On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:29:38 GMT, dave in Fairfax wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:
So share the misery - saunter over to the neighbor, sigh, and say
"Shame that you're getting 100 dollars worth of heat out of a tree
that would have got you 500 bucks for lumber wood..." and walk away.
No reason for you to be the only miserable one.

I think you're letting him off to easy. You could say, "Ya know,
cherry sells for between 6 and 10 dollars a board foot.
(snip)
The math doesn't have to be exact, just high enough to give him
that sick feeling.

There you go, that's the way to do it. Might not educate him, but at
least by sharing your pain it'll make yours easier to take.

Dave Hinz