Another tough winter day in So Cal

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Chainreaction

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Only in California will you see a setup like this. rotfl

I grew up in rural northern Idaho, wood stoves were our only heat and we burned about 15-20 cord a season. Sorry, I find such an image amusing.
 

msrfan

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Only in California will you see a setup like this. rotfl

I grew up in rural northern Idaho, wood stoves were our only heat and we burned about 15-20 cord a season. Sorry, I find such an image amusing.
Yes, that was the point. I love wood stoves but have no real use for them here, so I enjoy it however I can.
 

Chainreaction

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Yes, that was the point. I love wood stoves but have no real use for them here, so I enjoy it however I can.
I figured that was your point but thought I ought to get a good jab in just in case you really huddled around a fire when it's 60 degrees.
 

silverbear

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There's nothing quite as warming as wood heat. I like living with a wood stove, having a warm spot to cozy up to when cold. I have the good fortune of having a door with fireview glass in it, so it is nice being able to watch a fire as well as feel it warm you. There's something primal about a controlled fire whether in a stove or an open camp fire. As a species we've been sitting around fire and staring in to it for a very long time. For me it is or can be at least a spiritual experience, like looking into water or touching the milky way with your eyes at night. Enjoy your fire, my friend.
SB
 

2door

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I agree with Silverbear. There's something sort of magical about watching a fire.
I don't mean in the pyromaniac sense, just watching flames in general. It has a soothing effect.

Char and I bought a gas patio heater early last fall. Yeah, the fire is from propane but the burner is buried in stuff like you use in a gas fireplace and there's lava rock and fake logs. Even still, we enjoyed it until it got too cold to sit on the patio. Maybe come spring, which I hope won't be far off, we'll enjoy it again.

Tom
 

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xseler

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I'm with you guys ---- I'd rather watch a dancing fire than anything on television. The fire will give you a different storyline everytime you watch it.