JohnCO

 Werll,,,I'm still contemplatin on which pellet stove to buy ,,,and do not want to get in any hurry,,,Ya know,,,???

 By the way,,,I went by TSC yesterday to see Ms Big Ones ,,,and they had these HUGE stacks of them pellets and I got to readin on the bags cause,,,,cause I "may" be buyin some,,,,one of these days. 'sides,,,she was wantin to visit some out front without nobody botherin us,,,,,,,,,anyway all them bags said the pellets material was "Pine",,,,PINE,,??,,chit,,, long as I remember,,pine is a soft wood and would prolly burn up soon as you dump em in the dang hopper,,,!!! The special price was over $5 a bag,,,,whew,,,,!! Glad I didn't get in no big hurry,,,,

Well as with MIL things I was told the last pellets were not making heat. They were fine when the wide open window in her laundry room was closed. My FIL had always bought high quality pellets from the fancy stove place. I started calling around and bought cheap ones and consumption of pellets never changed enough to tell.But some were 1/2 price of the fancy ones. An she always kept it a nice toasty temp too. So I don't think it makes to much difference what wood they are made of. But possibly way out west there are not any hardwood pellets to try.

 OK,,Tom,,,what's your address,,?? I be on my way soon's you let me know you got it on the curb,,,,, UMMmmm,,,you got any spare firewood to go with it,,,,might as well take the wood splitter to make a load,,,,,,

 Dang,,,Shameless,,,I expect that could get pretty interestin especially if it happens bout 2 in the mornin,,,,, We haven't burned wood in years and fact of the matter,,I took the old parlor stove out of the den several years ago.......I just could NOT trick any of the boys into goin to the mountains to get a load of wood,,,,,,   I used to yell,,," Who wants to go Deer scouting" and,,,,and,,I'd have me a truckful in no time...They started to wise up whenever they seen the chainsaws in the trk and hidin em behind the seat didn't work either,,,,,, Oh well,,,I'm gettin too old as well to be messin with thet firewood myself,,,,,

  Let me tell Ya'll bout a run-a-way just the other day,,,,,,,

 I had cooked some groceries and one of the fryin pans was kinda gross lookin ,,,,,so,,I put some water in it and set on the stove to soften it up a little ,,,well ya'll know how us old timers tend to forget chit so I went outside to continue my work,,,,next thing I know,,I get a phone call from ADT tellin me they gots a fire alarm at my house,,,,,,,!!!!! AW CHIT,,,!! I drop what I'm doin as I KNOW WTF is goin on and run inside and the Wife is SCREAMING from the bedroom that the friggin house is on FIRE,,the dang alarm siren is SO FRIGGIN LOUD  and I can't hardly think,so much CHIT is happenin all at once,,,!! I grab the pan that is the culprit and throw thet sob out the back door,,,,run back in and try to cancel the alarm,,IT WON'T CANCEL,,,!!!! Bout that time a fully dressed FIREMAN runs thru the front door yellin,,,"Where's THE FIRE?" (The Wife is still screaming, Ya know) I run in bedroom and tell her to calm down,,tryin to yell louder than her,,,and,,,,and,,,she tells me,,,"You forgot something on the stove again,,didn't you"' (Have no idea why the friggin alarm will not shut the hell up) By then there is 3 fire trucks outside and all the neighbors is hangin on the fences,,,,just waitin,,,,, AH's,,,,,

 By then I have RIPPED off all the clear plastic off the windows that I so painstakingly installed for winter,,,to get some circulation at the firemen's requests. They set up a HUGE fan and blow LOTS of NICE, CLEAN air into the house and bout 15 minutes of that chit and all the smoke is finally gone,,,,,I thanked em all but I DO notice them little grins on them as they file out of the house,,,so much for dull country livin,,,,,,

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