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Life Hack

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Grizzly Adam, Oct 28, 2018.

  1. Grizzly Adam

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    For the newbs...

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    Ahem Adam, you don't suppose some random google searcher is gonna find this & try it do you?
     
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    ...you guys didn't know about this yet?
     
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    :eek:

    All this time I’ve only used it for drying out muh slippahs....:rofl: :lol:
     
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    My wood won't fit in my microwave.
     
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    Wait...what... :eek:
    Oh, you mean firewood, cos yer a gurl....:rofl: :lol::D
     
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    Ya, I'd have much better uses for warm wood if I was a guy, no doubt about it. Yep. Too bad my ancestors with wet wood and 14 children did not know the microwave trick.
     
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    They didn't have microwaves.

    They had to find 'other' ways to warm up the wood.
    :whistle:
     
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    It works the opposite of the pressure cooker. The pressure cooker is only helpful to keep the wood properly hydrated...:chef:
     
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    C'mon, you know as well as I do and many others, that it doesn't matter for some girls/boys.....;)
     
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    Indeed.
     
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    Get a bigger microwave, industrial size...
     
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    Well I'll be darned. I learned something new today! Might have to get a bigger microwave though.
     
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    well that's one way to get your wood excited
     
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    I wonder if a crock pot would work....low and slow pre-heat.
     
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    That would work for the three year plan. :D
     
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    And I thought baking my wood on the stove top was an old idea...
     
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    Funny as this is, you actually can use a microwave to "steam" bend small pieces of wood.
     
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    Well, warm wood makes more btu's than cold wood.
     
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    Think I'll start stacking wood in the upstairs bedroom so it has more potential energy.:cool:
     
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