Admit Your Addiction?

I have not burned one ounce of coal yet, have purchased 3 old Glenwood stoves.
I need help!
Rob

I'm the guy who moved 120 miles and took his coal stove and two tons of coal with him. First project at new home- built coal bin. Second project- build hearth. Third project- intall chimney pipe. And it was July when I got here.

BUT I AM NOT A COALAHAULIC

I just drove 120 miles to buy coal that won't fit my stove!

(SNOOORT!!!) WhaT ???? It's just nasal allergies dammit!!

OH .... wrong addiction ....

Muss44 wrote:I check this site all the time, I am worried that work will start blocking this site. Oh well, if i get fired I already have my heat paid for the winter so at least I will be warm sitting at home twiddling my thumbs.

Hey Muss44:

Greetings from a coal burning comrade in Lititz, Pa. You're not too far from my neck of the woods!

Freddy wrote:I just drove 120 miles to buy coal that won't fit my stove!

Now that is hardcore evidence of a sickness right there!!!

Remember its not a character flaw, its a disease, so it's not our fault.

Even though I've been warned at work for looking at this site on my iPhone, I still don't admit to a problem...

I can quit anytime I want and switch over to the oil boiler. (Once I put oil in the empty tank!!)

Tom

OldAA130 wrote:Even though I've been warned at work for looking at this site on my iPhone, I still don't admit to a problem...

I can quit anytime I want and switch over to the oil boiler. (Once I put oil in the empty tank!!)

Tom

Tom,

just curious - How long has your oil tank been empty? I made the official "call" to my oil company a month ago and told them "no more deliveries". I have no plans to have it filled again anytime in the immediate future. It was quite exhilerating to feel released from having to have my oil tank filled!

I am down to only three stoves now and starting to get nervous.

musikfan6 wrote:I made the official "call" to my oil company a month ago and told them "no more deliveries". I have no plans to have it filled again anytime in the immediate future. It was quite exhilerating to feel released from having to have my oil tank filled!

Heck, my oil company called me telling me they aren't going to deliver me oil unless I call them. I wasn't using enough... And that was before my Glenwood!

dj

I remember last year when the site went down for a bit and I had serious withdraw .There was a thread about it.I guess I'll have to spend some more time on here to search for it .

Mike

dlj wrote:

musikfan6 wrote:I made the official "call" to my oil company a month ago and told them "no more deliveries". I have no plans to have it filled again anytime in the immediate future. It was quite exhilerating to feel released from having to have my oil tank filled!

Heck, my oil company called me telling me they aren't going to deliver me oil unless I call them. I wasn't using enough... And that was before my Glenwood!

dj

I was on automatic delivery. I had to call them or they would have come out on their own and filled the tank. Heaven forbid!!! I would have owed them another bill! I just paid off my budget for them - it was almost 200.00 a month and I was paying up until September just to get my balance down to zero.

Does your stove have a name ? Ours is known as Nicoal

musikfan6 wrote:

OldAA130 wrote:Even though I've been warned at work for looking at this site on my iPhone, I still don't admit to a problem...

I can quit anytime I want and switch over to the oil boiler. (Once I put oil in the empty tank!!)

Tom

Tom,

just curious - How long has your oil tank been empty? I made the official "call" to my oil company a month ago and told them "no more deliveries". I have no plans to have it filled again anytime in the immediate future. It was quite exhilerating to feel released from having to have my oil tank filled!

I fired my oil company two years ago after they blatently ripped me off. I had to padlock my tank cap to keep them out! I refused to pay for the last load they dropped. The tank went to zero last winter when the old AA had a mid winter cold (cough... cough...). My gearbox went bad and it took a couple days to get my hands on a used one. So, jugs in hand, made the trip to the gas stop and bought some kero to get me through. I figure on doing that until the price of oil drops back to $1.50 again!

The oil dealer stopped sending me calenders a few years ago, but I miss the newsletter. I still use the nifty letter opener they send me, though.
They are nice people, especially the guy who drives the oil truck. They used to sell coal back in the day.