> Which is why mom and dad only heated with a wood stove for one 
 > winter after I married and moved out. :-)  Sure wish I had a spot to 
 > put that Ashley wood stove.
 JD> Which is why MY Dad got a riding lawn tractor after I moved out. 
grin>>
Our yard was too small for a lawn tracter, and the riding mower never could 
be taught to go out and get the wood, bring it back, split it, or stack it. 
Bad Toro. :-)
 JD> After reading about the ice storm, I told my wife that it might be a 
good 
 JD> idea to leave our stove in place, even if we haven't used it for several 
 JD> years.
If I had a spot for one I would love to have a wood stove for times like 
at.
Brien
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