And both of them did a better heating job than the Jotul F3 that is down there in that basement now.
BrotherBart said:The craziest stove I ever had was one of those oval blued tin hardware store stoves. Flap in the top where you dropped the wood in. Five minutes after you lit it off it was glowing on the sides and eventually the flap would start popping up and down.
I would lay a brick on the flap to keep it down. I replaced it eventually with the much more sophisticated 55 gallon barrel stove.
And both of them did a better heating job than the Jotul F3 that is down there in that basement now.
Rob From Wisconsin said:Sounds like the "Oldies-But-Goodies" used a lot of wood, but did a better job of getting
real heat out to you. Makes you want to take a second look at what "efficiency" really
means to the woodstove user.......
BeGreen said:There was a very thin line of separation between that glowing red sheet steel and you. By the second or third season you had to keep a tight eye out for holes and burn-thrus.
The Ashley tin stove ... kept me from freezing one New England winter. Well, at least the side of me that was facing the stove.
I still have my first one, on both accounts (TMI, i know)BrotherBart said:You never forget your first one. Stove either.
:lol:BeGreen said:The Ashley tin stove was the only thing a hippie could afford in 1969.
Danno77 said:I still have my first one, on both accounts (TMI, i know)BrotherBart said:You never forget your first one. Stove either.
Dakotas Dad said:Danno77 said:I still have my first one, on both accounts (TMI, i know)BrotherBart said:You never forget your first one. Stove either.
Don't be ashamed, same here, 30 years with one, one year with the other..lol
BrotherBart said:Thirty five years here but not the first.
precaud said:Happy Anniversary to you and your only, BK.
Battenkiller said:precaud said:Happy Anniversary to you and your only, BK.
Thanks, Precaud, and good guess. I even remembered it this year. It was easy enough. I asked her well in advance to take the day off. When I woke up and she was still in bed, I thought, "What?! Oh... that's right." Then I whispered, "Happy Anniversary" in her ear :kiss: and went fishing for the day.
BTW, after all the times I forgot our anniversary, if Lady BK ever got even a hint that I might remember the anniversary date of my first wood stove, I'd be sleeping in the basement with the latest one.
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