You know what burns my ass, other than a three foot flame, being dependent on companies and government that have too much control over my decisions. Nothing would make me happier than to sail away or move to the mountains and drop off their radar so I don't have to have any contact with them. Not being able to do that at this time of my life, I will have to settle for trying to eliminate them one by one. Last year we bought an old multi fuel wood boiler that can run on oil if needed to heat our home. We are able to heat our house and our hot water with wood from our property and each season I need to cut, split and stack about 8 cords of wood. It's a good workout and will help me stay fit into old age since I don't really exercise. I love the giant wood boiler in our basement. It's a 30 year old Tarm 50, now called BioHeatUSA and the house has never been warmer. Both Suzanne and I enjoy going down stairs into the basement opening up the boiler door, seeing that orange glow of embers and throwing a few more logs on. Its a great feeling when everyone else is saying "no, not temperatures in the thirties tonight" and we say "I can't what for it to get cold so we can fire up the old Tarm". Our water is from our well, our heat is from our own trees and hard work, I can't wait to get solar panels and drop off the electric grid and say Good Bye to our electric company PECO. Go ahead raise your rates, I will choose not to use you, because I will make sure I have a choice!!!!! Two down and one to go!! The photo is of Sydney and I getting ready to load some wood into the basement. Since it was good and dry we made a game of it and tried to stack the wood as high as we could in the back of the truck. We're getting pretty good at it as you can see. Our dog Shadow, in the left of the photo, likes to run off with pieces that fall off the truck. I find them all over the yard with the lawn mower. Damn dog!!!!!
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