Winter? - Page 30

swamprat69er · 03-19-14, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by August

That'd not likely happen around here. They're getting $250 bucks a cord for firewood.

Most of the ones around here even sell punky wood for their $300.oo/cord. The guy I have gives it to me for $270.oo/cord mainly because I am never in a rush for it and he can deliver me a pickup load (1/3 of a cord) on his way to town. He knows that if I should run short I have no problem going to his place to grab a third myself. I have never found any punk in his wood. All Maple, Oak, Beech and Yellow Birch.

Wolferz · 03-19-14, 08:13 AM

... Makes me glad I use coal. For the price of two cords of wood I can get two + tons of Anthracite.

I get my exercise each morning by moving some from the bunker to the stoker.

I may die from Black Lung but, I'll be warm while doing it.

swamprat69er · 03-19-14, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

... Makes me glad I use coal. For the price of two cords of wood I can get two + tons of Anthracite.

I get my exercise each morning by moving some from the bunker to the stoker.

I may die from Black Lung but, I'll be warm while doing it.

You also live where the coal is cheap. That helps.

Gerald · 03-19-14, 11:19 AM

This weekend 10-12 degrees Celsius and sunny,payback time.

Jimbuna · 03-19-14, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

... Makes me glad I use coal. For the price of two cords of wood I can get two + tons of Anthracite.

I get my exercise each morning by moving some from the bunker to the stoker.

I may die from Black Lung but, I'll be warm while doing it.

Can't remember the last time I saw a lorry carrying coal

swamprat69er · 03-19-14, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Can't remember the last time I saw a lorry carrying coal

Last time for me was wwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy back in the '50's.

Jimbuna · 03-19-14, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Last time for me was wwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy back in the '50's.

For me I think the 80's ish.

Aktungbby · 03-19-14, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Can't remember the last time I saw a lorry carrying coal

LORRIES! my GANDU! some of us are older (pit ponies); but I recall the coal haulers in West Viginia and eastern Kentucky from my driven' days!

Jimbuna · 03-19-14, 12:59 PM

We get coal delivered to the Port of Tyne and transferred onto railway trucks to be transferred to the odd power station but that's about it these days.

swamprat69er · 03-19-14, 01:36 PM

I ran with coal haulers when I hauled down to the 'states. Don't do that no more.

Wolferz · 03-19-14, 02:36 PM

Didn't they close all of your coal mines over there, Jim?

I can relate to sharing the road with those eastern Kentucky coal trucks. Those drivers are all nutz!

My coal guy hauls straight from the breaker here in the northern Appalachians and he supplements his income by hauling fuel oil too. He's a German immigrant descendant named Streit.

Jimbuna · 03-19-14, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

Didn't they close all of your coal mines over there, Jim?

I can relate to sharing the road with those eastern Kentucky coal trucks. Those drivers are all nutz!

My coal guy hauls straight from the breaker here in the northern Appalachians and he supplements his income by hauling fuel oil too. He's a German immigrant descendant named Streit.

Yep, just a few opencast left as far as I am aware.

When I was a kid just about every terraced house had a coal bunker in the backyard.

TarJak · 03-19-14, 04:00 PM

The steam powered UK of Jim's day is long gone. his tv is still steam powered though.

GT182 · 03-19-14, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

... Makes me glad I use coal.

Makes me even gladder I use natural gas for heating.

I just know what the the response will be to that one. So no, it's not methane.

ReallyDedPoet · 03-19-14, 09:00 PM

Invested in two heat pumps this past year, has cut our heating bill almost in half.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	We get coal delivered to the Port of Tyne and transferred onto railway trucks to be transferred to the odd power station but that's about it these days. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I ran with coal haulers when I hauled down to the 'states. Don't do that no more. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Didn't they close all of your coal mines over there, Jim? I can relate to sharing the road with those eastern Kentucky coal trucks. Those drivers are all nutz! My coal guy hauls straight from the breaker here in the northern Appalachians and he supplements his income by hauling fuel oil too. He's a German immigrant descendant named Streit. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	The steam powered UK of Jim's day is long gone. his tv is still steam powered though.

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