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How long do you season your newspaper?

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by tuneighty, Feb 18, 2014.

  1. tuneighty

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    Going on six years. :D 1392780490901.jpg
     
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  2. Grizzly Adam

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    Got some on the back porch in "log" form going on two years. They will go camping with us, I think. Not good for anything else.
     
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    My folks had some when they got rid of all the wood burning stuff that was from the Reagan era.
    Also had some wood that was stacked around 1983.
     
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    Well I can't edit, but wanted to add that they went to coal 2 years ago after about 30 years if heating with wood.
     
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    I'd have to go through all the bags in the shop to find out.
    Not gonna' happen.
     
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    Super cedars or the menards knock offs take up much less storage room and only require a small chunk to effectively light off a whole stove load of wood.......;)
     
  7. Grizzly Adam

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    That's what I'm finding too.
     
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    I'm sure the ones you make work great also!
     
  9. Grizzly Adam

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    Yeah, I just put mine in the generic category and hit reply!
     
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    We had some old newspapers once that were all dedicated to World War 1. Sadly, they are gone now.
     
  11. Grizzly Adam

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    Ive got some of the moon landing.
     
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    parents started saving newspapers in the mid sixties because paper was going to be worth something some day ....
    they had half a 10x12 shed full by the early eighties and got rid of the papers and the shed - I think because a woodchuck was living under the shed
     
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    That news paper from 2008 - it must have been made out of red oak. Should be ready to burn by now. Heheh.
     
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