Shinyitis Support Group

[stols001]

We have a FIREPLACE. Clueless as to why, it's AZ. LOL, to cheer up the kid's Christmas I actually bought firewood and we fired it up for like the second time ever. Fortunately, nothing caught fire (I am leery of elderly fireplaces in manufactured homes). Glad I'm not dealing with the need for firewood all winter long but it is a Great way to save on heating costs... You deserve a Pico JFCooley

Anna

 

[jfcooley]

Eh, fireplaces are made to be pretty. Suck at heating.

I actually prefer it. Haven't spent money on heating in years, just a little work.

We use oak, hickory and yes, pine. Pine is fall/spring. Have a stainless chimney, straight and I clean it myself. Nothing beats wood heat. Warms you 3 times. When you cut/split it, when you stack it, and when you burn it.

 

[stols001]

Ours doesn't suck at heating when the kid is involved, he's a bit of a pyro. Not a burner of things down, but one of his favorite tools at about age 5 was a blowtorch. He'd make soldering "art" and I would "supervise" but I barely know how to turn one of those things ON let alone OFF, so it's good he's excellent at tools.

At age 3ish, he got an electric screwdriver for Christmas (parents usually say you did WHAT? when I mention this) and he was particularly quiet one afternoon. I strolled into the dining room and found him sitting happily surrounded by a pile of lumber that used to be my dining room table and chairs. LOL, there was no punishment involved as I hadn't specifically said NOT to, plus I found it hilarious. That was a lot of work reassembling everything... LOL.

Anna

 

[redeuce]

I have issues with getting cold. Hate having to leave the house this time of year.

I just checked the temp. It’s -5 with a wind chill of -15. I hate the weather in northern Illinois.

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

Eh, fireplaces are made to be pretty. Suck at heating.

I actually prefer it. Haven't spent money on heating in years, just a little work.

We use oak, hickory and yes, pine. Pine is fall/spring. Have a stainless chimney, straight and I clean it myself. Nothing beats wood heat. Warms you 3 times. When you cut/split it, when you stack it, and when you burn it.

My dad used to say the exact same thing when I was a kid. I grew up in the sticks and our fuel oil furnace cost a fortune to run so we had a pair of wood stoves in the house and another in my dad's shop. My folks didn't break down and get a splitter until I moved out. Up til then we used a monster maul that must have weighed around 15 pounds. I ended up with it somehow and I'm still amazed that I was ten years old when I started swinging that thing. If I tried that today with one of my kids someone would call the cops on me.

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

I just checked the temp. It’s -5 with a wind chill of -15. I hate the weather in northern Illinois.

-2 here in scenic central Indiana with a windchill of -8

 

[Letitia]

I'm in Southern Illinois, balmy 10 degrees here.

 

[Opinionated]

My dad used to say the exact same thing when I was a kid. I grew up in the sticks and our fuel oil furnace cost a fortune to run so we had a pair of wood stoves in the house and another in my dad's shop. My folks didn't break down and get a splitter until I moved out. Up til then we used a monster maul that must have weighed around 15 pounds. I ended up with it somehow and I'm still amazed that I was ten years old when I started swinging that thing. If I tried that today with one of my kids someone would call the cops on me.

My husband never had a log splitter growing up either, and when I mention them being necessities he tells me I'm spoiled rotten. Lol...

Child abuse is probably subjective depending some what on area you live in. . When my son was 15 he crushed his hand in the log splitter, (just broke multiple bones) had to rush him to the ER and he had more than one surgery to save his fingers...

This was only 18 years ago when it happened, but no one said boo to me... it was the area though because even then everything was considered child abuse in the cities..

Some areas even today don't consider chores to be child abuse but just a fact of life, although I'm sure those areas are less and less.

 

[KatlandKat]

I stopped buying new stuff back in the spring. Apart from if it was cheap, or I really wanted it, or it was a new color or something. Special circumstances like that. But it’s Christmas so I asked the wife for a Jac. It’s been sitting on the dining room table for a couple of weeks still wrapped up.

I also ordered 4 Lemo Drop tanks for $1 each at Heaven Gifts, who I’ve never used before. Couldn’t say no to that. Out of the long list of shipping options I chose Belgium Post, for no particular reason. It showed as shipped the next day. For a week it had a status of “Item is at the shippers warehouse” on BE Post, but now it’s been sitting in some incomprehensible auto-translated status for 2 weeks. It says:

Item is announced / bpost received the information

Anyone familiar with Bpost, or know what that status means?

