Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember The Natural Philosopher
saying something like:

At risk of stating the obvious - green wood needs to be seasoned for
at least a year.

Nah. You can chuck it straight on. It seasons in about 20 mins. If whats
there is hot enough.

Heh. Chimney creosote fires are a hoot, don't you know?
Yup..

;-)

That;s no so much an issue with stoves though.. insulated liners reduce
condensation. You just shower the neighborhood with dioxins instead. ;-)

Of course if everybody starts burning wood - or coal - again, it will be
back to 50's smog levels. And a new Clean Air Act.