How long does it take you to process 1 cord of wood?

[BrotherBart]

You guys are killing my keyboard with all the coffee I spill on it. BB did that happen to you?

Yep. Hold the leg together with one hand. Drag it out of the woods to the nearest neighbor's house. Husband can't drive because he just took a pill (please!). His wife observes the speed limits and stop signs religously all the way to the emergency room.

First thing my wife knows about it is when the neighbor calls her after she gets back home. "Hi, I took BB to the emergency room. He cut himself".

The desk nurse came in while they were sewing me up and said she knew nothing would seem funny but that it was funny when I came into the reception area holding the leg together with one hand and holding out the insurance card in front of me with the other. I had heard too many stories about people crapping out in the ER while they figured out who was going to pay.

Ten stitches inside and twenty six outside. Most irritating thing was the two docs talking about new cars while they sewed it up.

I had cut three cords so far that year. Wood was selling for $100 a cord then. The emergency room bill was $300.25.

 

[elkimmeg]

At this hour its not coffee that hits the keyboard

 

[Roospike]

You guys are killing my keyboard with all the coffee I spill on it. BB did that happen to you?

Yep. Hold the leg together with one hand. Drag it out of the woods to the nearest neighbor's house. Husband can't drive because he just took a pill (please!). His wife observes the speed limits and stop signs religously all the way to the emergency room.

First thing my wife knows about it is when the neighbor calls her after she gets back home. "Hi, I took BB to the emergency room. He cut himself".

The desk nurse came in while they were sewing me up and said she knew nothing would seem funny but that it was funny when I came into the reception area holding the leg together with one hand and holding out the insurance card in front of me with the other. I had heard too many stories about people crapping out in the ER while they figured out who was going to pay.

Ten stitches inside and twenty six outside. Most irritating thing was the two docs talking about new cars while they sewed it up.

I had cut three cords so far that year. Wood was selling for $100 a cord then. The emergency room bill was $300.25.

Yeppers, I would say that would require level 2 . Step up the size of your MAXI pads to "ultra". :ahhh: That was not a "lite days" situation. Glad you could share ........ tho not a good story to hear from one of your brothers.

 

[daninohio]

I had cut three cords so far that year. Wood was selling for $100 a cord then. The emergency room bill was $300.25.

$300.25? Did you cut your leg open in 1946? I can only imagine what that would cost today!

 

[wg_bent]

I had cut three cords so far that year. Wood was selling for $100 a cord then. The emergency room bill was $300.25.

$300.25? Did you cut your leg open in 1946? I can only imagine what that would cost today!

NO KIDDING!! I took my daughter to the ER a few months ago because she couldn't stop tossing her cookies. An IV and a shot to settle her stomach was over a grand. And that didn't include the seperate bill we got from the ER doctor.

 

[BrotherBart]

I had cut three cords so far that year. Wood was selling for $100 a cord then. The emergency room bill was $300.25.

$300.25? Did you cut your leg open in 1946? I can only imagine what that would cost today!

It was back in 1988 when the County was still running the hospital. Probably cheap because no hospital stay was involved. Drag it in. Sew it up. Drag it out. Go home to bed and feel stupid for cutting myself.

We had a full time clinic staff at my office at the time so the doc there did the follow up and stitch pulling.

 

[Sandor]

I like the Maxi Pad idea. Will put one in a zip lock bag in the chain saw case.

Takes me about 8-10 hours to buck, split and stack a cord of Red Oak. Just got some fresh White Oak from the latest Tropical Storm and that stuff needs to sit for awhile. Like splitting Elm.

Leave the Beers alone while the saw is running. Start crackin' them when about half way through splitting.

Last winter, had a small fire going by the splitting station, Pilsner Glass full of Sam Adams, snow flurries falling... HEAVEN!

 

[Roospike]

:grrr:

I like the Maxi Pad idea. Will put one in a zip lock bag in the chain saw case.

Not something one like to think about ..... but .

Takes me about 8-10 hours to buck, split and stack a cord of Red Oak. Just got some fresh White Oak from the latest Tropical Storm and that stuff needs to sit for awhile. Like splitting Elm.

I did that this year with Elm and let it sit before splitting , i thought it made splitting a little eaiser. What are your thoughts ........?.........At lot easier? just a little?

Leave the Beers alone while the saw is running. Start crackin' them when about half way through splitting.

Last winter, had a small fire going by the splitting station, Pilsner Glass full of Sam Adams, snow flurries falling... HEAVEN!

He(( Yeah ! Now thats what I'm talking about , I'm going have to get a bon fire going next to the cooler.

 

[BrotherBart]

Last winter, had a small fire going by the splitting station, Pilsner Glass full of Sam Adams, snow flurries falling... HEAVEN!

Good grief. What's next? A precocious little Cabernet while we cut up kindling?

First everybody bad mouths bucking spikes. Then we all have to have an EPA stove. Now we can't drink beer and cut wood. Then we have to have Sammy Adams instead of a Budweiser next to the stump.

Screw it. Wood burning is going to hell in a hand basket. Gotta go get me a new heat pump.

 

[Roospike]

Last winter, had a small fire going by the splitting station, Pilsner Glass full of Sam Adams, snow flurries falling... HEAVEN!

Good grief. What's next? A precocious little Cabernet while we cut up kindling?

First everybody bad mouths bucking spikes. Then we all have to have an EPA stove. Now we can't drink beer and cut wood. Then we have to have Sammy Adams instead of a Budweiser next to the stump.

Screw it. Wood burning is going to hell in a hand basket. Gotta go get me a new heat pump.

LMAO Your killing me BB , Your really killing me ! & MY KEYBOARD IS NUN TOO HAPPY EITHER

precocious little Cabernet while we cut up kindling?

But HEY ! Not a bad idea . Who's in ?

 

[wg_bent]

Last winter, had a small fire going by the splitting station, Pilsner Glass full of Sam Adams, snow flurries falling... HEAVEN!

Good grief. What's next? A precocious little Cabernet while we cut up kindling?

First everybody bad mouths bucking spikes. Then we all have to have an EPA stove. Now we can't drink beer and cut wood. Then we have to have Sammy Adams instead of a Budweiser next to the stump.

Screw it. Wood burning is going to hell in a hand basket. Gotta go get me a new heat pump.

LMAO Your killing me BB , Your really killing me ! & MY KEYBOARD IS NUN TOO HAPPY EITHER

precocious little Cabernet while we cut up kindling?

But HEY ! Not a bad idea . Who's in ?

Sorry, not a big Red guy..but as I said..."a nice Sierra Nevada Pale ale, A Monkschof Swartz Bier, or a Dogfish Head IPA" goes nice with a round of White Oak. Maybe a Pinot Nior along with my elm? I think we need to enlighten him... eh Spike?

 

[Sandor]

Spike - gonna wait for the white oak to get some drying cracks before I attemp to split again.... its for 07-08 season anyway.

BB - The cabernet and merlet is saved for the early evening fire. Ya know, served in the Eastern European long stem crystal.

Red wine is good for the heart ya know, thats why I call it my heart medicine. Its also Bacon Delivery preperation! Beats the (with Budweiser breath), hey baby, how about a ....

 

[BikeMedic2709]

{in the best Homer Simpson voice} Mmmmmmmmmm... Beer....... Mmmmmmmmmmm... Sam Adams