Not a fan of Heavens Gifts had bad results from them a few times so never shop with them now. Much better places to buy from with much better customer service. Took them three months to send me a battery mod years ago and by the time I got all the pieces the 'send back' time was up. Still in the box ........total crap

 

[englishmick]

Not a fan of Heavens Gifts had bad results from them a few times so never shop with them now. Much better places to buy from with much better customer service. Took them three months to send me a battery mod years ago and by the time I got all the pieces the 'send back' time was up. Still in the box ........total crap

I can't complain about my one and only purchase from them. So far anyway. A bag of $1 Lemo Drop tanks on clearance and they marked it shipped 12 hours later.

Belgium Post tracking is strange though. For 3 weeks they showed a status saying they had been notified. Then this morning I checked and it had arrived in Belgium and been sent on its way to the USA 3 hours later. Didn't expect it to arrive quickly but the tracking info was a little skimpy. I don't know how that works. Maybe someone else ships it to Belgium before they take control. I wonder if it flies across the Atlantic or takes the slow boat.

I must say in nearly 4 years I've never had a vape package not arrive or be defective, including quite a few from China. Apart from some juice where they sent me a small bottle instead of a large bottle. I called them and they sent me a large bottle, plus another small bottle for some reason. Sorry about your luck with the battery mod.

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

Bone chilling. Miserable. Uncalled for.

Gulf Shores, AL Forecast | Weather Underground

 

[jfcooley]

My dad used to say the exact same thing when I was a kid. I grew up in the sticks and our fuel oil furnace cost a fortune to run so we had a pair of wood stoves in the house and another in my dad's shop. My folks didn't break down and get a splitter until I moved out. Up til then we used a monster maul that must have weighed around 15 pounds. I ended up with it somehow and I'm still amazed that I was ten years old when I started swinging that thing. If I tried that today with one of my kids someone would call the cops on me.

Still use an 8lb maul in stubborn pieces, hickory is the biggest offender, stringy.

My wife and kids love to run the splitter, wish I could teach them to drive the tractor. Even at 4-6 mph wind chill sucks. Her parents actually own the splitter, I rarely bring it down to the house, it's a pain to take carry-all off tractor and so on. So I use the mail when I've misjudged size, although that doesn't happen often.

So I ordered another Vapecell, almost pulled trigger on a Ram, or a Hugo. Just can't decide.

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

Still use an 8lb maul in stubborn pieces, hickory is the biggest offender, stringy.

My wife and kids love to run the splitter, wish I could teach them to drive the tractor. Even at 4-6 mph wind chill sucks. Her parents actually own the splitter, I rarely bring it down to the house, it's a pain to take carry-all off tractor and so on. So I use the mail when I've misjudged size, although that doesn't happen often.

So I ordered another Vapecell, almost pulled trigger on a Ram, or a Hugo. Just can't decide.

You mean the Hugo Squeezer? If so, I've been eyeing that one myself. I've already got a couple of single battery squonks and I can't decide if I want another one or if I just really NEED one that's red or yellow

 

[jfcooley]

My Vpro has blue for $30. Sitting on fence. They claim today is the last day....just not sure.

 

[jfcooley]

Well, vapecrawler for the win.
Just ordered my black dotsqonk.

 

[redeuce]

Keeping in the Christmas spirit.

 

[Eskie]

My husband never had a log splitter growing up either, and when I mention them being necessities he tells me I'm spoiled rotten. Lol...

Child abuse is probably subjective depending some what on area you live in. . When my son was 15 he crushed his hand in the log splitter, (just broke multiple bones) had to rush him to the ER and he had more than one surgery to save his fingers...

This was only 18 years ago when it happened, but no one said boo to me... it was the area though because even then everything was considered child abuse in the cities..

Some areas even today don't consider chores to be child abuse but just a fact of life, although I'm sure those areas are less and less.

I taught my daughter how to use a maul when she was about 14. She loved it. Stuck some safety goggles on her, pointed at the pile, and went to stretch out on the couch. Everything was good until she came in to show me she busted the maul head off the handle.

I started renting a splitter for the day at the beginning of the season for a day or two. Worked a lot better.

 

[HauntedMyst]

Wife surprised me by splitting some today.

So let me get this straight....You are married. You own a log splitter. Your wife split some wood voluntarily. Your wife went outside, without you having to say anything and fired up the wood splitter and split some wood? You sir are my new hero!

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

My Vpro has blue for $30. Sitting on fence. They claim today is the last day....just not sure.

Thanks. They have one fewer blue one available.
Btw, I appreciate the enabling

 

[Letitia]

So let me get this straight....You are married. You own a log splitter. Your wife split some wood voluntarily. Your wife went outside, without you having to say anything and fired up the wood splitter and split some wood? You sir are my new hero!

Seems to me his wife is the "hero".