Southern division shoot out.....Florida to take on all comers.......hope we don't get the dreaded early 'Anarctic Southeaster'
Not me! Two nights in a row this week it got down to 45° and I had a small fire in the stove both nights. One night I had a fire in the stove inside the house while we sat outside by the firepit in the yard! Ha ha! Today it was back up to 85° and 90° forecast for the weekend. Fire in the pit, but none in the stove, I guess...ChillyGator said:Who will be the LAST to cave?
stejus said:I held out last year until Oct 13th. Forcast next week we are in the 90's again. Those from the Northeast know well enough how quick we can go 60's at night to 40's.
I used to try to hold out as long as I could because I dreaded firing up the cranky old backpuffing stove we had. Now after one year with the Oslo, my philosophy is reversed. I can't wait to get started, so I'm out of this procrastination contest.BrotherBart said:I try to be the last one every year and don't make it. I will turn on the space heaters for a couple of days in late September trying to hold out to October. Then one evening I walk upstairs and stand in the door of the bedroom. She looks at me and says "Oh, let me guess. The 30 is starting up. Tired of being cold, are ya?"
The downstairs gets absolutely no heat gain from the sun. And the leaves don't drop until late October so the joint gets the best of me every year.
ckarotka said:My vote is for my BIL. His thermo for his furnace is set to 58* with a regular fireplace. Every year I do research for an insert for him. He has plenty of money but won't part with it. My sister complains all winter to me and when we visit we have put on extra layers and the kids wear long underwear. He also has a cord of black locust he won't trade me for some maple. His locust heat is going to go right up the chimney. I offered 1 1/2 cord maple for it. What does it matter to him what he burns.
BrotherBart said:BTW ChillyGator, the way the storms are forming this year we will be dealing with the hurricanes instead of you. The chimney draft is really crappy when a 'cane is moving in around here.
Backwoods Savage said:Chilly, those sound like indoor temperatures!
SteveKG said:We live at 8500' in the mountains. Usually, Oct. is downright chilly, if not frigid if some fronts come through. November is typically the nastiest month of winter due to high winds, deep wind chill, snow, sleet, etc. Miserable.
This year, here in the first week of Nov., I am still not burning wood. The fireplace has been set to light for weeks. Our home is wood-heated, too. Yesterday it was 74 F. Mornings have been a bit crisp the past few days, low forties. But the house is still warm enough when we rise to leave the stoves alone, as mid-morning sun will have things way back up.
Couple years ago, friends from Texas visited in October and the first day we awoke to 10 F. and snow. They still talk about it.
I usually have burned a half cord by now, starting in mid-Sept. with small fires early a.m. and in the evening after supper. So far, this year, my woodpile is untouched.
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