Wood stove for sale

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Bought this thing, in anticipation, you know the song about Y2K. Don't need blessed thing now. I was once warmed by such a device, in my Childhood, long ago, and far away. One never forgets the coldness of a winter night. House, with no insulation. No heat, except for one room. which was not where we slept. Sleep-less from the cold, I lived it, washed socks still wet, yet we wore them. Wore rubber bands upon the socks, to keep them up. I live in "Heaven" now, in contrast to the past. Thank You Jesus!!!!

-- Postage (cost@bundle.com), November 15, 2000

Answers

Postage, if you want to sell a wood stove, it would be a good idea to describe it, give your asking price, and, since woodstoves are normally pretty heavy, tell your approximate location so potential buyers will know if they are too far away to make purchase practical. As far as heating a house with one, most houses now are better insulated than they used to be, and a wood stove is often capable of heating the whole house. Of course, rooms near the stove will be warmer than ones that are farther away, but personally I prefer to have my bedroom a little on the cool side anyway. Sounds like the house you lived in growing up wasn't right for wood heat -- but an uninsulated house would cost a fortune to heat any other way. As far as wearing wet socks, why didn't you dry them over the wood stove? I can see why you would think you are in Heaven now, relatively speaking!!

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), November 16, 2000.

When my father was a teenage the family lived in the Ozarks on top of a hill. So cold in the bedrooms during winter water in a glass on a nightstand would freeze. Only heat was the kitchen range, which sat back from the wall a couple of feet. In the morning kids would race there and get dressed under their nightshirts between the wall and range. Dad said his father put on a pair of longjohns in the fall and they didn't come off until late Spring. At that time they were burned in the stove, perhaps as a rite of seasons passing. He did admit his father took a bath at that time. Maybe not again until longjohn time again. While kids may have had to take a Saturday evening washtub bath, adult women didn't nearly as often.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), November 19, 2000.

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