The Official Status Update Thread: Part 172 - Electric Boogaloo

[churchmouse]

 

[Birds Away]

Damn cold this morning.

 

[Expat]

Bacon and eggs this morning. Put a skiff of jam on my toast...

 

[churchmouse]

Damn cold this morning.

Yes it is.
I was out splitting some wood for the stove.

 

[Expat]

Yes it is.
I was out splitting some wood for the stove.

That probably warmed you up right there...

 

[SEIndSAM]

That probably warmed you up right there...

That's what my Dad always said when us boys had to cut wood as teens.....

As soon as the last of us 5 boys moved out, he switched to propane heat....

 

[churchmouse]

That probably warmed you up right there...

Yes it did.
I had Kindling split and set in its place for the morning restart on the stove.
We do not always hit the marks to keep it rolling at night. Takes 2 times at least to keep it up to temp.
If we miss it will be out but the room is still above stat setting so the furnace doesnt cycle.
Last night the spouse used up the kindling to re-fire it off the coal bed. She did not need to use it all but hey, she hit her mark. I missed mine.......

 

[churchmouse]

That's what my Dad always said when us boys had to cut wood as teens.....

As soon as the last of us 5 boys moved out, he switched to propane heat....

Smart man.

Spouse is totally spoiled on the warmth from that stove.
She is cold blooded so I will be splitting wood till I am done.....

 

[SEIndSAM]

Smart man.

Spouse is totally spoiled on the warmth from that stove.
She is cold blooded so I will be splitting wood till I am done.....

I have a cold blooded one too....

 

[Snapdragon]

Bacon and eggs here also. Morning CM.

 

[churchmouse]

Morning snap......Fellas.....

 

[churchmouse]

I have a cold blooded one too....

The medical issues the spouse has suffered has reduced her ability/desire to deal with being chilly.

 

[churchmouse]

What is really humorous.......Folks ask how I like heating for free.......

 

[SEIndSAM]

What is really humorous.......Folks ask how I like heating for free.......

Yeah, you had to buy wood this year, didn't you????

 

[SEIndSAM]

My Dad finally ditched the Propane and went with a self feeding corn stove....The farmer who rents the land up there leaves him a hopper full in one of the empty grain bins on dad's property. He really does have free heat.

 

[SEIndSAM]

He has to refill the hopper on the stove every day, but what the heck...

 

[Expat]

Grandpa always heated with coal, it seemed more efficient than wood. Too bad you can't get it easy and cheap up here.

 

[ghitch75]

Grandpa always heated with coal, it seemed more efficient than wood. Too bad you can't get it easy and cheap up here.

$55 a ton down here for stoker coal........i burn it in my boiler.......mix it with the wood.....

 

[Snapdragon]

Shower time. HAGD, guys.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Be safe Snap.....I'm glad you posted about your Jeep issues....