mathewsdxt75
Arboristsit lurker
-14 with clear skies. 73 inside. Burning some American Elm then load it up with red oak at bed time
This is why we do what we do.
- Thread starter Slacker4
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
Erik B
ArboristSite Guru
Going to school back in the 50's and 60's the weather people hadn't invented windchill. Used to ride bikes year round even when it was -20 to -30. The good ol days.
Chris-PA
Where the Wild Things Are
Well yes, but in a virtual world you need to have someone tell you that exposed skin will get cold, because you probably don't experience that on-line.
It was -3.
Wife had stove stoked and was 90 flippin degrees in basement, about 15 outside now, but, can't complain, she likes wood........
That's the beauty of it fellas, To each his own on the temp we like. 67, 68 is good for the wife and I. 80 for a buddy and he's in an electric blanket. HAHA. Shorts yr round for me inside. Pretty mild winter here minus the last week. Hope your wood holds out.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
-3* outside this morning
68* when I woke up in the house before filling the stove.
Love my wood stove, but very ready for spring
68* when I woke up in the house before filling the stove.
Love my wood stove, but very ready for spring
52farmer
ArboristSite Lurker
-30 windchill,-10 real feel,power out 3 hrs this morning
have low humidity in the house,,so keep it at 72....if the humdididity was at 30,,probably would keep temp lower....
Oldman47
ArboristSite Guru
When I was growing up they figured that winter meant cold weather. I never saw my school close because of weather but I did see -40º temperatures in the morning on a few occasions. I only lived about 1/2 mile from my high school so bus or car issues never entered the picture for me. A brisk 10 minute walk and I was at school. "uphill both ways" I love it but I lived on fairly flat land.
yesterday morning woke up to 6 degrees outside and 76 inside. We like it hot. Keep it cooler in the bed room. 67 is the perfect sleeping temp. Above 80 we open the windows.
Johnny Yooper
ArboristSite Operative
yep, spent 13 years in the Land of Lincoln and pretty flat; missed the north country so moved back while in my mid thirties and been going up hill both ways ever since!
I can only attest to going to school in the 70's and 80's but we used to ride our bikes all over as well. Everyday after school it seemed that us townies would make the trek down to the river to go sledding or ice skating. I tried took my kids and showed them where we used to go and they just couldn't imagine being out on the ice, having to shovel all the snow off the ice, walking or riding your bike that far, not to mention it being cold. Seemed like some high schoolers would always manage to come down with a gas can and get a fire going! Better quit, getting all nostalgic and stuff.
wow i love it. its amazing the changes in society we've seen. when i was a kid we went out riding bikes with no food or water, and we'd be gone for hours, and got lost many times. now i see kids riding bikes in the same places i did and i think, they should get home, its not safe for em... i went with some friends and their kids told the parents what restaurants they wanted to go to. i'm thinking, i've lived here my whole life and i've never heard of those restaurants, but the kids know every restaurant in all the nearest towns. when i was a kid and out somewhere with my parents no matter how hungry i was, we ate when we got home cause it was cheaper.
greenskeeper
ArboristSite Operative
that would be 3F actual temperature
Johnny Yooper
ArboristSite Operative
Back on the OP's title on why we do what we do: even if it wasn't for the financial savings, and even if there weren't any health benefits, I'd still fight the wood ticks in the summer and the snow and cold in the winter to cut firewood, and here's why - favorite spot in the house for daughter #2; after every bath and shower, she either sits or lays there for awhile soaking up the Btu's.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Thats funny, my two daughters do the same thing. Right out the tub, straight to the wood stove.
Oldman47
ArboristSite Guru
I didn't grow up here Johnny. I grew up in a suburb of Montreal. We saw -40º almost every year. I don't think I have seen colder than -10º around here.
Oldman47
ArboristSite Guru
When mine were that young they used to walk to the back sliding glass door and lay naked in the sunshine coming through the south facing window. I'm thinking back that they looked every bit as relaxed for the same reason. It was a warm cozy place to lay down and just feel good.
Similar threads
