Better then watching the idiot box.Haven't used ours in 7 or 8 years. Didn't provide much warmth anyway unless you sat right in front of it.
At some point you learn the importance of separate beds. And I’m not talking the couch or recliner. Our hours were always so opposite & a good nights sleep is everything.Almost freezing here. I wake up and see the wife had wrapped herself up in all the blankets...wtf is that shit?
The spot in front of the fireplace is usually occupied by a greyhound.Haven't used ours in 7 or 8 years. Didn't provide much warmth anyway unless you sat right in front of it.
Yup I’m there.At some point you learn the importance of separate beds. And I’m not talking the couch or recliner. Our hours were always so opposite & a good nights sleep is everything.
Never slept in a wet spot either. Felt them, but never slept in it.
When I lived in upstate NY I burned wood in a Vermont Castings stove for over 15 years. Purchased logs, cut and split usually with some help but most of the work by myself. I was younger then. Then I was given a coal stove that sat in my living room attached to the fireplace (that's where the wood stove was). I purchased coal by the ton. Then I switched to propane that was an insert for the fireplace.I live in the hill country, availability of wood is no problem, red oak and some live oak, harvesting it is some problem..., but I have been heating with wood for 23 years now, using a stove. Have been using it, on and off, for more than a month now.
Fortunately, I live in Texas, where real cold is unknown and our cold generally short lived... Still, I use a couple cords every year. When the nights are cold, and the days not too warm, I keep a low fire going, even if it means opening windows, just so I don't have to start a new fire in the evening.When I lived in upstate NY I burned wood in a Vermont Castings stove for over 15 years. Purchased logs, cut and split usually with some help but most of the work by myself. I was younger then. Then I was given a coal stove that sat in my living room attached to the fireplace (that's where the wood stove was). I purchased coal by the ton. Then I switched to propane that was an insert for the fireplace.