
The SO always says when he pulls into the driveway "Boy, you have ALOT of wood"
Yes they all do but when I tell them what I save in the way of using less oil it changes their mind quite quickly.
Well all my freinds think Iam crazy anyway, I enjoy seeing how other people do things, from different parts of the country and world, and it gives you ideas. So I say keep on looking brother and keep on posting....
My wife always asks who am I chatting with now? I tell her it's not a chat room, its a forum. Every time I am about to make a purchase, I find a forum where I will learn the most about the product. I do this for my cars, hottub, lawn tracker and all electronics. You can't get this informaiton from real world experiance anywhere but on a forum. Priceless!
Yup. I'm active on a number of other forums, too.
When I told my wife I found a fireplace forum to ask some questions about the f/p we're looking at and she didn't say a thing. Just went :roll:
When I told my wife I found a fireplace forum to ask some questions about the f/p we're looking at and she didn't say a thing. Just went :roll:
Buy a wood turning lathe. If you already own one you know where I'm coming from. Hearth.com will make it look like things are improving to SWMBO.
Of all my idiosyncracies, this is the one my wife enjoys the most. Yeah, she has to put up with other unfinished projects, the strange machinery that shows up unannounced, various noises, smells, intermittent power outages, and the unexplained disappearance of various funds. At least she's WARM!
I look at it this way: she LET me buy the stove! It's half her fault! ;-)
Chris
I look at it this way: she LET me buy the stove! It's half her fault! ;-)
Chris
Kinda, my G/F thought I was crazy spending so much time prepping wood and stuff. She is a cold person, on the cool nights she MAKES me light a fire. She loves it and was telling her friends what a cool thing it is to have......
This is the same girl who thought the stove was gonna hurt the children, burn down the house and so on.
This is the same girl who thought the stove was gonna hurt the children, burn down the house and so on.
When I found this forum my girlfriend said, ANOTHER ONE? I told her..honey..I only read two, and moderate one.
titantalk.com for my truck.
And, www.ifish.net for my intense fishing addiction, they even talked me into being a mod! *shudder*
titantalk.com for my truck.
And, www.ifish.net for my intense fishing addiction, they even talked me into being a mod! *shudder*
it is such a satisfying feeling to pull a tarp over the fruits of your labors. we take pridefirefighterjake said:The Dali Lima said:
Yup . . . everytime from my wife when I start any sentence off with, "Guess what I learned today while checking out hearth.com . . ."
Fortunately, not everyone is prejudiced against this addiction . . . my dad for example is actually quite interested in knowing what I have learned and read about various stoves . . . I think it's more of a "guy thing."
Diabel said:
You too, huh? Its part of my morning routine to stroll past the piles w/ coffee, often forgetting to wear pants, sniffing the fresh splits to see how quickly the tannins are drying out (as if one day makes any kind of noticeable difference), etc.
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