From your sig:
"2 rescue cats – both without tails, 1 ornery husband"
(This is admiring laughter, not disparaging laughter)
Missed that . . . not to get too far off track, but I've gotta ask . . . Manxs? Japanese bobtails? American bobtails?
From your sig:
"2 rescue cats – both without tails, 1 ornery husband"
(This is admiring laughter, not disparaging laughter)
It's become a bone of contention when she builds a fire when I'm home because it is very difficult for me to just sit there and let a smoky fire burn when I can fix it pretty easily. But if I fix it she gets upset with me because she thinks her fires are perfectly fine.
Does all this smoke make my butt look big?
I know there must be some discussions along these lines out there, but I couldn't find them, so I will start a new one. Two summers ago, my wife and I bought a house that is primarily heated with wood. Neither of us had ever burned wood before, but we were both interested and excited to give it a try. I think we both enjoyed using the wood stoves last year for the first time (I know I did).
The only issue has been that we sometimes disagree about how to build a fire. I've done a lot of research over the past year and feel like I've gotten quite good at using a wood stove. I don't think my wife has invested the same amount of time in learning about it and her fires tend to be a little smoky. It's become a bone of contention when she builds a fire when I'm home because it is very difficult for me to just sit there and let a smoky fire burn when I can fix it pretty easily. But if I fix it she gets upset with me because she thinks her fires are perfectly fine.
I am mainly curious to hear from other people who have experienced similar disagreements. I know there is no good solution to this other than for me to just shut up and deal, but it would be nice to hear from others who've had the same problem.
Ironically, I grew up with wood heat and have now been teaching some of those who taught me (and are willing to listen) about how many of the things I was taught are not correct. But some won't listen, so what do you do.......My adorable husband, however, thinks he learned everything he needs to know about wood stoves in cub scouts 40 years ago.
LOL Jake
One Manx from a ladies garage that was overloaded with hundreds of cages of rescued cats.
One feral that we tried domesticating for over a year. He's a rag doll. One day he strolled up to the house and his very long tail was bent in half where it broke. We took him to a vet and had to have his tail amputated to save his life as it was necrotic. He needed a cone around his head for 10 days to keep from picking at the area. He's been an indoor cat ever since That was 10 years ago.
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