wood pile of memories ... Up in smoke

[sloth9669]

Just finished haulin in the weeks supply of wood and noticed a few pieces I remember splitting. In a pile of 5 cords is it wrong to remember even some of the split pieces from this past spring??? If am I just sick in the head about firewood??? Also itchin to run my saw in my pile of logs might just run a tank in the saw to scratch the winter itch !!

 

[Buckethead]

Just finished haulin in the weeks supply of wood and noticed a few pieces I remember splitting. In a pile of 5 cords is it wrong to remember even some of the split pieces from this past spring??? If am I just sick in the head about firewood??? Also itchin to run my saw in my pile of logs might just run a tank in the saw to scratch the winter itch !!

I've gotta laugh....I thought I was the only one that remembered specific pieces of wood! There are usually 3-4 pieces that I will remember as I grab them from the pile...not sure why. Sometimes it might be a unique shape...or maybe it was that piece that whacked me in the nads.

 

[outdoorlivin247]

My dad gets mad at me b/c I tell him were every piece comes from...Or I will make a reference to bring some of the Oak, Locust or whatever that we cut at such and such location...

 

[Metals406]

My wife burns it so fast... I can't even remember if I cut it down or not? LOL

 

[newb]

Same here, I'll be splitting with the wife and pick up a piece of wood and tell her what tree it was and where I cut it down at. And to you married guys, you know the look I get. Pete

 

[Metals406]

Same here, I'll be splitting with the wife and pick up a piece of wood and tell her what tree it was and where I cut it down at. And to you married guys, you know the look I get. Pete

Yup, I know the look... I've memorized it more than the firewood pieces!! LOL

 

[LazyJ]

As the cold snap broke this morning I overheard my wife tell my daughter on the phone... your goofy father is taking his "special reserve" back out to the shed and won't let me burn anymore of it.

I have categories of wood: nubs and knots, 16" splits, 22" splits, over-nighters and rounds, and the coveted "special reserve". What wood type that gets hauled into the garage for that weeks use is carefully calculated from the 7-day forecast for wind, sunshine, and temperature. Yes, I'm a sicko.

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Yep....I do that too!

Yep....I do that too! The piece that you had to hit a billion times with the maul! The piece that you hit something that dulled the chain.......

I remember how to get somewhere by remembering what to turn by...or what I've seen along the way.

Dan

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

As the cold snap broke this morning I overheard my wife tell my daughter on the phone... your goofy father is taking his "special reserve" back out to the shed and won't let me burn anymore of it.

I have categories of wood: nubs and knots, 16" splits, 22" splits, over-nighters and rounds, and the coveted "special reserve". What wood type that gets hauled into the garage for that weeks use is carefully calculated from the 7-day forecast for wind, sunshine, and temperature. Yes, I'm a sicko.

I'm afraid that I may get to doing that too!

Dan

 

[Joshlaugh]

I remember where most of the wood comes from too. I especially remember some of the pieces that really took awhile to split. I relish burning those!

 

[chainsawaddict]

I do it too. Just this morning i was orgainizing the wood shed. My wife gave me the look, and said "you havent thrown your dirty clothes in a basket for years, and you are going to organize the woodshed?"

Anyway, it was definitley a nostalgic moment repiling wood, remembering where it all came from.

 

[modn]

I do it too. Just this morning i was orgainizing the wood shed. My wife gave me the look, and said "you havent thrown your dirty clothes in a basket for years, and you are going to organize the woodshed?"

Anyway, it was definitley a nostalgic moment repiling wood, remembering where it all came from.

Are woman cut from the same cloth!!!:hmm3grin2orange: My wife tells me the same thing when I give the directions on how to pile it properly. I don't give her too much grief though as she IS helping me.

 

[FATGUY]

Just finished haulin in the weeks supply of wood and noticed a few pieces I remember splitting. In a pile of 5 cords is it wrong to remember even some of the split pieces from this past spring??? If am I just sick in the head about firewood??? Also itchin to run my saw in my pile of logs might just run a tank in the saw to scratch the winter itch !!

That reminds me of a story I once read. A son was given the job of splitting some firewood by his dad. The son complained that he coud not split some of the wood. His father said, no problem, just split the wood you can and make a pile of the pieces you can't. The son did just that, and when he was finished with the wood he could split, he asked his dad "What now?" His dad replied "now split the other pile." My bet is the son remembered a few from that pile

 

[DocDryden]

You guys made me laugh so hard I pee my pants… I thought I was going nuts, but remember as I toss a piece of wood into the fire where it came from, when I split it

 

[showrguy]

this is funny,
about 2 hrs ago i came home pulled up to the OWB in my truck, i flipped on the radiant in the garage earlier, so she runs alot while the concrete absorbs the btu's....
anyway, i was sitting there in my truck drinkin a miller lite waiting for the fan to kick on so i could see better and i had this thought....... remembering, early in the heating season, this wood is junk, this wood is soft, this wood is special, ect.. but after awile it all becomes just wood to me, i don't like it, it just happens that way...
great thread, made me laugh at myself...

 

[PA. Woodsman]

It just happened to me earlier today; I was loading some wood to bring in and I recognized some pieces of Oak and even said somewhat outloud "I remember these guys"! I've recognized certain pieces by their unique shapes before, too.



I'm losing my mind......:greenchainsaw:

 

[Slvrmple72]

Earlier last summer 30 feet up in this massive Beech that took me a few days to dismantle due to its location (see pic ) remembering the different limbs, unions, bumps and gnarls, the crotch I took a leak in. All of those split up pieces of firewood and the memories each of them holds of that big beautiful tree and the hours of hard work I spent on it with friends helping. Talking to my one buddy and he comments " that Beech burns good, sure was a tough job. Hey, this is gonna sound weird but I remember some of these pieces. Do you know what I mean? "

No, but if one of them smells like pi$$.... LOL!

I am glad I am not the only one like this and yes, I have a burn it first pile, the reserve pile, and the wife with the expression of disbelief!

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[turnkey4099]

An old buddy restarted his hobby of carving spoons. We picked through my "porch" supply looking for good hardwoods. I could remember almost every tree but one piece stumped me. A nice split of Black Walnut with a crotch in it. For the life of me I cannot recall ever cutting the tree it must have come out of. It would have been cut somewhere arund 15-20 years ago.

Harry K

 

[ASEMASTER]

thanks for the support

This only means that we are paying attention as to what we are doing in this madness that is so dangerous. If like Me, You all move each piece a minimum of 6 times you have to remember some of it.

 

[Zodiac45]

Oh I remember the pieces that I should have sawed just a hair shorter but couldn't be arsed too fire up the saw while i was standing at the splitter and do it. I remember well when I'm trying too get that sucker into the cookstove and the cooklids are threatening too fall in! Yep, them's the ones I recall.