Spring???
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Mick!
TreeHouser
Ha, I might even be reduced to buying some!
The shame of it.
The shame of it.
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We won't tell anynoe, Mick.
In my youth, when fallers were permanently hired by the forest districts and private forests and lived in company houses with no other heating than wood,
we'd always help out if somebody got hurt or sick and couldn't make their own firewood.
Been many times I've spent a winter weekend with the rest of the crew cutting and splitting firewood for somebody in the same situation I am now ( I had actually almost finished this years firewood when I was injured).
It was a good feeling helping each other out like that and knowing the others would be there for me if shit happened.
In my youth, when fallers were permanently hired by the forest districts and private forests and lived in company houses with no other heating than wood,
we'd always help out if somebody got hurt or sick and couldn't make their own firewood.
Been many times I've spent a winter weekend with the rest of the crew cutting and splitting firewood for somebody in the same situation I am now ( I had actually almost finished this years firewood when I was injured).
It was a good feeling helping each other out like that and knowing the others would be there for me if shit happened.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
That's the way it should be everywhere, Stig Good for you.
We moved recently and the house we're in now has wood, oil and electric heat. So we're covered one way or the other. Damn, I have to buy a saw and start making wood again. Ha! the irony.
We moved recently and the house we're in now has wood, oil and electric heat. So we're covered one way or the other. Damn, I have to buy a saw and start making wood again. Ha! the irony.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I've never lived anywhere oil was used for heat.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Use to be a cheap way to keep the home warm and cozy. F-ing oil companies caught on, and raised the price so much people are freezing to death now. Greedy bastards.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Used to be a lot of oil burned around here.
Before that it was all coal. Coal was dirty and required a lot of maintenence.
People switched to oil by the dozens.
Oil was a little cleaner.....but still took maintenance. Dad had one of his dead ancestors come to him in a daytime vision to check the house.
When he checked the basement, the carburetor had stuck and was spilling oil on the ground....and was on fire.
Everyone is on propane now.
Before that it was all coal. Coal was dirty and required a lot of maintenence.
People switched to oil by the dozens.
Oil was a little cleaner.....but still took maintenance. Dad had one of his dead ancestors come to him in a daytime vision to check the house.
When he checked the basement, the carburetor had stuck and was spilling oil on the ground....and was on fire.
Everyone is on propane now.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Never had any kind of heating system that required a carburetor!!!
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Haha!
treetx
Traveler extraordinaire
Spring here!! Tons of bluebonnets. (that is a Lupine to you non-Texans)
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
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I knew when I started this thread with that picture there'd be no sympathy from you, Jim. And none deserved, I'll hasten to agree.
flushcut
TreeHouser
I am getting tired of never knowing what cloths to wear: insulated bibs or non-insulated, wind breaker or hoodie or both, arctic garb or not, boots for snow or not.......
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
What is "high line" about that, Jim?
Just a name?
Just a name?
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
The Great Northern Railroad that runs alongside highway 2 was nicknamed the Hi Line.
I think by Jim Hill.
Northern most main line in the West. North equaling "Hi".
Now it's just the name for this northern region of Montana.
Mostly east of the Rocky mountains.
I think by Jim Hill.
Northern most main line in the West. North equaling "Hi".
Now it's just the name for this northern region of Montana.
Mostly east of the Rocky mountains.
