Same. Only possible with good dry wood. Only time it goes down is if I want to do a full ash scoop or I go away for the weekend.

When I get up in the morning or get home from work it might take some kindling but I rarely have to truly “start” the stove from cold.

Height cutoff works well on an infinite flat frictionless plane but in the real world they get in people's eyes all the fucking time.

I used to pride myself on starting my stove/campfires with one match and no paper. Now I just want heat asap so 2-3 pieces of fat wood and some kindling on top of two medium splits plus the MAPP torch and I’ve got the same satisfaction. The torch is also great for getting a draft up your flue if you have issues with that.

Thought this was /r/woodstoving for a second! This is a very popular topic over there.

It’s the only way I’ll start my stove from cold (if there are already some hot coals I guess it’s not technically top down). The ol Jotul is gonna get a workout these next few days. Brought in almost 1/4 cord this week so far already and that will probably only last through tomorrow.

Is that where you start with high expectations for a roaring fire on a cold snowy day and then get let down by shitty wet ass wood that wouldn't burn in the forge of the sun?

My stove runs nonstop all winter. I throw a log in and it lights up within 15 seconds or so.

I’ll give it a try. I only actually light the stove 5-6 times throughout the winter and keep it going or bury the coals in ash for a period of time.

Absolutely. Especially on cold days like today.

Hmm, my wood is pretty dry. I’ll try that and/or less paper and see how it goes.

when your wood is nice and dry, you can light a top down fire with a match and no paper.

the result is smoke free, apart from any birch bark you might have topped it off with.

Sharp horizontal line. When I flick on the high beams the line just moves up. No change in brightness.

hmm… if you pull up in front of a wall is it a sharp horizontal line where the light ends or is it more diffuse?

With the help of a friend, i have finally figured out exactly where to move my side mirrors to to send the light back to the little dick fucktard in the giant truck behind me that is 3 inches from my bumper, in a blizzard, with lights like the sun.

I still say short range Bluetooth, maybe an app, that will let us say/yell our key phrase "that fucker cut me off." everyone in the area who has the app will now hear what you are saying.

This will reduce a lot of driving issues and only encourage road rage occasionally.

You too!

Stay warm! Gonna be a cold one

Awesome!!!! I’ll be there with my family.

They just posted they will be open this Saturday!

It’s an awesome rink and run by amazing people. They’re also open in the summer for roller skating.

Really? Only once. Happened to be the one day I looked on their fb. That’s a shame I love that rink

Proctor’s ground hasn’t been cold enough to lay down firm ice. They’ve only been able to open once this season. Hopefully after this cold front that will change.

Was just at Dunmore yesterday. That’s a no go. Proctor is a little far but worth the trip. Not sure on vergennes. (I believe that have strange hours)

Just like your headlights dawg

You can use them all you want. Just shut them if you see taillights or headlights in front of you.

Are you being obtuse on purpose?