George,

Where are you???

Also hope you had a good Thanksgiving. It's my biggest holiday for family
and warmth. None of the commercialism of others and the best of reasons for
being a holiday.

TomNie

"George" George@least wrote in message
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"Bob Threlkeld" wrote in message
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I live on 40 acres at 9,000' in southern Colorado, so I have spent the
last month or so stocking up on dead aspen and ponderosa pine logs,
which I cut to 18" length and then sealed the ends. I will use them
throughout the winter. We usually have at least a foot of snow on the
ground here, so I store everything piled up my garage/shop. I heat the
space with an industrial electric heater, although the lights and
machinery seem to warm things up.


Just came in from making a drive to - nowhere. The road commission is not
about to pay holiday overtime. We're 10" on the level. Had to do double
passes with the tractor, because it ran over the blade real quickly. It's
just a dirt blade, so it doesn't roll and toss, just tosses.

Made it out to a fire last night at about 6" depth, so we should be able
to make the trip to the ambulance if we have to.

I don't even want to think how much pine and aspen I'd have to have to
make a winter. Takes ~6 full cord of beech/birch/maple for the average
one. With the temperature of the big lake so high this year, it could be a
heap of snow to come. Average year is 200 plus.