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The dreaded lighting of the pilot light

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  1. Suburban wood snob

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    16F this morning. She made me do it.

    I didn't want to.

    But now it's done. I think it's silly wanting the house warm in the morning. :mad:
     
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    What's a "pilot light"? ;)
     
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    It's what an airplane pilot asks for when he wants a smoke.
     
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    Ha! I finally remembered to shut my water tank pilot light off yesterday since I lit the OWB last month!

    C'mon, I've been busy with stuff!
     
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    It's the match that you light the fire in the woodstove with.
     
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    Ahh...yes, I have a whole box of pilot lights then! :D
    Heck, I'll drop a pilot light whenever she wants! ;)
     
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    Bigger stove needed for longer burn times?
     
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    Iff'n she don't want it to be cold in the morning, she ought to get up and throw a few logs on the fire at night
     
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    Amen my hoarding brother!!!! Everyone loves the heat, but not a lot of takers on the fill
    Ups!
     
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    Thankfully, my wife likes it cool at night like I do. So I have been loading the stove up in the morning, then completely shut the air just before bed. Give me a nice cooler house for sleeping, and some decent coals for a relight the next morning.

    At least that's the schedule until it starts really getting cold.
     
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    Agree with you, but it did get really cold. I was hoping to get to Thanksgiving with out having to use it. On the plus side, I do admit she has a point about the house being warm when you get out of the shower.
     
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    I have been burning daily for over 3 weeks already. Some days just 4 splits, some days a 3/4 load. Definitely sooner than I expected.
     
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    Oldie, but a goodie. The vid........not George. :whistle:
     
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    George aint no spring chicken no mo either! ;) :rofl: :lol:
     
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    When the Queen is happy, the land is happy.
     
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